SIV's campaign scenario is long, and its three maps, arranged diagonally, are suboptimal in VASSAL. On the other hand, the module allows the game to remain set up for weeks without the massive table space demands of the printed maps.
vmod
November 7, 2020
Panzer Command: vmod
November 7, 2020. vmod
The first chit-pull game was Panzer Command (Victory Games, 1984, Eric Lee Smith) - soon followed by Across 5 Aprils. The game presents a match-up between a German panzer division and a Soviet tank army, roughly equivalent in size.
November 4, 2020
St-Lô: vmod
November 4, 2020. vmod
Before he became a leading historian of the US Army in Normandy, Joseph Balkoski was well-know in the wargaming hobby as a game designer and developer. Years prior to the publication of his first book, Beyond the Beachhead, Joe demonstrated his research into the subject matter in two grand-tactical wargame designs: Omaha Beachhead (Victory Games 1987) and St-Lô (West End 1986).
October 12, 2020
Battle for Germany: vmod
October 12, 2020. vmod
Decision Games has recently repackaged Battle for Germany in a deluxe boxed version with mounted map and multi-colored counters. It prompted me to replay the original 1975 edition of this Jim Dunnigan mini-masterpiece.
September 9, 2020
Grant Takes Command: vmod
September 9, 2020. vmod
This GCACW project is a fork of the GTC module version 1.0 available on vassalengine.org.
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