Game News Moscow '42 interview at Real and Simulated Wars

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Tags: David Freer; John Tiller Software; Moscow '42; Real and Simulated Wars

Real and Simulated Wars has an interview with project manager and lead scenario designer David Freer on John Tiller Software's Moscow '42. The latest release in the excellent Panzer Campaigns series. The interview is rather refreshing for its lack of pr speak and assorted industry buzzwords. Plus David knows how to make grognards argue and shout at each other with comments like this.

JC: What's your favorite Eastern Front debunked myth?

David: One of the ones that surprised me was the dependence of the Soviets on lend lease, particularly after the winter of 1941. While researching Fall Kreml it became very apparent that the British & US tanks and vehicles provided were the key to allowing the Tank Corps to be formed as quickly as they were. The Soviets have always downplayed the role of lend lease but the continued employment of some tank types (Valentine & Sherman in particular) was vindication of their role on the battlefield.

The other one is actually that Hitler did the right thing going for the Caucasus rather than Moscow. There is a great book by author John Mosier (Hitler vs. Stalin: The Eastern Front 1941 – 1945) where he shows the importance of winning the war economically (taking the Ukraine grain & Caucasus oil) vs. politically (capturing Moscow & Leningrad). The issue the Axis had was that they were not capable of winning the economic war once they became distracted by Stalingrad.

 

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i can't believe they are still making these

 

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They just released a new Squad Battles game as well. According to the interview they've got dozens of projects in the pipeline and release one every once in awhile. The new Squad Battles: First World War is amongst the best SB games as well btw. Expect a review in a week or two.