Posts made by jim010

If anyone wanted to take a look at the rulebook, yo can go here to see the rules for World War II on the Western Front:

https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/312758/rulebook?fbclid=IwY2xjawOmu9JleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETE4WW1HQllCdHU1ZHlqUFhSc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHigMMAqdE7OYnSzNrAoqTtxKVQil5JrVBZcsjq30ifHV2_NcQaRBqw8ZJa8p_aem_O6ZkJcMpnkuO860vgVnAdw

Phd Angel has made a YouTube video on a box opening of the game World War II on the Western Front from Tableop Marshall Games:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSgfzVjLRvs

You can get a copy of the Basic Edition of the game here:

https://combatminiatures.org/en-ca/collections/historical-board-games/products/world-war-ii-on-the-western-front

What are people’s thoughts on the Maginot? Did it perform as intended?

I think it did. It was meant to be such a scary defense line that the Germans would never dream of attacking it and force them to go through the low countries, where the main French army would meet them.

But, I do think that it was too high an investment in resources compared to the results, even though it did work. They could have achieved the same result with far less commitment of resources.

@FranceNeedsMorePower That and tanks without radios and made for infantry support, not armored breakthroughs.

I’ve seen many people say that the Char B1 tank was superior to anything the Germans had. Sure it was huge and packed a big punch, but it was slow. Was never meant for fast maneuvers the Germans were doing.

@FranceNeedsMorePower Exactly. Great move if it was WW1. Gamelin was far too inflexible that he was incapable of seeing any other way to respond to German moves. He was the final (and biggest) nail in the French army’s coffin.

The unique rules for the airborne unit:

I’ll leave it here. Should be enough to show how a game could play out. The challenge with the Allies - especially the US - is to keep a steady supply of supply and forces flowing to the front. Easier said than done, though. Gets really hard as the Allies drive further east. The job of the Germans here is the same as that of the French in the 1940 scenario: delay the Allied advance and wait until the Allies have overextended themselves and are short on supply, then hit. Preferably before the Operation Dragoon Allied armies show up on the south east of the board. While doing all this, slowly start to build and man up the Siegfried Line to provide a strong defensive barrier. Because by the time the Allies get to the German frontier, they are very strong.

@FranceNeedsMorePower just jumping ahead, but starting on turn 8, Allies start rolling to see if the Operation Dragoon armies pop up on the south eastern part of the board like so:

Meant to represent the US 7th army and the French 1st army chasing the German army group G.

End of German turn 6. Another successful counterattack. Allies kicked out of Amiens, Calais and Dieppe.

End of Allied turn 6. Uboat war has scored successes against US transports. Go8ng to take a bit to get the tank and mech replacements back up to the front.

End of German turn 5. Allies were over extended after all. Lead British and US forces cut off an annihilated. Allied armored punch has been lost while the Germans rebuilt theirs.

Germans flooded the wetlands to slow the Allied advance.

End of Allied turn 5. Supply situation is critical, but pushed forward anyway. Britishand Canadians took Brussels.

End of the German turn 4. Regrouping behind the Meuse river.

@FranceNeedsMorePower For me, it is more about the decisions they made May 10th and on. They didn’t have to advance into Belgium, and they could have taken the reports from the Ardennes seriously. Had that have happened, would the Germans still have broken through?

End of Allied turn 4. Broke through, but now supply is lacking. Need to slow down and let supply catch up.

Ok, the second German counter attack didn’t go so well either … end of German turn 3.

End of Allied turn 3. Crossed the Seine river.

End of German turn 2. Assem assembling on the east side of the Seine River. Brest is cut off from German support.

End of Allied turn 2. Breakout from Normandy.