Title: C-Evo.

Developer: Steffen Garlach (and others).
Version: 1.1.2
Birthdate: Unknown
Development Status: Full Release.
Requirements: Windows.
Rating: 10/10.
Site: http://www.c-evo.org/
Description: A full-blown, exciting, enjoyable, Civilization-like game. Beautiful graphics, excellent AI, and a number of mods available from the site including additional AI units make this game wonderful. The basic idea is you start in the far past and seek to develop your society through settling, warfare, production, and invention into the dominant society.
Features:

• Turn-Based.
• Single Player.
• Multiple Player.

Screenshot:

Title: Crimson Fields.

Developer: Open Source.
Version: 0.5.3
Birthdate: Unknown
Development Status: Late Beta.
Requirements: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux.
Rating: 7/10.
Site: http://crimson.seul.org/
Description: A hex-based sci-fi wargame. Includes a number of individual scenarios as well as two campaigns. Also includes some utilities for adding your own levels to the game.

Features:

• Turn-Based.
• Single Player.
• Multiple Player.
• Play-By-EMail (PBEM).

Screenshot:

Title: Conquer Club.

Developer: Salamander Software.
Version: Unknown
Birthdate: Unknown
Development Status: Full Release.
Requirements: Web.
Rating: 10/10..
Site: http://www.conquerclub.com/
Description: Similar in gameplay to Risk, this is an online, multiplayer site aimed at casual gamers who enjoy board game style warfare. It has a variety of maps to play including Scotland, France, Classic (World), American Civil War, Africa, Caribbean Islands, Texas, Ireland, Europa, Iceland, British Isles, WWII Western Front, Peloponnesian War, High Seas, NYC, U.S. Senate, Arctic, Europe 1914, Germany, Cairns Coral Coast, Midgard, Greater China, Vancouver, Eastern Hemisphere, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Canada, USA Southwest, Australia, USA, Europe, USA Rockies, Halloween Hollows, and North America.

Features:

• Turn-Based.
• Multiple Player.

Screenshot:

Title: EGA Civil War Battleset.

Developer: W.R. Hutsell.
Version: 2.58
Birthdate: Unknown
Development Status: Full Release.
Requirements: DOS
Rating: 10/10.
Site: http://www.hutsellgames.com/
Description: A one or two player tactical wargame simulating the American Civil War. Includes a variety of historical battle scenarios as well as a campaign mode.

Features:

• Turn-Based.
• Multiple Player.
• Artificial Intelligence.
• Play-By-Email.
• Scenario Editor.
• Campaign.

Screenshot:

Title: Fantasy Battlefields.

Developer: Farfpeuf.
Version: 0.8.7
Birthdate: Unknown
Development Status: Late Beta.
Requirements: Windows, Java.
Rating: 10/10.
Site: http://fantasy-battlefields.chez-alice.fr/
Description: Fantasy Battlefields is a strategic and tactical level wargame that allows you to play individual battles or campaigns. You conquer towns and when you encounter an enemy force you move to a tactical screen where you fight in a matter reminiscent of Lords of the Realm and Conquest of Japan. Excellent.

Features:

• Multiple Player.
• Artificial Intelligence.

Screenshot:

Well, this is primarily a shopping list for myself…but I figured I’d share it with everyone else, just in case anyone else shares my taste preferences. Note that none of these games are free – but they are being discounted by up to 35% or so…which isn’t as high as I’d like to see the discounts, but is about the highest you’ll ever see from Matrix Games or Slitherine.

