WW1: WESTERN FRONT by Joni Nuutinen
LINKS:
⊕ Not in Play Store
⊕ Amazon
⊕ free
⊕ local apk
Lead German forces into quick victory in 1914 - or failing that get stuck in the muddy battlefields, trenches, and Allied fortification lines for years, eventually witnessing the first appearance of tanks and arrival of American troops. Control the production and build railway networks to suite your particular strategy and tactics.
⊕ Taking place from: 1914-08
⊕ Map size: 3000 = 60 x 50
⊕ First World War western front with mud, production, railway line building
⊕ Released: 2013-01
WELCOME:
First World War: Western Front by Joni Nuutinen is a large-scale, turn-based strategy game that takes place during the First World War. You are in command of the German armed forces, and the object of the campaign is to conquer the strategic part of France as quickly as possible.
VICTORY CONDITIONS
The game ends when Germans reach OVER 300 Victory Points (VPs), which are gained from cities. Total of 320 VPs in play in this particular campaign.
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.
C A M P A I G N N O T E S:
Victory Conditions: Control OVER 300 Victory Points (VPs), which are gained from the cities.
Tap production locations (green diamonds) to change what they are manufacturing.
Range of Artillery barrages automatically increases over the years.
Stosstruppen and A7V/Mark1/FT17 tank units arrived a bit earlier than historically accurate to get them a chance to be part of the active game play.
British and French Tank units have extra combat bonus during the first battles (tank panic), the bonus is biggest during the first combat and slowly diminishes as troops get used to tanks on the battlefield.
Time scale speeds up during December and January since those months saw the least combat (waterlogged terrain and lack of daylight).
Some of the newer code mentions 'province', but since this small-scale game does not include actual provinces with borders, this usually implies to hexagons within the range of three from the city.
Some German supply cities are located away from the rear area to reduce the massive amount of supply route calculations caused by the size of the map and the number of units.
Some slightly incorrect military-history terms (like Fort for minor dugouts) are used simply because they are short (map won't be flooded with long text tags) and these terms are known to even non-native English speakers.
For more generic answers about this strategy game series please check out FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) from the Guide menu (FAQ opens up a website link, which includes a ton of answers and questions I have received over the years - like 100,000 characters worth).
Keep your games updated! Updates add features, fix issues, optimize performance, balance campaigns, and reset outdated scores. With tiny 1 MB games, updates ensure everyone uses the latest version, making feedback relevant. Enable auto-updates in Store settings for convenience.
B U G R E P O R T S:
Since this series supports 20,000 Android devices and countless settings and strategies, it’s impossible to test every combination. If you spot anything off, just tap my pic on the main screen to send me an email.
Thank you for your support. :-)
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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-- FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) about game series overal
-- Developer Log: tidbits about military history and scenario updates
-- Sortable Table of all campaigns