Order of Battle Red Storm

[airboy]

The third and final release in the Order of Battle series focusing on the forces of the USSR is being released today - Red Storm.

You can import your core forces from the two earlier campaigns if you saved them.

I'd really like to play it, but I'll be moving furniture across multiple States, finishing painting, and other stuff for a couple of weeks.  Hopefully after that I can get back to enjoying my retirement.

[airboy]

I bought Red Storm with my annual loyalty discount.  Financially, not the best way to use my discount of 42% for $5 off - but it was the game I wanted.

The new models for the AI Germans is quite good.  Your Commie units are still generic, at least until the modders fix it.

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[Sir Slash]

Wow, those are pretty good. Almost too pretty to blow-up.

[Jarhead0331]

Wow, those are pretty good. Almost too pretty to blow-up.

Nothing...I repeat...nothing, is too pretty to blow up.

[Gusington]

I'll be getting Red Storm over the winter, hopefully with some kind of discount. Order of Battle has so much content I will never get to it all. But I had a blast with the Rising Sun and Morning Sun campaigns during the summer.

[al_infierno]

What's the deal with the skull-and-crossbones theme for the German side?  Is that the symbol/flag they use for SS divisions?

[Jarhead0331]

What's the deal with the skull-and-crossbones theme for the German side?  Is that the symbol/flag they use for SS divisions?

I think it might mean they are surrounded and/or cutoff from supply and fighting to the last man.

Either that, or they are with the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf.

[al_infierno]

Either that, or they are with the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf.

That's what I was thinking...  If that's the case, I'd much prefer to see the actual Toten skull than some goofy Jolly Roger symbol.  I'm sure modders are on it already

[airboy]

In Order of Battle, the skull and crossbones are used to designate any SS unit.  That is just their convention.  They use a different indicator when out of supply.

The screenshot is from the 1943 Battle of Kursk where one or two SS Panzer divisions broke through two lines of Commie defenders.  You are taking the role of the Russki's against the SS Panzer division.

In Order of Battle, when you play the Germans you can use research points to raise SS forces.  Doing so gives you extra units.  You further have the choice to designate more of your resource points to reinforcing SS troops.

I've played all of the Official content at least twice except for this newest release which I've just started.  The number of scenarios (not campaigns, scenarios) from modders on the Slitherine website is almost unbelievable.  I've played more than 50% of the most prolific Modder's campaigns (Erik2's) and there are many other modders.

[Sir Slash]

Damn, I was hoping there were Pirates in the game.  :arr:

[Gusington]

That sounds awesome AB.

I just realized that most of my time with OoB has been playing Imperial Japanese campaigns. Can't wait to get to the ETO.

For reference I placed an image of the 3rd SS Panzer Division's unit insignia below.

[uncajerf]

Also, don't forget that, in certain countries, certain symbols are illegal. :)


JRR