[This post is a work in progress]

Games I Bought During This Sale…

• Western Civilization’s Forge of Freedom: The American Civil War 1861-1865 – $33 – This game looks good, but the UI is not a “just play” interface and it looks a bit more aggressive than I usually like…but we shall see.
• VR Design’s Advanced Tactics: Gold Edition – $26 – I was an early beta tester on Victor Reijkersz’s first game People’s Tactics and have fond memories of that game, but I was hoping for something significantly more with AT, and am unsure if I’m getting it at this juncture.
• 2×2 Games’ Unity of Command – $10 – World War II tactical simulation.
• Talonsoft’s Norm Koger’s Operation Art of War III - $26 – Covers the 20th century’s combat, a classic.
• Wasteland Interactive’s Time of Wrath – $13 – Possibly the predecessor to Time of Fury? Picked up from GamersGate for almost nothing.

Games I’m Interested In

• Western Civilizations’ Crown of Glory: Emperor’s Edition – $33 – At first I was going to put this game low on my list, but b/c Forge of Freedom looks so good, I moved it higher…hoping that it is similar. I’ll probably get Forge of Freedom and then decide about Crown of Glory based on how I like Forge of Freedom.
• Gary Grigsby’s War Between the States – $33.
• Slitherine’s Battle Academy – $20 – This is a turn-based tactical simulation of World War II. It has a light feel to it, uses comics throughout to tell the story, is entertaining and could provide hours of fun…but I’m not a huge tactical fan. Feels a little bit like X-Com in the turn-based style. Several expansions are also available for $10/ea. – Blitzkrieg France, Market Garden, Operation Sealion.
• Boku Games’ Horse and Musket: Volume I – $20 – Simulates the Hundred Years War at a tactical level.
• Adanac Command Studies’ Campaigns on the Danube - $13 – Simulates warfare between the French and Austrians in the Napoleonic War of 1809.
• The Lordz Game Studio’s Panzer Corps – $20 – World War II, in the tradition of Panzer General.
• Slitherine’s HISTORY Great Battles Medieval – $26.
• Wasteland Interactive’s Storm Over the Pacific - $20 – World War II Pacific theater.
• Wasteland Interactive’s Time of Fury – $26 – World War II.
• Strategic Studies Group’s Battlefront – $33 – Battalion-level World War II combat including Saipan, Market Garden, Novorossisk, and Gazala.
• Strategic Studies Group’s Battles in Italy – $33 – World War II combat simulating Operation Husky, Operation Avalanche, and Operation Shingle.
• Strategic Studies Group’s Battles in Normandy - $33 – World War II simulation of D-Day.
• Strategy 3 Tactics’ Close Combat – $26 – There are a number of different games available including Cross of Iron, Last Stand Arnhem, Modern Tactics ($20), The Longest Day, and Wacht am Rhein.
• 2by3 Games’ Gary Grigsby’s War in the East: The German-Soviet War 1941-1945 – $53 – I’d be more interested in this game if it didn’t cost an arm and a leg.
• Panther Games’ Command Ops: Battles from the Bulge – $40 – World War II.
• Panther Games’ Command Ops: Highway to the Reich – $16 – World War II.
• Panther Games’ Conquest of the Aegean – $26 – World War II.
• Slitherine’s Commander – Europe at War Gold – $20 – World War II strategic simulation.
• Hussar Games’ For Liberty – $23 – Simulates the American Revolutionary War.
• Hussar Games’ Napoleon in Italy – $26 – Simulates the Napoleonic War.
• AGEOD’s Birth of America 2: Wars in America – $13 – Simulates the wars between 1750-1815 that were fought in America. The original is also available for $10.
• AGEOD’s American Civil War: The Blue and The Gray – $13 – AGEOD’s games have a lot of potential, but I find the map scale to be overwhelming. It feels like you are always scrolling to get from one place to another. I’ve only really played Birth of America – but didn’t last long on it, not enjoying the gameplay and have essentially stayed away from AGEOD games since.
• Talonsoft’s John Tiller’s Battleground Civil War – $20.
• Talonsoft’s John Tiller’s Battleground Napoleonic Wars – $20.
• Forced March Games’ Hannibal: Rome and Carthage in the Second Punic War – $26.
• AGEOD’s Great Invasions – $13 – Covers 700 years of history beginning in 350 AD.
• AGEOD’s World War I: Gold – $26 – Successor to World War One – La Grande Guerre.
• SEP REDS’ Revolution Under Siege – $20 – Russian Civil War. Uses AGEOD’s engine.
• Talonsoft’s Gary Grigsby’s Eagle Day to the Bombing of the Reich – $33 – Originally Battle of Britain and Twelve O’Clock High – classic Talonsoft titles, enhanced.
• 2by3 Games’ Gary Grigsby’s World at War: A World Divided – $26 – A World War II strategic level simulation.
• Slitherine’s Spartan – $13 – Probably similar to Slitherine’s Chariots of War.
• Slitherine’s Gates of Troy – $13 – I think this is similar to Slitherine’s Chariots of War.
• Adanac Command Studies’ Guns of August: 1914-1918 – $25 – A World War I simulation.
• Binary Evolution Studios’ Operation Barbarossa – The Struggle for Russia – $20 – World War II, looks attractive.
• Talonsoft’s John Tiller’s Campaign Series – $23 – World War II.
• VR Design’s Decisive Campaigns: The Blitzkrieg from Warsaw to Paris - $26 – World War II, I do like VR’s games (People’s Tactics), so may be interested in this one, even though it is yet another WWII game.
• Boku Strategy Games’ Combat Command: Matrix Edition – $23 – When you see a game that is “Matrix Edition” this usually means that it is an old game that has been “touched up” by the Matrix Games folks…but don’t expect anything too significantly different from the original.
• Strategic Studies Group’s Korsun Pocket – $20 – World War II.
• Strategic Studies Group’s Across the Dnepr – $26 – An expansion to Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets. You must have Kharkov to play this game.
• Game Factory Initiatives’ Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge – $20.
• Graviteam’s Achtung Panzer: Operation Star - $20 – Has both a turn-based operational and real-time tactical experience, focuses on tank warfare on the Eastern Front. Seems like a solid game for those who like those sorts of games, personally, I’m not huge on tank warfare.
• Muzzy Lane Software’s Making History II: The War of the World – $13 – World War II simulation, not a bad price, I tried a demo at one point and didn’t get hooked…but maybe I’ll give it another look.
• Game Factory Initiative’s Officers: Matrix Edition – $20 – World War II simulation, RTS.
• 2by3 Games’ War Plan Orange: Dreadnoughts in the Pacific 1922-1930 – $30.
• Black Hand Studios’ Panzer Command: Ostfront – $23 – World War II tank simulation.
• Matrix Games’ Steel Panthers: World at War – Generals Edition – $46.
• 2by3 Games’ Uncommon Valor – $20 – World War II naval combat.
• Koios Works’ Tin Soldiers: Alexander the Great – $20 – Played a demo a while back, little too tabletop for me.
• Koios Works’ Tin Soldiers: Julius Caesar – $20 – See Alexander the Great.
• 2×3 Games’ War in the Pacific – $40 – World War II naval.
• Henderson Field Designs’ War in the Pacific – Admiral’s Edition – $53 – A standalone expansion to the game above.
• Games GI’s World War II: General Commander – $26.

