1944: War in the West

This is another "elegant," "no nonsense," grand strategic game by Steve Pole. The rules are absolutely clear and an experienced wargamer will have no trouble playing this one smoothly. Like all Pole's designs this one features the use of resource points and supply depots forcing the player to pick his battles and to plan ahead. Also, like his other games, combat is resolved by adding up strength of generic units and factoring in things such as the presence of combined arms (armor, infantry and artillery) and terrain.

I bought this at the San Diego Historical game con based on the system the game uses to manage supply. We played it at the con and I have to say it was a lot of fun. I would like to come back to the game and play it again.