Strategy Article-Warbrain Food

Article written by Club Shadow Player [Frid Nov 13, 2009 5:48 pm]
Force Ratio & Combined Arms:Know the forces involved in each battle, as this will strongly shape your battle plan. If you have an edge in artillery & air support, your plan should capitalize on this. If your opponent has a big edge in armor, you will need to plan to neutralize this superiority. Combined arms is an important aspect of Maneuver Warfare which deserves separate treatment that I cannot offer here, but look for the obvious advantages & disadvantages in the units involved (... Read More

Strategy Article-Sun

Article written by Club Shadow Player [Frid Nov 13, 2009 5:46 pm]
How can something 2000 years old help me?Actually, it is older than that and yes it can help you, it is Sun Tzus’ "The Art of War". You have probably heard quotes from it in movies, have you ever taken the time to pick up and give it a read? Sun writes about a myriad of topics, some of which don’t apply to day (such as the emperors’ concubines, but if you look at it figuratively it still makes sense), but most are readily applicable to the modern military and especially gamers.... Read More

Strategy Article-METTT - A Wargamer's Mantra

Article written by Club Shadow Player [Frid Nov 13, 2009 5:44 pm]
METTT derives from US Army practices (among others), and is applicable literally from the level of the lone dogface, all the way up to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It is also suitable for the wargamer- any gamer, playing any game. METTT ("me, triple t") stands for: Know your MISSION Know your ENEMY Know your TROOPS Know the TERRAIN Know the TIME A gamer can use this acronym to help remember what to check, and what to keep focused on, while playing. It is short, easy to remember, and is a... Read More

Squad Battles-Grunt School: SB Tips for newbies

Article written by echo-four [Frid Nov 13, 2009 5:37 pm]
"All right listen up, you people will not die on me in combat. You freaking new guys will do everything to prove me wrong. You'll walk on trails, kick cans, sleep on post, smoke dope and diddy bop through the bush like you were back on the block. While on guard at night you'll write letters, and think about your girl back home, well forget her. This is Han. You have no worries people, but him... and me"Sgt. Frantz "Hamburger Hill"ForewordA while ago during a PBEM game, I wrote a friend of mine a... Read More

Strategy Article-Fundamental Principles of Strategy

Article written by Rapp [Frid Nov 13, 2009 5:26 pm]
Sir Basil H. LIDDELL HART, the greatest theorician of warfare of the XXth century, illustrate in his book titled « STRATEGY » the importance of psychology applied to the art of war. Psychology is for him the indispensable complement to the employment of material means. The two fundamentals of strategy are motion and surprise. Motion creates surprise, surprise makes motion easier. Liddell Hart constantly puts in parallel the physical side and the psychological side in each action or d... Read More

Panzer Campaigns-Seven Habits of Highly Effective Players

Article written by Glenn Saunders [Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:49 pm]  One comment
There – now that I have your attention, below you will find a number of Game Play “Tips and Techniques ” to extend your pleasure in the Panzer Campaign Series. These are not intended to be tactical suggestions. Rather they are ways to use the tools provided by the game interface to play more effectively! Divisional Markings Keeping units of the same Division roughly in the same area of the map is an effective way to aid engaged units to recover from Disruption. To assist yo... Read More