Games I Already Own

• AGEOD’s Birth of America – See above.
• Slitherine’s Chariots of War – $13 – I found this game very enjoyable and one of the only games to simulate the Fertile Crescent during biblical times. I’d consider this a beer & pretzels wargame.
• Slitherine’s Commander – Napoleon at War – $20 – Not a huge fan of this game, though I am of the later Commander – The Great War. I believe they rebuilt the engine since then…this engine has very blurry graphics imho.
• Slitherine’s Field of Glory – $20 – Simulates ancient warfare at a tactical level. I bought this game but have never been able to get into it…Maybe I’ll give it another try sometime, it feels a bit too much like a tabletop wargame…which is the feel I think they were going for. There are a number of expansions also available for $13/ea.: Decline and Fall (Middle East, Byzantine Empire, etc.), Eternal Empire (Ottoman Empire, 1299-1500), Immortal Fire (Greeks 7th – 3rd centuries BC), Legions Triumphant (Rome, 25 BC to 493 AD), Rise of Rome, Storms of Arrows (Western Europe, 1300-1500), Swords and Scimitars (Crusades, 11th-13th centuries AD). I do not own any of the expansions.
• Slitherine’s Legion Arena: Gold - $26 – An enjoyable Roman Empire tactical simulation with RPG elements. I was a beta tester for Slitherine on this one.

