Relive the trenches and battlefields of World War I through grand strategy campaigns across Europe, the Eastern Front, Italy, the Balkans, and the Middle East. Major offensives from 1914 to 1918 unfold on massive maps up to 384x102 tiles, with 35 countries including 8 majors and 27 minors. Players manage trench warfare by building lines that block enemy spotting under fog of war, accumulate shells for artillery barrages, conduct reconnaissance with bombers, pursue research in shell production and defenses, and track national morale that risks total collapse.
This turn-based strategy simulation lets units swap during combat, unleash improved bombardments, and navigate overhauled supply rules on land and sea. Armored trains roll into select scenarios alongside rail guns. Strategy enthusiasts who crave deep historical simulation and meticulous planning will find a rewarding challenge in rewriting the war's outcome.
Strategic Command World War I: The Great War contains a number of major campaigns that span the period including a monster campaign featuring the biggest map of Europe and the Atlantic yet, at over 39,168 tiles, or 384x102!
Strategic Command World War I is a re-release of the great classic from 2010, with all the improvements brought by its original "Breakthrough!" mod!
The flagship campaigns that come with this release cover the war in Europe starting with the great German offensive into France in August 1914 and ending with the final grand battles in France and Flanders in 1918. The battles fought on the Eastern Front and in the Italian, Balkan, and Middle Eastern theaters are all fully represented too.
This release will also include the expansion "Strategic Command WWI - Breakthrough!", introducing a new unit – the armoured train, which substitutes for the rail gun in some scenarios. The game engine changes cover a host of improvements including new hotkeys and some nice combat features like combat unit swapping, improved bombardment options, and so on. Supply rules have been overhauled and improved. Breakthrough also adds a variety of additional scenarios and a range of modding features to the game editor.
Strategic Command World War I: The Great War provides you with the opportunity to re-write history in a war that changed not only the destiny of Europe but of the whole world
Features:
- 35 countries, 8 major and 27 minor belligerents (up to 65 nations possible with the Editor)
- Trench Warfare - Units can build trenches and trench lines act to block further spotting under Fog of War
- Shells - Artillery and Rail Guns now accumulate shells each turn and may fire as many shells as they have available
- Research - The many areas available include the key WW1 areas of Trench Warfare and Shell Production
- Reconnaissance Spotting - Recon Bombers allow you to fly spotting missions behind enemy lines
- National Morale - This value can be increased or decreased by special events, combat losses, enemy and friendly territory held, and it can influence not only individual unit morale but also the entire collapse of a nation if the value drops below critical levels
