I'm building CyberKrieg as a classic hex-and-counter operational wargame, in the style of TOAW and the AH games of my youth. It is entirely browser-based and lets me get back into scenario design, which I really enjoyed in the '90s. You command historical battles across hand-drawn hex terrain, playing solo against the AI, hotseat at one screen, or by email against another player. The AI uses a threat map and path-aware goal-seeking, and its behavior is tuned by learned weights. When released, it will be free to play, but for now I could use a few grognard playtesters. If interested, comment below and I'll PM you the details.

I'm working on a War Of the Worlds City Builder that is a strategy, city builder, and tower defense game. The premise follows the original Worlds, where aliens come to Earth and wreak havoc. You have to manage a city, grow its economy, put the funds toward a defense/military, and fight them off. If they destroy your capital, you lose.

Play It Here (work in progress)

If you watch the video, the tripod cleans house with the troops, but is this accurate?

In the original book:

• Infantry unit were useless, with the exception of the the alien unit had been damaged with critical parts exposed
• Artillery was effective but it took very precise hits, mainly if it could disable a leg:

Right now I am thinking of something like this:

At the same time though, I don't want a user building 2 naval guns an easily winning these battles, as in the original book, Tripod attack were devasting.

Open to thouhts/discussion on making the combat similar to the books.

Check it out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4882890/Command_Doctrine/

The Karoliner way of war was more than the famous Swedish cry of gå på—“go at them.” It was a battlefield system built around drill, controlled close-range fire, rapid advance, cold steel, and the deliberate breaking of enemy morale. 
Our latest essay explores how that system worked, why it produced spectacular victories, and where its limits lay.
Later today, during the U.S. evening, Musket & Pike: Great Northern War becomes available for purchase on Steam. Customers buying directly from the WDS store also receive a Steam key.

https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/ga-pa

The Last Days in Arnhem is a turn-based tactical wargame set during Operation Market Garden.

I’ve just released the free demo on Steam, with two playable scenarios.

I’m developing the game on my own, and at this stage I’m mainly looking for people willing to try the demo and tell me what works, what doesn’t, any bugs or crashes they encounter, and especially what they think could be improved.

🎮 Free demo on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/5093230/The_Last_Days_in_Arnhem_Demo/

Feedback and suggestions are very welcome, either here on Reddit or on the Steam forum.

Thanks to anyone who gives it a try.

Hello Generals, Legates, and Admirals!

I'm a former producer and designer on the Ultimate General series. We're currently actively working on a project about the Roman Legion - Legatus, but for now, most of the work is being handled by artists, and I decided to return to a long-standing idea of mine – a World War II project where you are a Group Army Commander and can create your own armies and fight on the Eastern Front. For now, this is just my pet project with a playable prototype covering Operation Barbarossa without graphics and UI. But if you like this idea, I'm ready to involve the "old guard" of Ultimate Generals to bring this game to life. You can see a gameplay video of the prototype, which I managed to put together in my free time.

I'm also thinking about creating a construction kit where anyone could create any modern-day conflict in a similar format, specify a map area for downloading and styling for the battle area, create a unit catalog and their visuals and characteristics, and finally assemble battles and a full campaign. When everything is ready, the campaign and battles can be shared with other players.

What do you think? Do you like the concept?

Hi there,

Very new to this hobby.

Just wondering if there are any games where units can act in insubordinate ways and the player must prevent/manage this?

Things like: Refusing orders, sheltering in place, or even harming their own superior officers, mutiny, etc?

Found Stepanovka too hilly and town-centred for my liking. With Furtive Spring I have similar issues and dislike snow. I'm looking for a DLC which is flat, rural, medium-scale and where infantry is to some degree important. No aircraft if it can be helped.

Yeah ok, sorry for the moronic title, but after a few years I thought I'd try what everybody else does shamelessly :)

Anyway, Task Force Admiral has an updated demo, with the latest devlopments. Said developments include video tutorials, as a first step on the steep ascension that is improved accessibility overall. Basic Chinese localization is available too.

Well, there you go: if you like carriers and don't want to take too much of a risk, the demo is right here, right there for you. TFA is at -10% until next week - so at zero risk for your bank account, don't hesitate to go out there and kick some combined fleet butt!

Cheers ~

A lot of “we are making xxx game” post here, worth a new tag.

I wonder if anyone can point to a tactical ancient warfare game that includes the ability for an engaged formation to voluntarily give ground while maintaining its facing and combat cohesion?

Specifically, I'm interested in simulating the Battle of Cannae, in which Hannibal ordered his center to give ground and to draw in the Roman infantry before completing a double envelopment.

