"Kursk - Battle of Prochorovka" becomes early access at Steam. Has a nice board game look to it. Will investigate further...
http://store.steampowered.com/app/605200/?snr=1_620_4_1402_47
Notice the clipped counters. 8)
Interesting looking. The description says the units are battalion level, but the map doesn't look that way?
But why early access on a single day battle with no apparent random factors? Strange. Didn't see any mention of map scale of time scale either.
Early access because there is no AI presently but the Dev says he's working on one.
Guess I should of clicked "read more" :-" . No pbem, just hot seat or AI play when released. It's a wargame so I'll be checking it out on release.
I checked the dev's web page and he said on full release it will be 9.99 so a 30% discount if buying at this stage. No AI will make me wait.
It looks interesting.
My first impression was not good, but the more I looked the more I liked. For a computer game, the combat system looks a little simplistic. However, what matters is fun I suppose.
I wonder if we might have a slight copyright problem here. Does anyone remember the old 1979 Task Force Games boardgame Prochorovka: Armor at Kursk? Take a look at the counter values in the screenshot, and then look at the counters in the boardgame. https://boardgamegeek.com/image/86147/prochorovka-armor-kursk?size=original
Michael
I remember Prochorovka: Armor at Kursk. It was my first wargame.
I see what you mean about the counter values. Given that Tigers on the Hunt was published by Matrix and is still available for purchase in spite of many similarities with ASL, I suspect it will be fine.
Quote from: DicedT on March 14, 2017, 02:18:37 PM
I wonder if we might have a slight copyright problem here. Does anyone remember the old 1979 Task Force Games boardgame Prochorovka: Armor at Kursk? Take a look at the counter values in the screenshot, and then look at the counters in the boardgame. https://boardgamegeek.com/image/86147/prochorovka-armor-kursk?size=original
Michael
Is anyone really concerned over a 35 year old fringe wargame copy right ? In any event - is copying the vales from a counter an infringement. Logic says that if the original got it right then someone else who got it right would get the same numbers ? Cant see a problem here.