Reply To: Continued Explorations of Normandy Wargaming

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Sorry @oriskany I forgot to mention that at some point all games break down. Like when we want to zoom in we prefer using BG at 25mm to sink the battlefield. So we are interested in exactly how a single house was taken in the village. If we wish to zoom out we use a stand of men of a single tank to present a platoon. For our sojourn to the eastern front I have my old favorite Jedko’s The Russian Campaign from 41 to 45 at the ready. A map and counter game going down to only divisional or brigade level. We don’t see a need to zoom in for this campaign. If we do the it will be out with BG.

What we are always taken by is that there is no set correct answers. By this I mean you can play at any given level of warfare and you will get a different answer. Like if you play Stalingrad and its sounds at the operational level and get some answers. Yet play in a part of Stalingrad at minor tactics and you normally get a completely different answer. This is quite normal as far as we can see. The answers at the minor tactics level must transfer and become a small part to the answers in the tactical with its own issues to answer. It happens again when the tactical is transferred to the operational.

To me you do seem happiest when bent over a map and the counters are at platoon level.