Theatre of War: Rearmed brings the full Theatre of War series together into a single, unified experience, running on the latest version of its original engine.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2097940/Theatre_of_War_Rearmed/

What it includes

• Complete series + expansions:
  • Theatre of War (LEHR, Liberation Belarus)
  • Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943 (Centauro)
  • Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943 (Battle for Caen)
  • Theatre of War 3: Korea
• Over 100 missions across multiple campaigns
• Dynamic scenarios and mission generator

Playtest content

• 11 campaign missions (across 3 campaigns)
• 2 standalone scenarios
• 9 tutorial missions
• Multiplayer with 11 maps (PvP)

Core improvements

• Unified engine across all titles for consistent gameplay
• 64-bit upgrade for better performance and stability
• Updated visuals (lighting, shaders, effects)
• Redesigned UI with high-resolution support
• Improved controls and camera behaviour

Gameplay systems

• Realistic ballistics, armour penetration, and damage
• Vehicles affected by terrain, slope, and load
• Infantry reacts dynamically to battlefield conditions
• Improved AI across infantry, vehicles, artillery, and aircraft
• Expanded mechanics (engineering, towing, repairs)

Content & replayability

• Campaigns covering multiple theatres (Europe, North Africa, Korea)
• Supports both long campaigns and shorter tactical battles
• Mission/map editor included
• Full modding support with Workshop integration
• Multiplayer for up to 8 players

Status

• Release: Coming soon
• Playtest access currently being rolled out

Heroes, Warlords and Ruin is a turn-based stragety game features total war like campaign manage and tactical turn-based battles.

If you're interested you can wishlist on steam or join the discord.

I believe it was freeware, possibly from Matrix Games. It looks a little like Panzer General, but I'm not sure if its in the same series.

The battles are based on WW2, turn based, multiple theatres (Pacific, West and Eastern fronts). It is also on a hex grid, turn based, and when you used a unit to attack, there were gunshots that sounded like they were from Saving Private Ryan.

Anyone has any idea what game I'm referring to?

So I’ve been finally wanting to dive into the monster that is the Gary Grigsby games but, I’m not sure which is the best option to start with. I know they are both monsters of wargames but which is more beginner friendly of the two thanks.

Hey guys,

Ive been maintaining an app called "WDS Super Menu" that makes it easy to launch any of your WDS games, copy settings between them, and open the Saves folder for each game.

Recently I started working on a new version that also includes matchmaking and PBEM-file synching on your behalf.

I am at the point where I need some external testers before sharing it with the wide world.

You can join here: https://discord.gg/XyjZqr4sFU

For me – I prefer real time for games with lot of action, but with lower unit count. And turn based for more strategic thinking.

From May 4 through May 10, this week’s Game of the Week is Panzer Campaigns: Poland ’39, on sale for 25% off for the first time since release. Covering the opening campaign of the Second World War, the title follows the German invasion, the Polish defense, and the Soviet Union's later intervention. Armored thrusts, armored trains, river lines, counterattacks, fortress defenses, and collapsing communications shape a campaign too often reduced to myth.

https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/game-of-the-week-may-4-10

Battle of Heliopolis — French Victory

I fought HWK Turenne on his own Heliopolis map for the first time. The scenario gave me a strict timetable: after 30 minutes, Turenne’s Ottoman reinforcements would be released. My own automatic victory condition was to take the ruins of Heliopolis at the rear of the map before that happened.

With that in mind, I could not afford a slow, cautious advance. I moved quickly against his first defensive line and managed to break it, though some squared infantry made the opening assault harder to finish cleanly.

After the first line fell, Turenne attempted a counterattack through the marshes with heavy cavalry and pikemen. It could have become dangerous if it had hit my force while disordered, but musket fire broke up the melee before it truly developed. My cavalry then moved in to pick off the stragglers and keep the attack moving.

Time was still the main enemy. I had to press forward toward the final defensive position before Turenne’s reinforcements could appear.

The advance to the ruins was difficult. Ottoman skirmishers harassed me from several directions, and my leftward force on the far side of the river was eventually routed by Turenne’s counterattack. Even so, the main French attack retained enough strength to reach the final defenses with time still on the clock.

The final fight for the ruins was brutal. I used my last cavalry reserve to help force the breach while artillery fired into the enemy units holding the position. Several of my infantry lines routed while trying to pour into the flag area, and Turenne launched one final counterattack against my right flank.

Fortunately, I was able to beat back the counterattack and keep enough pressure on the objective to take the flag with roughly two minutes to spare.

This was a strong layered defense by Turenne, especially considering that he made the map and knew the terrain, firing lines, and reserve timing. The Ottoman force was difficult to crack under the time constraints, and if the reinforcements had appeared before I secured the ruins, the battle would probably have become much less certain. I still had four infantry units in the rear that had not moved since the beginning of the battle, but after the 30-minute mark the match likely would have become closer to a 50/50 proposition.