Games I’m Not Interested In

• Simulations Canada’s Flashpoint Germany – $23 – Simulates the Cold War.
• Australian Design Group’s Empires in Arms – $40 – A Napoleonic Wars simulation.
• Graviteam’s Achtung Panzer: Operation Star - A World War II tank simulation.
• Arcen Games’ AI War: Alien Bundle – $20 – I am not an alien / space warfare simulation guy – unless it is X-Com, so this game goes at the bottom of my list.
• Armada 2526 and Armada 2526: Supernova - $20 and $10 respectively – Another alien / space warfare game and expansion.
• Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory – $20 – A simulation of the massive World War II air battle.
• Strategic Study Group’s Carriers at War – $33 – A naval combat game of World War II. I’ve never been a big naval warfare buff.
• Code Force’s Distant Worlds – $26 – A space simulation. The expansions Legends and Return of the Shakturi are available for $16/ea.
• Mode 7 Games’ Frozen Synapse – $16 – Tactical modern combat?
• Advanced Gaming Systems’ Harpoon – Ultimate Edition – $40 – Naval combat. Played this once years ago, didn’t get hooked.
• Dan Verssen Games’ Hornet Leader PC – $20 – Air combat.
• Slitherine’s Legion Gold – $13 – I tried this, it is a predecessor to Chariots of War, but couldn’t handle the lower quality graphics. Would like to see it redone with at least Chariots of War level graphics.
• Niel Bauer Games’ Smugglers IV – Doomsday – $20.
• Star Sentinel Tactics – $20.
• ApeZone’s Starships Unlimited 3 – $16.

Title: Field of Strategy.

Developer: Tristan Pannerec.
Version: 2.7
Birthdate: Unknown
Development Status: Full Release.
Requirements: Windows.
Rating: 9/10.
Site: http://tpgames.free.fr/FoS/
Description: A flexible engine which offers the ability to simulate both strategic and tactical scenarios/campaigns throughout history. Includes scenarios/campaign covering Ancients, 18th century, Napoleonic, World War I, World War II, and Modern.

Features:

• Multiple Player.
• Artificial Intelligence.
• Single Player.

Screenshot:

Title: FreeCiv.

Developer: Various.
Version: 2.3.2
Birthdate: Unknown
Development Status: Full Release.
Requirements: Windows, Mac, or Linux.
Rating: 10/10.
Site: http://www.freeciv.org/
Description: A clone of Civilization.

Features:

• Multiple Player.
• Artificial Intelligence.
• Single Player.

Screenshot:

From the Armored Brigade website:

“0.810 BETA build released.

A major release! 7 new nationalities and tons of new features! The current 11 armies include the US Army, USSR, Finland, FRG, the British Army, Yugoslavia, Italy, Sweden, Norway, France and the Netherlands. That makes 321 units and 38 aircraft in total! Some new features like the neutral units that force you to identify everything before engaging, and the dummy objectives that make the enemy plans more obscure, are rarely seen in wargames.

This release is certainly an important milestone in the evolution of wargames.”

Title: WarTactical.

Developer: Mark Ainsworth
Version: 4.91c
Birthdate: Unknown
Development Status: Full Release.
Requirements: Windows.
Rating: 7/10.
Site: http://www.thewargamer.com/grognard/wartac.zip
Description: A turn-based, tactical war game simulating modern warfare.

Features:

• Artificial Intelligence.
• Single Player.

