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HPS Simulations and John Tiller are proud to announce the
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War on the Southern Front (WSF) is
the second installment HPS's Total War in Europe series. It focuses on the
ground and air campaigns fought in the regions surrounding the
Mediterranean in 1940-43. This includes the Italian Invasion of Greece in
1940, the subsequent German invasion of the Balkans, Rommel and the
exploits of the Afrika Korps, and the Allied invasion of Sicily. These
campaigns saw a wide range of operations, from swift armor thrusts in the
desert to infantry slogging matches in the mountains to daring airborne
assaults.
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Each scenario covers a campaign or
major battle. These include the battles for Tobruk and El Alamein, the
Axis last stand in Tunisia, the mountain warfare in Greece in 1940-41, the
German airborne assault on Crete, the British intervention in Vichy Syria,
and the Patton-Montgomery race for Messina in Sicily. Game units are
regimental-brigade level, with divisional builds. There are also extensive
air orders of battles. Command, supply, partisans, weather and many more
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$49.95
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The OOB
contains fifteen nations with 337 different unit types. The combat model
accounts for such factors as armor effects and morale. Airpower includes
missions such as close support, interdiction, recon and interception.
There is an extensive campaign manual included as an electronic file which
includes information on networked play, PBEM, and a troubleshooting guide.
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 | 23 Scenarios - with optimization for PBEM as well as a separate
version for play against the system AI |
| The Master Map covering the entire Mediterranean theater of
operations.
- Game scale is 1 hex = 10 kilometers, 1 turn = 2 days |
| Scenario editors which allow players to customize the game |
| Sub-map feature allows the main map to be "chopped" up
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War on the Southern Front provides multiple play options including play
against the computer AI, Play by e-mail (PBEM), LAN & Internet
"live" play, and two player hotseat.
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Minimum
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1 GHz Pentium CPU |
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256 MB RAM |
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300 MB Hard Drive |
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Microsoft Windows
98/2K/2000 / XP / VISTA / 7 / 8 operating system |
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Microsoft DirectX 9.0+ |
"Windows" is a registered trademark of Microsoft
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$49.95*
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The
Wargamer is pleased to recognize John Tiller
and HPS with our Award for Excellence
World War II: The First Blitzkrieg,
predecessor to War on the Southern Front, is
elegantly designed with important factors handled simply yet accurately.
Including several campaigns that haven’t been well-covered in other wargames,
and boasting an AI is good enough to make simulations meaningful, World War II:
The First Blitzkrieg is an excellent title for the World War II grognard.
(Click
here to read the full review).
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Read the Net Wargaming Italia review here. If you
don't read Italian,
BabelFish
will attempt to translate. |
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