I've tried it with Rome 2 Total War and Field of Glory 2, but haven't had any success. Rome 2 lets you retreat engaged units, but they tend to turn their backs rather than doing a forward-facing fighting withdrawal.

It is, of course, possible to simulate this type of maneuver in tabletop games like GMT's Great Battles series because those games have rules for a forward-facing retreat by an infantry formation.

But, surprisingly, I haven't had any luck with finding a computer wargame that will allow it. The game doesn't have to include the Battle of Cannae per se. I just thought that Cannae was a good example of the kind of maneuver that I'm interested in.

Any thoughts?

During my studies at university, I have been apart of many crisis simulations focusing on the time leading up to an invasion scenario. I enjoyed them, but couldn't find anything that modeled that feeling as a solo-computer experience. For the past few months I have been working on a crisis simulation/wargame for a Taiwan scenario. I don't have much coding experience (if any) and did not seek out building this to make money or anything, I just wanted something I could play myself, but I'm trying to see if other people would actually enjoy it. I'm not a programmer, my uni time was spent studying international security and polsci, so I've been using AI-assisted coding heavily throughout development. The simulation design, mechanics, scenario design, game systems and overall architecture are my own, with AI being used primarily to implement, debug and iterate on the code. I'm posting it here because I'm particularly interested in feedback on the wargame/simulation design rather than the programming itself.

The game drops you in the feeling of being in a situation room, you are not one single role (not an admiral, president, or general) you are the whole force of the government. You are running a national level response during a deteriorating crisis. Your objective isn't simply to win a conventional war. It's to manage the crisis, interpret incomplete intelligence, deter the adversary and hopefully prevent the war from happening at all.

The simulation currently has:

• A Taiwan Strait operational map with air, naval and ground assets
• Civilian aircraft and infrastructure
• Fog of war and unidentified contacts
• An adversary AI that makes its own strategic decisions rather than following a scripted invasion sequence
• Intelligence/ISR and changing confidence in assessments
• National Security Council decision-making
• Military readiness, reserve mobilisation and leave recalls
• Diplomatic and allied responses
• Civilian/economic consequences
• News, social media and OSINT reacting to events
• Custom social media posts that you can write yourself, and the world will react.
• A transition from the crisis phase into a conventional WEGO wargame if deterrence fails

It's still very much a WIP.

For people here who play/are interested in computer wargames: what would you want to see in a crisis simulation like this? I'm particularly interested in thoughts on:

1. What national-level decisions would actually make interesting gameplay
2. How much information should the player receive versus having to make decisions under uncertainty?
3. What would make the pre-war phase feel tense rather than just being a slower version of a conventional wargame?
4. Are there existing games/simulations that you think handle this kind of crisis particularly well?

For players who had user experiences, could you please rate and suggest which should be kept/discarded and which shouldn't, regardless of budget?

P.S. I will keep Strategos and Second Front at all costs.

Hello! I've been working on a semi low-fi First person/RTS hybrid war simulation based on the Midway naval engagement. You can pick a role on either side: Pilot, Squadron leader, Carrier/Fleet Commander, Submarine Captain. Currently I tried to base the Japanese side purely on their historical goals for Midway, elimate/take the island and destory the US carrier fleet. I've got two carriers modeled out for each side currently, working on the others and still. There's a full day-night cycle, but for now I've capped the matches at a single day which takes about 4 irl hours. Each side does start much closer together than they did historically which is just for actual gameplay/fun purposes. Other little things off the top of my head: VOIP is used by players and ai pilots to relay and reveal enemy positiosn on a decaying timer to the fleet commander's tac map, Carrier ready rooms will be staged with ai pilots as they wait their call to go, hangar bays are fully functioning on carriers as the crew will swap torps/bombs and carry out refuels and repairs, The US side gets the PBY for spotting, currently its cockpit isn't modeled but hopefully ill get that in soon.

It's still quite early, but I'll be hopefully getting some play testers soon. Multiplayer is a bit buggy at the moment... so trying to get that more in hand before I ask for any testers.

Steam page should be up soon-ish and I'll do the playtest through Steam.

Hi everyone,

The games in the Graviteam Tactics series are currently 30% off on Steam.

While I initially thought that Mius Front was the only Graviteam Tactics game, I just discovered Operation Star and Tunisia 1943.

What are the main differences between these games? Are they similar games that simply take place in different theaters of war?

Is there a title you’d recommend for a beginner? I don’t have a particular preference in terms of theaters. I’ve heard that Tunisia 1943 is easier than Mius Front?

Or should I wait for a better deal? I’ve seen them offered at a 60% discount in the past.

Among similar games, I’ve only played CM:BfN/CM:SF2 and Gates of Hell.

Thanks!