Command Ops 2, Return to St Vith Tutorial AAR part 1, pages 1-30

[drewww]

I think about this AAR all the time -- how did you make the visuals? They're so compelling and I feel like making something similar in my own campaigns would be super rewarding (if time consuming). Is there some template set you're relying on?

 

[SamuraiN]

Hi Chris.
The last update to the PDF included the last few pages I had.
The German reinforcements that arrived north east of St Vith got completely wiped out, in that pocket against the northern map edge, with no loss to my own forces.

It's a long time before KG Peiper arrive on the map so I decided to stop there.

I still have the save, so could pick up from there for the second half if you want?
It would probably take me a few months to complete it though, and that's assuming I don't get distracted by home life, or another game again.

Interestingly, I figured that as I eliminated all German units on the map before the beginning at Day 3, I got a decisive victory immediately, and the Peiper group possibly aborts the counterattack. Though it was very painstaking to eradicate those 12 VG remnants engaging in guerilla warfare, making me employ 5 units to surround and get rid of 1 or 2 badly weakened ones. The overall strategy I employed is different than the one in the PDF.

 

[crazy10101]

I'm curious, but why have the 51st secure a whole bunch of forest trails when the 35th would do a better job in such close terrain? Feels like if you swap the roles of the two, you play to their strengths much better.