Von Manstein's Backhand Blow 2002

Southern russia early february stalingrad surround remnant german sixth army slowly methodically exterminate hundred mile west powerful soviet front move west south patchwork german line intent destroy remain axis force southern russia operation star gallop begunsix week later shocked battered remnant soviet front run collective life powerful german panzer spearhead happen soviet overconfidence responsible disaster play german hand far credit amazing reversal belong field marshal von manstein hold soviet hitler manage accumulate sufficient panzer formation allow german regain tactical operational superiorityvon mansteins backhand blow lowintermediate complexity player game wellreceive turn table system pioneer early east game produce moment history game system easy learn master game play alike great deal uncertainty randomness inject combat combat chit draw random event table uncertainty make von mansteins backhand blow ideal solitaire game combat result accurately predicteddirk blennemann designer reputation create excellent order battle east simulation detailed russian german language source provide broad array maneuver unit soviet division corps german unit range regiment multitude ad hoc german kampfgruppen throw battle stop soviet advancegame featurestime scale day turnmap scale km hexunit scale soviet corp division german regiment kampgruppen battalionsizednumber player twofrom gmt website.