Battle for Iwo Jima

[Asid]

Battle for Iwo Jima simulates the Invasion and desperate fighting for the island from Feb 19th 1945 to March 26th 1945. You take command of the US Marines and will test your ability to do better than those brave Marines did back in 1945.


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Battle for Iwo Jima simulates the Invasion and desperate fighting for the island from Feb 19th, 1945 to March 26th, 1945. You take command of the US Marines and will test your ability to do better than those brave Marines did back in 1945.

Each turn in the game represents one day with each day broken into phases. Units are approximately company-sized.

Be warned this is not an easy game to win. You will need to exercise Command and Control over your units by keeping them in range of their HQ. Armor should be used in a supporting role and not in the f.ront lines otherwise the Japanese will eat them for breakfast. Troops need to rest and not be constantly engaged in combat.

Use the support points on units that are likely to be fired upon by the Japanese, especially when moving, to reduce your losses. Keep your units fatigue levels low by resting them from combat as they will become less effective as they suffer fatigue

[Frankie]

Battle for Iwo Jima Review
https://www.wargamer.com/reviews/battle-for-iwo-jima/

On 4th June 2019, Matrix-Slitherine did something really smart when they picked up the Battle for Korsun developer YoboWargames. While he’s officially working on a port of Valor & Victory for them, if the firm is equally smart they will also immediately pick up Yobo’s latest offering, Battle for Iwo Jima. The studio’s mantra is to build computer games that mimic the fun of hex and counter games during the golden age of board wargaming, beer and pretzel fare if you will. Nevertheless, with Battle for Iwo Jima (BIJ) this little one man shop also shows that you need not design down to the individual bullet complexity to produce a game that is both easy to play and one that completely immerses the player into the historical environment depicted.

Bottom line? This is one exceptionally well put together game, and since it’s cheaper than its predecessor you should buy it yesterday.

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First, this game will run on anything slightly more advanced than an abacus. It's kind of odd to see graphics requirements listed as ‘Anything in the last 5 years’ or recommended sound card as ‘Any’, but that’s BIJ. With minimum RAM requirements of 2 GB and only 250 MB hard drive space needed, this is not a game that will elevate your monthly electric bill.

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However, overall BIJ is an excellent example of the historical depth a simple wargame can have with the right design theory to back it up. I’m not a World War II guy by any stretch, but watching Clint Eastwood’s Letters from Iwo Jima (with the superb Ken Watanabe as Kuribayashi) made me jump at this review. Some 21 hours of gaming later, I am glad I did. Easy to learn, easier to play, tough to master and deadly accurate, you will understand why Marine Corps General Holland Smith said:

"I don't know who he is, but the Japanese General running this show is one smart bastard."

[Frankie]

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[Asid]

1.0.7 Released
Mon, 9 March 2020

A small patch to fix an occasional crash seen when moving units.

In addition I fixed a couple of other small issues:

•   Fixed - Text can seem "crunched" when opening in windows mode
•   Fixed - In windows mode the game does not fill the whole screen

[Frankie]

Purchased.

Flags of My Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima, here I come.

[Asid]

Purchased.

Flags of My Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima, here I come.

I also have this.

Great movies also. Well worth a watch 

[Asid]

Krim: The War in the Crimea 1941-42 now released
Thu, 2 July 2020



The next game from Yobowargames working collaboratively with BruinBearGames is now available.

The German player steps into the highly-polished boots of Gen. Erich von Manstein, and attempts to win the game by sweeping the entire peninsula of Soviets. The Soviet player takes the role of the Soviet front commander(s) in the Crimea area, and is generally on the defensive (though often able to make telling counter-strikes), and must attempt to thwart his enemy’s plans and hold out longer than happened historically.