The combat for BoB seems to be simple, but the actual play is not! I have just having my first MP again another guy -- I even yet to play the single player yet! I see he made a weak offense and I used my panzer reserve to throw it back! As for Battle Academy, think of it as the iOS version of Steel Panther (if you know what it was). Ah, don't get me start on Combat Mission Touch!
Check the comments of the last post where they say it has been released. I just played the tutorial .... Wow! Now I understand and really look forward to have time tonight! All new board game can wait now till Xmas iTunes cards ;-)
These are the ones I found. Seems to me they are really raving about it. http://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/15403/ios-news-ra-updating-battle-of-the-bulge-hits-the (inside the convo) And more recently they have been granted weith their own thread: http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/897970/shenandoah-studios-battle-of-the-bulge-in-your-ipa
Yes Combat Mission Touch...well that just makes the baby jeebus cry! that was probably my most bitter disappointment in iPad gaming! I remember I literally yelped for joy when I saw the surprise release because I've always thought that CM would be perfect on touch screen and always hoped it would be brought to iOS. CM:T is....OK for what it is but the full scale version I hoped for was not there. It felt more like a demo or lite version of the real Combat Mission game. I still wail in misery to this day! Nice comparison with BA and Steel Panthers though! I would liken Battle Academy as your "typical" tactical turn-based strategy game with individual units and roads and buildings. I still feel its the best representation of a TBS on the iPad, I wouldn't even classify BotB in that genre. BotB to me is representative of an operational level board wargame in the Avalon Hill or SSI spirit For example here's what BotB would probably look like if it was a paper game: http://boardgamegeek.com/image/55110/breakout-normandy?size=large
Only played the tutorial and a quick run of To the Meuse as Axis, and am really impressed. I am not a big fan of operational level games at all (though I did spend Many hours with Atomic Games' V4V series back in the day), but I can see this really growing on me. The mechanics show an incredible amount of thought went into them, and will really help to get multiple playthroughs out of a single map. Looking forward to Alamein already, and would love to see Hell's Highway done with this engine also. And as for CM:T...pffft. What a waste of potential that thing was. Really shows the difference in the way devs think (or don't, as the case may be) about the future of iPad strategy/wargaming. Thankfully we have forward looking developers like Shenadoah and Slitherine bringing us great products, and sites like BGG and Pocket Tactics to keep us informed.
paper game or possibly http://www.shenandoah-studio.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Jack-Silin-Volunteer-Manning-the-Booth2.jpg
Deutschland Shenandoah Studio is aware that the game is not available in Germany (and I believe Austria and Switzerland), despite us having set it to be. Weve contacted Apple to straighten things out.
YES! YES! YEEESSSS!!!! I just won my first Race to the Meuse game. So epic!!!! My Elite 116 Panzer division conquered Huy and my flanks repelled all Montgomery's attempts to isolate my units. Was FREAKING AWESOME. I'm now ready for the full game. This game is amazing.
Thanks all for the links. Looks like this game lures out many old-time wargamers! The last operational level game on this campaign is SSG's TAO (is it for free now?), very beautiful but iirc, is quite complex. If you can find it, better check it out. As for V4V series, that is the reason why I want the next one would be Operation Crusader (with the option to setup my starting positions). I am not sure so I would see how El Alamein turns out.
Ya really, the game is easy to love and fun to play, no if I can only figure out how to beat the damn first level. It doesn't seem impossible, you deffinately need to put your thinking cap on if your gonna win though
I struggled with that, in fact it took seven goes to crack it. Oddly I completed the main bulge battle as axis on the first go. I think the opening mission does a good job of teaching you how to move your units and retain occupied space.
Just completed the main Battle of the Bulge scenario. Freaking epic. Played many games (both the fast scenario and the full campaign one) and I have to say that no two games are equal. And I won't even start about async multiplayer. For reference, I was able to win the main campaign with the fast victory objective. Any other game where I failed that, was a miserable defeat...if you aren't able to put a division after the Meuse before the 19 December, the game is a brain melter...so much happen after the 20 (not good things for Axis). Never had so much fun with a war game in my life. Back to Ardennes, I must pass a bridge EDIT: Patton down too
I beat Monty in the second try. Concentrate panzer spearhead will do the trick. Playing Allied is another ball game. Anyone up for a game. See my GCID on the sig.
