In Scenario 1 of Gulf Strike (VG, 1983), the Iranians are set to invade the Gulf Council States. With the US presence in the area growing more powerful each turn, Iran has to move very quickly to gain control over and consolidate its hold on the Straits of Hormuz. Time …
In my previous post, I talked about two different setup options for the NATO player for the scenario, “Southern Thrust” in LnLP’s brigade level WW3 game, “Dawn’s Early Light”. In this article, I’d like to look at the Soviet setup. The Soviets get a big advantage here since they set …
“Southern Thrust” is the name of scenario 3 for “Dawn’s Early Light”, LnLP’s brigade-level combat game set in the World at War universe where the Soviets are rolling through West Germany in 1985. In “Southern Thrust”, the NATO forces, consisting of the US 5th Armored Division the 4th Canadian Mechanized …
This is (probably) my final article dealing with strategy in LnL’s Corps Command: Dawn’s Early Light. As I mentioned in my previous post, the key to Soviet victory is finding a NATO weak spot while maneuvering your other units around the other defenders to either prevent NATO reinforcement or to …
I’ve been getting back into Corps Command: Dawn’s Early Light recently and here are some things I’ve started to understand about different Soviet and NATO strategies. I’m writing this article as advice for beginners to the series. I’m definitely not a tactical genius (as my opponents will surely attest) but …
