The AI is quite good and I lost dozens of games of Race to the Meuse as the Germans until I finally realized I should push in the North. You can play both from either the Allied or Axis side and against two types of AI opponents.
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The game includes two scenarios, a shorter three-day Race to Meuse and the full campaign game. It is definitely on the light side for a wargame but offers enough nuance in strategy that it keeps you playing as you try to see how different approaches will work. The good news is the game plays as good as it looks and as good as all of the Kickstarter supporters hoped. Battle of the Bulge: The Simulation Game for the iPad is a light operational-level wargame about the Battle of the Bulge designed by John Butterfield.
Shenandoah Studio’s released their first iPad game from their Kickstarter campaign. Also on Steam.īattle of the Bulge: iPad Edition - First Look Allows players to play Operation Barbarossa. Unity of Command – Black Turn - A great expansion for another of our favorite wargames. Piercing Fortress Europa - A new operational level game about WW2 battles in Italy.
Still has the original problem of being too puzzle like but still a fun simple wargame. Panzer Korps – iPad - The classic Panzer General game redone and brought to the iPad. It is a very literal conversion and plays almost identically to the boardgame. Walker’s boardgame brought to the computer. Lock ‘n Load: Heroes of Stalingrad - Five years in the making, this is Mark H. This is one of the best Cold War/Modern era wargames available. Still well worth your time.įlashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm - A complete remake of the original Flashpoint: Germany. The AI struggles in this adaptation far more than in Bulge but recent updates have improved it.
”ĭrive on Moscow - Follow up to the excellent Battle of the Bulge for your iPad, Drive on Moscow brings you Operation Barbarossa. Storms of Steel adds rules for airplanes, snipers, and over fifty new units. Storms of Steel is set in the Battle of Kursk and brings an impressive new campaign, created in part by legendary wargame designer John Hill, to Conflict of Heroes. “ Storms of Steel is a stand-alone expansion to the critically acclaimed tactical computer wargame Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear, the official adaptation of the award-winning board game from Academy Games. You are given the hardware but you have to use it well.”Ĭonflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel - Conflict of Heroes is a great boardgame with a great computer version. Every sensor and weapon system is modeled in meticulous detail. “Surface fleets, submarine squadrons, air wings, land-based batteries and even satellite constellations are yours to direct as you see fit – from the lowliest pirate skiff to the mightiest aircraft carrier, from propeller biplanes to supersonic stealth fighters. We’ve had a tough time getting imto this one because there is so much there but it will probably reward the gamer who puts in the time.
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One of our favorite games and favorite battles.Ĭommand: Modern Air Naval Operations - The spiritual successor to the classic Harpoon series of games. The iPad version of Battle Academy and all its campaigns also works great.Ĭombat Mission Battle for Normandy: Market Garden - The excellent CM: Battle for Normandy game expanded for Operation Market-Garden. It covers the US 3rd Army in WW2 as it tries to encircle Metz in France. It’s a good time to be a computer wargamer! Here are some of our favorites:īattle Academy: Fortress Metz - A campaign add-on for Battle Academy. Matrix Games especially seems to be on a roll and there is more still to come. There have been a great many computer wargames and expansions released over the past few weeks and months.
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