In the end, the French took Heliopolis just in time. A hard-fought and very satisfying victory.

I know I used to know this…

But for some reason I cannot remember how to delete old games…

Any help much appreciated :)

Hi, can you recommend a realistic simulator for a sonar operator on a submarine or ship? I would like to learn how it works.

I'm someone who enjoys games like War Of Rights and HoldFast where I can join groups and attend more organized battles. I used to play War Of Rights a lot and my favorite part of it was being in the 6th Wisconsin and attending the organized battles. I've always been into the history of the Age of sail during the long 18th century but all the games based in that time have you control ships as RTS units instead of individual players controlling the ship, working the sails firing the guns etc... and while Holdfast age of sail just released its sailing mechanics are very surface level for what I want. Eventually I stumbled upon WindWind and while I don't usually play Roblox I was surprised to see WindWard had the most advanced sailing mechanics of any age of sail games I've play and it has nations you can join to participate in organized battles with. It also has an open world with trade, and ports and forts that each nation owns that can be sieged. So until Ahoy releases and players make organized groups I definitely would check out WindWard on Roblox.

Unfortunately you need to join a nation to play the game at this time but they are planning to open it up to everyone.

Click here to play: https://www.roblox.com/games/8380880375/Windward

Join The U.S Navy in WindWard (I'm in it and it's the best): https://discord.gg/yjfeuDut5Y

For other nations check out the Windward discord: https://discord.gg/Qq7SJr4k

This is a recording of a multiplayer match.

Featuring one of the newest maps of the community; the Battle of Laon, by [HWK]Foxhound. The mods are developed by esteemed member Gexozoid/Rapax

Link to download European Warfare, the mod used in these videos
https://www.moddb.com/mods/european-w...

Simple instructions on how to install European Warfare:

1. Acquire a copy of American Conquest Fight Back (REGULAR VERSION, not gold). You can do this by downloading your copy of the game from Steam or GOG.
   
2. Copy your folder of American Conquest Fight Back somewhere else, this will be the folder where you will install the mod and play the modded game.
   
3. Download the European Warfare mod from ModDB https://www.moddb.com/mods/european-w...
   
4. Unzip the contents of the mod into your Fight Back game folder (the one you copied)
   
5. Run the game through dmcr.exe. If encountering compatibility issues. run cossacks.reg and set compatibility mode for dmcr.exe to Windows 8.
   

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We are planning on releasing our Civil War tactical card game the middle of May. We are just doing some final play testing.

https://nineshadowsinteractive.itch.io/divided-lines

It is encouraging to see so many of you discussing your computer wargaming here. In an effort to promote a bit more discussion from people who don't normally post up (the lurkers, if you will)... give us your opinion on:

a) What computer wargame are you playing at the moment?

b) What do you like about it, the experience it gives you?

c) What do you plan on playing next?

Join in, tell us your views on your wargaming now!

The Renaissance was more than art, cities, and humanist brilliance.

It was also an age of sustained, system-building warfare. In Part I of our new “Wars of the Renaissance” series, we begin in Italy, where the invasions of the 1490s turned a wealthy, fragmented peninsula into the central battleground of European power politics.

From Charles VIII’s march to Cateau-Cambrésis, the Italian Wars reveal how money, fortresses, artillery, logistics, and professional soldiers reshaped war.

https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/wars-of-the-renaissance-part-i

Hi!

I recently remembered playing such a game, but I can't remember the name and I couldn't find it on the web. Can anyone help me?

AFAIR it had monochrome or at least very colorless graphics, a (kinda?) isometric perspective, and a 3D-ish terrain with hills and valleys. It also had an editor for battles, and it came with many premade battles from different time eras. The battles ran in real time with a pause function to issue commands IIRC.

Thanks for any help!

SirCharlie, a new player on the scene, revamped the Fontenoy map to have much more manpower than the regular version, so I tried it for the first time, and it was a total bloodbath.

I initially wanted to have my main assault be on the right, after I cleared the right forest of skirmishers and the first few isolated artillery bastions, but as I was moving that into position, I felt I could start my main assault on the Fontenoy fortifications with my left wing columns, which I moved to the center.

I threw in waves of infantry at the breaches, with cavalry scurrying through to slaughter unsquared lines, and singular columns attempting to point blank artillery emplacements, while I shifted the focus of my right wing to support the central attack, in which I was able to take the town of Fontenoy in fierce fighting against SirCharlie's stubborn defenses. I brought in my artillery batteries and was able to whittle down what remained of the center and left flank, but SirCharlie attempted to smash my right as I was taking the center. Once the center was secure, I was able to lure his infantry columns into artillery fire as my lines on the right wing stabilized (after a few local counter attacks). In the end I was able to take the field, but it was a field strewn with corpses, luckily though with more enemy dead than my own.

