Task Chair General

Flames of war suffers from the same problem that most tactical games suffer from, the lack of interaction with the operational layer. In missions with reserves, 40% of one's force is for the most part out of your hands, even more so if you use aircraft. In V3 the only influence you had over those all important 5+ rolls was your platoon count. Hit that 9+ platoon sweet spot and put your awkward filler platoons in the reserve box, maybe see them on the board, maybe not. V4 is still very much the same in this respect but the new command cards give players some bearing on the reserves system. There are 2 basic flavours of such card thus far: cards that let you re-roll aircraft or reserves and cards which stop your opponent from rolling for reserves or aircraft. The Italians, always the outlier, have a card which nullifies cards which would stop them from rolling for reserves or aircraft.  This is the most interesting card in the game. Now that more direct means of influencing reserve...

Jerry's missing out 71 points is not very much and will force players to make tough list decisions. I haven't spent much time building lists that aren't from fighting first but the impression I get is that DAK lists will struggle to achieve my sacred combined arms ideal. For them, Italian allies will be the best way to get infantry of any real substance. Their artillery is scant and expensive with no decent mid tier artillery. They can take the afrika rifles with single mortars and/or take the Lorraine Schleppers. The 105 battery seems incredibly inefficient next to these options, being the most expensive yet middling performance. Unlike the Schleppers they can be pinned down and are much more susceptible to counter battery. These'll have to do Contrast with the Americans, who have artillery picks at each echelon, DAK sorely lacks arty. The rifle company can take all the artillery it needs and has the observers to make it work. Even if the Germans could get su...