GERMAN AIRBORNE ATTACK ON CRETE 1941 by Joni Nuutinen
LINKS:
⊕ Play Store
⊕ Amazon
⊕ free turn-limited at amazon
⊕ local apk for sideloading
Play Store : Amazon / free : local apk
German attack on Crete was the first mainly airborne invasion in the military history: German paratroopers jumped into chaos of several landing zones, only to discover much stronger than expected Allied forces squeezing them from all the directions. To have any chance of success Germans needed to seize the key airfields during the first few days to fly in replacements and resources.
⊕ Taking place from: 1941-05
⊕ Map size: 1920 = 64 x 30
⊕ Specials: Game mechanic placing MP Depots which give MPs to the closest unit
⊕ Released: 2015-05
WELCOME:
You are in command of the German forces taking part in the risky airborne invasion of Crete. Known as Operation Mercury (Unternehmen Merkur) it was the first mainly airborne invasion in military history. In addition to numeric superiority British commanders knew about the German airborne plan thanks to their code breaking efforts. However, against all the odds and in spite of major losses, the elite German paratroopers managed to seize control of some key airfields allowing them to airlift in more reinforcements to turn the tide of an uneven struggle and eventually capture of the entire island of Crete.
VICTORY CONDITIONS:
The object of the game is to control OVER 100 Victory Points as quickly as possible.
SUPPLY: German unit receive supply either from airdrop supplies or from one of the three cities with airfield (Maleme, Retimo, Heraklion). A total of 110 Victory Points available in this campaign.
QUICK TIPS: Settings: You can change hexagon size, city icons, unit icons, and many other aspects from settings, or via the four round buttons in the upper-left corner of the gaming view. Unit markings: Lower left corner shows HPs (Hit Points), upper left corner shows the number of MPs (move points), right side has several type of markings: warnings on red, attached resources on white, ground information (what's under unit icon) is marked on green. Zooms buttons (Z) are located on upper-left corner. Combat core concepts: adjacent units critically support each other in battle; encircling is often more efficient than using brute-force direct attacks. TMP-system: By controlling Key Tactical Locations (green diamonds) you will gain TMPs (Tactical Move Points), which can be used to move between two hexagons sharing Tactical Route (yellow-green arrow between the hexagons) without losing regular MPs.
CAMPAIGN NOTES:
The object of the campaign is to control over 100 Victory Points (VPs), which are gained from the cities. A total of 110 Victory Points available in this campaign.
Germans get supply either from airdrop supplies or from one of the three cities with airfields (Maleme, Retimo, Heraklion).
How many Airdrop-supplies German side gets depends on several factors: Firstly, historically Germans focused delivering supplies via airports once they were captured instead of randomly and inefficiently dropping supplies over combat zone, secondly plentiful supplies would make the game too easy, thirdly having supplies strongly reflect the number of units would give players the chance to game the system by toying with the number of units, fourthly the number of units without supply city plays some part, fourthly eastern drop-zones were fairly comprehensively destroyed (so some historical accuracy is nice).
Since there was only a handful of tanks in the entire island, they do not play part in this scenario.
Roads: The more you control the nearby area, the more likely the free movement on road network is.
Allied units will eventually evacuate via southern coastal cities if given chance (there is a setting to turn this feature OFF).
TIP: Make it to your absolute top priority to take the supply city Maleme.
Scenario Specific documentation that includes links to more generic documentation on how the game series and the underlying game engine works.
To get a feel play the free turn-limited demo version (sideload or Amazon App Store), while screenshots are available on the app stores.
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