Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Phil1204

I have played 10 Barbarossa campaigns now and have got to the point where where I have no problem in exceeding the 575 victory points needed to continue past 1942, normally capturing Rhvez, Kharkov, Kursk, Kalinin and Stalino ( I have never managed to capture Rostov!). I get pushed back quite a way in the Soviet winter offensive but in the last 2 campaigns I have nevertheless managed to capture Leningrad during that period. My army is quite battered at the end of winter but is still a coherent whole and I manage to pull out and rest much of my panzer forces.

After winter there is normally two turns of good weather but then in May and for all June there is mud again and the German army is reduced again. This is when I find the Soviets do the most damage. At the end of this in July 1942, my Panzer forces are full strength and ready to attack. However, the Soviets are just too powerful and the panzer forces are quickly ground down without making any meaningful progress. Basically the Soviets are able to push back my entire front and there appears no way back for the Germans. By end August 1942, even though the Germans hold Leningrad, defeat is inevitable and certainly there is no prospect of a major offensive like Operation Blue.

This is a brilliant game, one of the best I have ever played and I am desperate to be able to play the campaign right through from 1941 to 45. However I am either missing something very significant about marshalling the German forces for 1942 or the game is flawed in simply making the Soviets ahistorically powerful in 1942, both in terms of strength and capability. Any comments or help would be most gratefully received!