Screenshot:

Screenshot of turn-based tactical wargame WarTactical.

The last time I wrote about Joni Nuutinen’s Conflicts: Operation Barbarossa was when the game was at version 3.4.1.8, it is not at 3.6.6.6. Below is a change log from then till now:

3.4.4

• Setting: Line Width (used on various elements on the screen)
• Setting: Hardware Acceleration (turn off if game tilts to the main menu)
• Crisis resource replaced with Call-for-Support
• More range in movement arrow setting
• Removed WEB icon set
• Less Special Orders
• Added forests

3.4.6

• River crossing cost revamped
• Resource: Pontoons (halves river crossing cost)
• Setting: Darken Damaged units
• New Germany Infanty Icon (REAL)
• New spy/sigint icon (REAL)

3.4.8

• New T34 icon
• New Axis icon
• Setting: Old Styled Map (darker)
• Setting: Turn Skills ON/OFF
• Certain resources assigned to units (like anti-tank guns, flamethrowers, etc) might eventually be exhausted in combat
• Non-combat units are white-grey
• HOF cleared from the oldest scores
• Unit icons: Added patterns
• Pontoons at the beginning of campaign
• Red EN marker on encircled units
• Green RE marker on resting units
• Blue CO marker on units suffering from cold/snow
• Dark damaged units: 3 options

3.6.0

• Revised river crossing cost (each own unit at the target hexagon reduces cost by 1)
• New Round city icon option
• New background pattern (#6)
• Setting: Blue & Red Battle Clouds
• Skulls: Third option & extra settings
• Setting: River Crossing confirmation
• Tanks lose 1 more MP in Swamps
• Added quotes to War Status
• Loot from big cities
• Relieve requires MPs

3.6.2

• Setting: Units under the selected unit drawn on the unit icon
• Last two units to get extra MPs cannot get more extra MPs
• Yellow MP marker: Unit recently got extra MPs
• Round/Square city icon: Improved transparency

3.6.4

• Swamp marker on unit changed to: ==
• Forest marker on unit changed to: ||||
• Background Options: 6 patterns, or solid green/white
• Setting: Quick Scrolling: hides minimap during scrolling
• Setting: Red dotted border between the sides
• Plus 1 HP reduces Fatigue 10 percentage points
• Cannot get loot twice in a row from the same city
• App can be saved on SD card
• HOF cleanup

3.6.6

• Fine-tuned unit icon
• More condensed markers on units
• NATO tank icons: Slightly lighter for Pz4 & Soviet Light Tank, slightly darker for Pz6 and Soviet KV tank.
• Setting: Note, shown when you touch enemy unit, can be a row above buttons or floating note or both.
• From now on HOF downloads only the best score from each username.
• Removed patterns from unit icons.
• Removed white unit border option.
• AI Tweaks.

It has been a while since I’ve posted an update to Mark Ainsworth’s turn-based tactical wargame HexWarrior. This hasn’t been due to a lack of activity on his part, but on mine. This post will attempt to provide an overview of some of the significant changes that have been made to the game since 2.26. The current version is 5.91D. Download the game here.

• Addition of another version that removes AI allowing for board wargaming.
• Now supports shields for space games.
• Added EMP bombs.
• Added the ability to copy and paste units while creating scenarios.
• Added the ability to paste in hex tiles while creating scenarios.
• Help files have been moved into their own sub-directory.
• The Getting Started Guide has been significantly extended.
• Added Heroes.
• Added the option to view units facing info.
• Added a faster movement option which avoids some opfire.
• Defenders outflanked receive a penalty in combat calculations.
• The ability to jump to different locations on the map.
• Added Missiles and Rockets.
• The ability to rotate units.
• Updates to the graphics.
• Toggle option for reactive fire on/off.
• Addition of a Space Battle scenario.

