Cauldrons of War - Barbarossa News

What's new in this patch?

You can now attack toward Rostov from Kharkov
This is a huge change in gameplay. Rostov will be easier to take, but doing so, the Army Group South may be burdened with too many operations.

As the Svir junction is accomplished, Finland HQ will be connected to southern operations
You will be able to use your clever winter proofed finnish troops in some new places now.

The 2nd german army is now splitable
Really, i don't know why it was not the case earlier...

Also in this patch : some minor text and bug fixes.

Now you have no excuses for not winning as the german !

Have fun!

Maestro Cinetik



PS: What's next ?

I am working on the Cauldrons of War sequel "Cauldrons of War-Stalingrad".
This new game will include the operations from may 1942 to february 1943

Cool features i will code for that sequel will be retrofited in Cauldron of War Barbarossa if possible.

Hello there!

In the last patch :

-A rare but annoying bug in the soviet counter-strike in the Baltic is now corrected
-Typos corrected
-A cheat code system have been added

Cheat codes :

-They don't work on multiplayer (of course)
-They can only be triggered from the map view
-They can only be triggered once per session
-They exist to help you explore deeper the game, more than to help you cheat

Type simultaneously "C" for cheat and :

-"P" to add 1 command point to each of your HQs
-"T" to add 100 trucks to each of your HQs
-"A" to add 10 planes to each of your HQs
-"R" to recon all ennemy units (this one is unlimited)

Have fun!

Cauldrons of War: Barbarossa is a special beast, in more ways than one. At first glance, it is an Early Access indie wargame about Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany's ill-fated attempt to invade the Soviet Union in 1941. There are about a million and a half games covering the Eastern Front, and there's good reason for that, but it means that Cauldrons has to be doing something special to make it stand out. Luckily, standing out seems to have been a major design principle.

Cauldrons of War opts for a unique set of wargame mechanics. Gone are the hexes, map regions, and unit statistics that make up the majority of traditional wargames. Instead, the one-man team behind the game has created an abstract representation of the progress of military operations.

The only visual representation on the game map being sections of front line and great arrows denoting planned advances. Rather than commanding units across traditional battlefields or else dropping units on to enemies based on relative strengths, you are making a few key decisions for each army group each turn. This pulls double duty mechanically, forcing you to carefully plan out your actions while making games flow much faster than others that tackle this huge campaign.

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RELATED LINKS:


The Wargamer's Guide to WW2's Eastern Front

Review: Kursk – Battle at Prokhorovka

Panzer Corps expansion Soviet Corps now available

Lead the operations on the eastern front at the highest strategical level.

Cauldrons of War is a simple but deep turn-based wargame about the invasion of USSR by nazi germany in 1941.

In this game, as the commander in chief, you won't micro-manage lesser issues, but will focus on the great strategical affairs. The game stay tense, but you won't have to play 120 hours to finish a campaign, and that alone will change your wargamer's life.

This game features :

- 4 scenarios about the operations Barbarossa, Typhoon, the Moscow counter-offensive and the 1941-1942 soviet winter offensive

- A hot seat mod

- A PBEM mod

Have fun !

Maestro Cinetik

What's in this new juicy patch ?

- a much better german AI (entirely reworked)
- a better readability
- some minor issues fixed
- the full winter offensive scenario, from dec, 6 to march 42

The last scenario needs some more playtesting for balance, tell me about your game experiences on the Discord.

Have fun !

Maestro Cinetik