But a 90% destroyed unit can get rookie replacements at the beginning of the next scenario for free. Reinforcing to keep experience levels intact will cost you prestige points. But a unit that survives a scenario with one strength point can be reinforced to full strength at no cost at the start of the next scenario. It is always tempting to extend your forces to snatch a few more victory points. First, it is essential to keep core units alive. There are several things the player needs to keep in mind to achieve this goal. To win the Grand Campaign the player must both think of how to win today’s battle but also the overall force structure they need for long-term victory. The player must earn enough victories so they can purchase the right core force and also have enough points that they can reinforce depleted troops and strategically upgrade their forces. The key to winning the Grand Campaign if the player wishes to fight from 1939 to the end of the war is maintaining the proper balance of core units. There are many reviews of other Panzer Corps products so I will dispense with discussing basic game play and game strategy. Game play mirrors other releases in the Panzer Corps line. Still, even in 1945 a ground force comprised mostly of Tiger II tanks will still need infantry, artillery, and excellent fighter squadrons to achieve victory. As the war progresses tank designs keep improving to the point where they dominate the battlefield in 1945. Early in the war infantry, artillery, and tactical bombers are the most viable units. Players take the role of a German commander of a combined arms force. The Panzer Corps series is a beer and pretzels wargame. Only in the 1945 West campaign can player success alter the overall course of the war. Even if the player manages to conquer Moscow and take Stalingrad, the German forces will retreat back across Russia and Poland and the player will eventually be fighting in Germany herself. For example, if the player’s forces manage to stomp Poland and France in 1939-1940, they will still head off to attack the USSR. Unlike either core game, this add-on forces the player to largely follow the general course of the war. This enables the player to try alternative force configurations and strategies over the course of the entire war and compare results at ten different points – assuming the player is able to win all of the campaigns. If you win a campaign a second time the winning core force is saved in a different save game file with the new date. So if you win all ten campaigns the game will save your victorious core force at the end of each. This is made simple because if a player wins any campaign that victorious core force with its combined experience, leadership bonuses, and heroes is automatically saved. The same person could then load the same 1942 core force and fight it out on the Western Front. Or the player could start in Poland in 1939 and fight their way through all of World War Two as a German combined arms force commander.įurthermore, the player can fight the campaigns of 1939, 1940, 1941, and 1942 then take that core force and play out the Eastern Front. For example, the player could load up 1944 West and fight it out in Italy and France without fighting earlier in the war. Win enough decisive victories and the player has the opportunity to invade the United Kingdom.Įach of the ten campaigns can be played individually or can be played in a linked series. 1945 West covers the Battle of the Bulge. 1944 West covers Italy and then moves to the battles of Normandy and elsewhere in France. Choose the West and you will go in 1942-1943 to defend against raids in France followed by fighting in Italy with German and Italian units. Choose the East and 1943, 1944, and 1945 will be fought in the USSR, Poland, and Eastern Germany culminating in the defense of Berlin. After 1942 the campaigns split into the eastern and western theaters of operation. Panzer Corps Grand Campaign includes ten add-on campaigns each lasting eleven or twelve scenarios. In this add-on the player takes the role of a German Commander of a combined arms force during World War Two. Panzer Corps Grand Campaign: 1939-1945 is an add-on requiring either Panzer Corps or Panzer Corps Afrika Korps to play. Reviewed by Avery Abernethy, 14 July 2013
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