Mark Ainsworth has released another update to HexWarrior. This latest edition includes:

• There are two games – one for large maps, the other for maps that fit on a single screen. The single screen version was lagging behind the larger maps version but has now been updated. This includes adding facing, shields, and missiles.
• Added an additional module.

Mark Ainsworth’s WarTactical 7.04 is now available for download. Updates include:

• Opfire results are now included in end of turn results.
• Pressing space after moving a unit will show computer’s opfire results.

Title: WinSPWW2.

Developer: Gary Grigsby, Keith Brors, SSI, Andy Gailey, Don Goodbrand, Shrapnel Games.
Version: 8
Birthdate: 1998
Development Status: Full Release.
Requirements: Windows.
Rating: 8/10.
Site: http://www.shrapnelgames.com/
Description: An update to the classic Steel Panthers game from SSI. Turn-based, tactical wargame simulating World War II.

Features

• Single and multiplayer.
• Simulates combat from 1930 to 1946.
• 435+ scenarios.
• 13+ campaigns.
• 270+ custom maps.
• 4,200+/- photographs.
• 33 Nations Represented.
• Intelligent Map Generator.
• Custom OOBs.
• AI Opfire.

Screenshots

Scenarios

Contains 430+ scenarios, a few of which are listed below:

• Organized Chaos 8/39 – Germans vs. Polish.
• Stonne 5/40 – French vs. German.
• Monastery Hill 3/41 – Italian vs. Greek.
• Gafstrom’s Raid 3/40 – Soviet vs. Sweden.
• Attack on Beisfjord 5/40 – Polish vs. German.
• Behind the Berrikady 11/42 – German vs. Soviet.
• Ferdinand at Kursk 7/43 – German vs. Soviet.

Campaigns

Includes a total of sixteen campaigns, listed below:

• RoundHammer: Normandy 1943 – “…a hypothetical Allied invasion of Normandy in 1943.”
• Narvik, Norway 1940 – “In a bold move to prevent the Germans from using Narvik as a route for Swedish iron ore, a multinational allied force sets out to liberate northern Norway.
• Stalingrad Factories, Oct 42 – “You represent the schwerepunkt of the German effort to wrest the factory district from the Red Army.”
• Iwo Jima, Feb – March 1945 – “On February 19, 1945 the Fifth Amphibious Corps (VAC) comprised of 70,000 Marines from the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Marine Divisions commenced amphibious operations to take Iwo Jima from approximately 27,000 well dug in Japanese.”
• The Golden Talon at the Bulge – “You will be in command of a battalion of the 513th, which fought the toughest battles faced by the division [17th Airborne] in the Ardennes, and suffered the heaviest casualities.”
• Band of Brothers – “…loosely designed around the best selling book ‘Band of Brothers’ by Stephen E. Ambrose. It follows the combat engagements of E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne Division from Normandy to Holland, Belgium and Austria…”
• China ’37 – Japanese campaign against the Chinese from Oct – Nov. 1937.
• Langemarck at Narva, 7/44 – “In July 1944, elements of the SS Storm Brigade Langemarck made an epic defensive stand against overwhelming odds at Narva, Estonia.”
• Sturmgeshutz Brigade 276 – “…you will command a battery of this elite formation [Sturmgeschutz Battalion 276], and fight…from the steppes of the Ukraine to the frozen forests of East Prussia.”
• Paratroopers in the Pacfic – “…based on the history of the American 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment.”
• ANZAC Campaign – Covers Epirus, Greece, Crete. Has 68 scenarios, 16 battle missions, and 10 path-selection missions.
• Baptism of the Black Brigade – “…the 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade…move[d] into the area and block the German advance, securing the southern flank of the Krakow Army.”
• Kursk (Operation Citadel) – “You are the Commander of Panzer Kompanie 8…Your Kompanie…will lead the Panzerkiel of the ‘Das Reich’ Division in this critical operation. The 14 Panzers in your command are the only Tigers in the ‘DR’ Division.”
• 29th Infantry – “…you will command Company E, G, F, and the heavy Company of 2nd [Battalion], 116th Infantry. You will lead them from the beaches of Normandy…into the heart of Germany itself.”
• Kampfgruppe Weber – “…lead a mechanised Germany Kampfgruppe out of the Falaise Pocket…”
• Za Rodinu! – Command a Forward detachment of Soviet troops in Operation Bagration against the Germans.