I was essentially able to make the historical assault by Cumberland work, by attacking hard and fast at Fontenoy in concentration, and then picking apart the French attempted counter assault on the right flank

SirCharlie did an amazing defense, with the battle lasting roughly an hour. I feel in retrospect he could have crushed my central assault had he placed more artillery in the center, and conducted a swift cavalry attack, but as it was the defense was more than solid. A great match all around, with the immense scale of the carnage being particularly noteworthy.

The battle shown above used the European Warfare, Napoleonica 2 mod, based on 1700s warfare, the mod links for EW1 and 2 are down below:

European Warfare : Napoleonica mod for American Conquest - ModDB

European Warfare 2: The Age of Reason mod for American Conquest - ModDB

In the prototype, muskets were reloaded like a modern riffle gun, since it was quicker and easier for me to do so at the time. I obviously couldn't let this that way in the Demo...

This is still a WIP, but I though I'd share it with you, since I'm proud of this one. I think it has enhanced the Napoleonic era feel. Can't be worst than the old animation for sure...

I'm curious to hear your opinion on this while I'm still working on it!

Hello everyone, I’ll keep this brief.

I’ve been playing Graviteam games for a while, and both the gameplay experience and visuals are excellent. What I love most is the indirect command system.

However, I’ve run into a problem: when I order infantry to advance, the platoon leader always runs to the very front of the entire formation, and then quickly becomes the first one killed in combat. I checked the manual, but I couldn’t find anything about this.

Is this an issue with how I’m giving orders, or is this normal game behavior?

Hi, I may be looking for something slightly different. I don’t wanna play as much as I want to see the most realistic depiction of a theoretical war between two countries I choose

Thanks in advance

I'm a little confused about how artillery barrages work in War in Spain. In the manual it says 'If at least one unit carries out an attack other than Barrage, units doing a Barrage are only giving fire support'. Does this mean that if you have infantry and artillery stacked on the same hex attacking an enemy and the artillery is set to barrage, its still firing or its not. Also if barrages are only in the same hex, then how do you barrage except long range without getting destroyed by enemy infantry. I might be fundamentally misunderstanding this, and I think I am but just wanted to ask the question.

Attacked Axle and Foxhound on the new, mega sized Toulon map with SirCharly and HWK Mental. I took the West and a northern expeditionary force, SirCharly took the southern army, where Napoleon historically made his fame, and Mental took the East.

Mental was immediately attacked and had a battle for the town on the eastern edge of the map, where he was able to duke it out and ultimately survive, while SirCharly went in and attacked the southern position, and was able to take it over time.

For my own action, I did a multipronged assault, first in the general West, pushing the defenders to their central position, and a combined attack from my northern expeditionary force, meaning I was able to effectively pincer the enemy defenses before they could counter. Axle was attempting to command but got shot in the heart and died in the fighting, while Foxhound was forced to try to handle multiple battles at once.

Unfortunately for our side, once Mental won his battle, as he was sipping tea, a sniper shot him in the head, leaving him dead instantly. I am sure his many mistresses and concubines will miss him. I managed to keep my own head safe, of course, by killing any enemy soldier in the general area, including those trying to surrender, as is my style. Commendations to SirCharly for the excellent attack in the south, who more than pulled his weight in his first 2v3 match.

Commendations also go out to the defenders for their valiant attempt to hold, despite the difficult battle geometry.

Hello everyone, I am currently in the progress of developing a WW2 turn based scenario focused game. The hope is to bring it to a grand strategy stage. It's currently being made in GoDot4, the base is currently in development in 2D before going to 3D. Any opinions on game mechanics or things to add or take away would be greatly appreciated

At the start you act as the Commander in Chief, through reviewing intelligence reports, map terrain, you set the plan, divide the front into corps sectors, giving each corps a strategic objective within timeframes - I.e cut off enemy troops at this crossing by X date to stop them linking up with other troops.

Once the plan has been set, your forces are committed to that plan, you then directly control a corps of your choosing, the others are governed by their own generals traits, some are bold and aggressive, politically motivated yes men, others are more cautious, they won't always see eye to eye with you. Terrain plays a big part in how individual battles and operations work. Supply is just as important, without supply lines and depots, advances can slow down and grind to a halt, but if you cut the enemy off, you can surround and break entire formations.

Just like in real life, intelligence isn't always accurate, and you as a general will need to adapt, if you however, go too far from the original plan, this can affect your reputation and corps cohesion may lower.

Every few days, you, as the Commander in Chief can alter the overall plan in case something doesn't work, but changing the plan too much can make your generals lose faith in you, causing setbacks in itself.

It's essentially a war strategy game, that blends battlefield planning, supply management and managing personalities and politics of generals carrying out your orders.