It reminds me of my last The Next War campaign...it took 3 years to complete, playing F2F.

You need to have a very good friend before starting such a game.
And you will have no friends left after the game is finished.


//EvilSpook

Yep! Actually he is the co-designer of 1985: under an iron sky, Marco Cimmino

Det var väl klart vid fil 800-nånting vad slutresultatet skulle bli och vi övervägde att sluta men tyckte att så långt kommet kunde man ju lika gärna spela långa kampanjen till slut. Det är den sortens spel där man vill se vad som händer.

It reminds me of my last The Next War campaign...it took 3 years to complete, playing F2F.

Again, great reading!
Looks like an almost perfect live replay of "Red Storm Rising" 

Thanks Fabrizio. I'm very impressed you persisted reading the replay by computer translation (unless your Swedish is better than I knew). You are of course correct - based on the scenario victory conditions WP actually won. But I was curious to see how far the WP could advance with maximum NATO presence. As always with your creations - a very enjoyable experience.

My Swedish is at the same level of my Aramaic, that is zero, but the auto translation is actually not bad...I think!

Then it must be said that WP was incredibly unfluent on a number of critical combat moves in the opening. It's a real challenge for WP to emerge victorious from this scenario, but it's probably not impossible for a better general than me.

Great AAR, I've really enjoyed reading it!
Regarding the outcome, have you checked the victory conditions as they are quite tricky...

In short, the scenario postulates that the main attack is against NORTHAG, so the WP objectives in the Fulda sector are not a big breakthrough but instead:
1. Inflict losses on CENTAG forces.
2. Pin US V Corps in place, and prevent CENTAG from sending reinforcements to NORTHAG.

If NATO does not send reinforcements to NORTHAG, it has practically already lost. Warsaw Pact could reach its goal by conquering some not particularly spectacular geographical objective, and inflicting decent losses on NATO aircraft and helicopters.

A first after action report on the 1985: Sacred Oil Campaign, titled "Gog and Magog":

https://trlgames.com/2021/07/04/1985-sacred-oil-gog-and-magog-chapter-one/

More maps preview on my develop blog!

http://warwithoutkia.blogspot.com/2021/03/1985-sacred-oil-baghdad-area-detail.html

Great AAR Elias! I'm going to post it on the official FB page

Thx!!

På eftermiddagen utkämpas slaget vid Wolfenbüttel, där de hårdaste striderna hittills äger rum. Först gör ryssarna ett försök att utflankera försvararna med ett anfall direkt över floden (4517 till 4416, medan 4516 ännu hålles av Nato). Attacken slås tillbaka med förluster på bägge sidor. Sedan gör man upprepade anfall mot huvudpositionen där de två trötta pansarbataljonerna biter ifrån sig. Till slut retirerar de över floden efter ytterligare förluster för bägge sidor.



För närvarande är det en Natoseger, men det är två omgångar kvar, och Nato måste undvika a) att ryssen får enheter över floden, b) att han tar Braunschweig och c) att få enheter utplånade. Braunschweig är just nu inte hotat, men det blir svårt att undvika både a och c. De enheter som står väster om floden är samtliga i extremt dåligt skick och skulle behöva avlösas, men det finns ingen som kan avlösa dem.

My bet is on the Soviets, if they have enough artillery ammo left

As I'm always saying, we're a very small publishing company with limited resources and time.....and don't forget we print our games without asking a single penny in advance.
More copies mean more problems, and I already have enough of them

Any hopes for reprint of The Dogs of war?

Uuhhh not really....
After the Central Front, the C3 system will probably move to the Yom Kippur war. Sorry!



And.... any hope of a game on this scale of a ssoviet invasion of sweden.... ?

Curious to see if NATO will be able to districate itself from the difficult situation South of Braunschweig....That engaged battalion looks in trouble.

I didn't forget about sappers, but the Soviet commander is working under the assumption here that Braunschweig is going to be a tough nut to crack, but bottling up the defenders in the city and crossing the river to the south of it is doable. I didn't want to risk losing those engineers in a combat role before they are needed to cross the river.

Could be a wise decision....Let the regiment commanders complain.

As I'm always saying, we're a very small publishing company with limited resources and time.....and don't forget we print our games without asking a single penny in advance.
More copies mean more problems, and I already have enough of them

Any hopes for reprint of The Dogs of war?

Right now, the pressure is growing for a reprint of 1985: Deadly Northern Lights and Less Than 60 Miles...As soon as I've checked a couple of points on my list I'll start making plans

Elias, great AAR as always
I'm collecting your photos for the upcoming Players' Gallery.

EDIT: Almost forgot, Comrade......First Echelon regiment commanders are complaining about the absence of Sappers assigned to their units!