Title: Steel Panthers World at War.

Developer: Matrix Games, SSI
Individual Contributors:  Gary Grigsby, Keith Brors, David Heath, Michael Wood, Nick Papp, Wild Bill Wilder, Scott Grasse, Mike Amos, Jim Faletti, Tom Proudfoot.
Version: 8.4
Birthdate: Unknown
Development Status: Full Release
Requirements: Windows
Rating: 9/10
Site: http://www.matrixgames.com/
Description: An update to the classic Steel Panthers game from SSI. Turn-based, tactical wargame simulating World War II.

Features

• Single and multiplayer (up to 4).
• Simulates combat from 1930 to 1949.
• 340+ scenarios.
• 25 campaigns.
• Battle Generator.
• Scenario Editor.
• Historical Encyclopedia.
• Includes tools for customizing/editing the game including:
  • OOB Editor
  • MapThing
  • SHP Editor
  • World at War Game Editor
  • World at War Map Editor
• Documentation is fairly extensive:
  • Main User Manual: 239 pages
  • OOB Changes: 32 pages
  • RockinHarry’s New Shapes: 31 pages
  • Sound Effects Map: 6 pages
  • Tables of Organization of World War II: 101 pages
  • Special Scenario Designer Units in Norway OOB 86: 13 pages

Screenshots

Scenarios

• There are 344 scenarios included with the game, a sampling of a few titles are listed below:
• Chateau de Quesnoy (Author: Paul Saunders) – June 6, 1940 – Along the Somme in France the Germans experience unexpected and sustained resistance from the 4th North African Division.
• The Vanishing Division (Author: John Redleg Rank) – November 23-24, 1942 – Play as Soviet troops attacking General Seydlitz-Kurbach’s German 94th Division (part of the 6th Army) at Stalingrad.
• Across the Wire (Author: Wild Bill Wilder, Jim ‘Figmo’ Faletti) – June 16, 1940 – An encounter between British and Italian troops in Libya.
• The Beginning of the End (Author: Davor Popovic) – June 7, 1942 – Soviet positions around Sevastopol begin to collapse as the Germans advance.

Campaigns

• World War II
• Preparing the Way
• Heroes of the Motherland
• From Utah to the Rhine
• A Long, Long Road to Victory
• Watchword Freedom
• Tulagi – The First Offensive
• Guadalcanal 1942
• Normandy Gold
• Stalingrad Campaign
• The Victors: USA vs USSR
• Rommel to the Rescue (Easy/Hard)
• Raiders of the Sahara
  • Author: Kevin (FlashfyreSP) McFerren
  • Simulates the British Rat Patrol units in Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco in World War II.
• Balkan Crisis
  • Author: Kurt Beaumont-Jones
  • Simulates operations of the 7th SS Gebirgs Division ‘Prinz Eugen’ in 1945 against Yugaslavian revolutionaries.
• The Hated Hurtgen – WBW
• Operation Weserubung
• The Chosin Few
• Italians at War
• Flesh and Steel
• Yangtze River Patrol
• Dien Bien Phu
• Legione di Valorosi

Title: Command Ops 2.

Developer: Panther Games, Lock ‘N Load Publishing.
Version: 5.0.9
Birthdate: Unknown
Development Status: Full Release.
Requirements: Windows.
Rating: 10/10.
Site: http://www.lnlpublishing.com/
Description: A continuous time simulation of World War II combat on an operational level. It includes three free scenarios and additional premium scenario packages can be purchased. One of the most fascinating aspects of this simulation is the robust “construction set” which is included with the game allowing for a massive amount of customization and control for users over the game.

