Battlefront

Release Date: February 8, 2007

Strategy, World War II, turn-based, multiplayer, singleplayer, PBeM

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Battlefront is a turn-based strategy from Strategic Studies Group, a company specializing in this genre. The product was released to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the launch of a board game of the same title and is a faithful computer adaptation of the game.

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Battlefront Description

Battlefront features the power of battalion-level combat in some of this period's most bloody and intense conflicts: Saipan, Market Garden, Novorossisk, and Gazala. Players will have realistic control over their soldiers, with a tactical scale just large enough to make a telling difference in the strategic picture.Game Features

Improved Strategic AI enables a more flexible response to fast changing battlefields

Improved user interface simplifies unit information

Command and control system that rewards correct employment of military assets

Close combat routines have special attack modes such as Banzai, Surprise and Infiltration

Indirect Fire from artillery and air assets can directly attack enemy units

Direct fire from AFVs can attack enemy units at range

Counter-battery fire can eliminate enemy artillery

Eliminated units can be rebuilt as cadres and returned to battle

Sighting, command, supply and danger zone rules encourage sensible use of artillery

Complete Unit, Map and AI editor allows users to create scenarios from scratch

Improved Play By Email security

Last updated on August 14, 2015