Features

• High Fidelity Modeling of Continuous Time and Space
• Realistic Command Structure and Process
• Macro Management
• Orders Delay
• Includes an Estab Editor (modify/create Forces, Equipment, Ammo, Formations, etc.)
• Map Editor
• Scenario Editor

Screenshots

Scenarios

Included scenarios are:

• Return to St. Vith – The 12th VGD defends against an attack by Patton’s Third Army in 1945.
• Greyhound Dash – German forces are advancing rapidly while American forces scramble to recover. Takes place in 1944.
• Manhay Crossroads – Part of the Battle of the Bulge, German forces are advancing while Allied forces attempt to recover, takes place in 1944.

WinSPWW2 and WinSPMBT have both released major version upgrades. WinSPWW2 has moved from 7.x to 8.0 and WinSPMBT from 8.x to 9.0.

There are a number of bug fixes included on which more details are available at the original announcement – linked above. Below are the major enhancements to the games:

winSPWW2

• New Scenarios: 10.
• Revised Scenarios: 27.
• Revised Campaigns: 3.
• Revised Campaign Files: 5.
• New/Revised Maps: 9.
• New/Revised Photos: 1,561.
• New/Revised Icons: 88.
• Updated OOB Files: 36.
• Revised Icon Graphic Files: 40.
• New/Revised Text Files: 109.
• Upgraded Cost Calculator.

winSPMBT

• New Scenarios: 19.
• Revised Scenarios: 4.
• New Campaigns: 3.
• Revised Campaigns: 2.
• Revised Campaign Files: 46.
• New/Revised Maps: 4.
• New/Revised Photos: 530.
• New/Revised Icons: 100.
• Updated OOB Files: 93.
• New OOB Files: 1.
• New/Revised Icon Graphic Files: 36.
• New/Revised Text Files: 106.
• Revised Picklist Files: 1.
• Upgraded Game Options.
• Upgraded MBT_APCalc.
• Upgraded Cost Calculator.
• Upgraded ScenHack.
• Upgraded Camo Map Editor.
• ISIS has been added to the Mujahideen OOB.
• Georgia has been added as a nation.

Title: Knights of War.

Developer: Vedran Drazeta
Version: –
Birthdate: 2009
Development Status: Full Release.
Requirements: Windows.
Rating: 7/10
Site: http://www.knightsofwar.ba/
Description: A turn-based strategy game simulating Medieval Warfare in England. It includes both strategic and tactical elements.

Features

• Multiple AI Opponents.
• Hotseat Support.

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Title: Desert War 1940-43.

Developer: Brian Kelly, John Duquette.
Version: 1.5.1
Birthdate: 2011
Development Status: Late Beta
Requirements: Java 6 or 7
Rating: 10/10
Site: http://members.upc.ie/jeanette.kelly/
Description: Operational level, wargame recreating tank battles fought between Axies and Allies in North Africa between 1940 and 1943.
Other Notes: The developers are continuously working on this game and you can follow the latest developments as well as contribute to the discussion over at the Wargamer.

Features

• 6 Scenarios: Beda Fomm (1941), Battle Axe (1941, Historical), 2nd Battle for Bardia (1942), Alam Halfa (1942), Sidi Bou Zid (1943), El Alamein.
• Simultaneous Movement / Battles (WEGO as opposed to IGOUGO).
• Supply Levels
• Full Fog of War
• Variable Zones of Control (ZOC)
• 12 Types of Ground Units: Armour, Infantry, Recce, Motorized, Artillery, Anti-Tank, Heavy Anti-Tank, Combat Engineers, Anti-Aircraft, HQs.
• 2 Types of Air Units: Recon, Ground Support
• 5 Types of Air Missions: Recon, Ground Attack, Ground Support, Interdiction, Counter-Air
• AI for El Alamein scenario
• PBEM / Hotseat
• Scenario Editor

Screenshots