WWII Eastern Front Map by
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Master Fenrir Click image to enlarge. Introduction WWII Eastern Front is a medium-sized map containing 44 total regions. There are 7 total bonus zones, including the "Hold All Stars" capital bonus. With 44 regions, this map is comparable to the Classic Map (42 regions) in terms of standard games. Six-player, escalating, and chained or unlimited reinforcements are the best settings for standard, terminator, and assassin games. In terms of team games, this map is best suited for doubles and triples, being just a tad too small for a good quadruples game. The best settings for each team game will be discussed at length in the Team Games section.
show: Classification
Size: MediumFeatures
How to play WWII Eastern Front show: Two Player
In a two player standard game, each player will begin the game with 13 regions. This means that including the capitals, a total of 18 regions, almost half of the map, will begin the game as neutral regions. Overall, the large amount of starting neutral regions makes WWII Eastern Front a poor map for playing 1 vs. 1 standard games.
show: Escalating
There are several regions that have more reach than others. Smolensk is the only region on the entire map that is adjacent to 7 other regions. Isthmus of Perekop, Mozhaysk, and Stavropol are each adjacent to 6 other regions. Rostov, Poltava, Oryol, and Velikiye Luki are each adjacent to 5. These regions give you the most assault options and are good spots to place a troop stack.
show: Flat Rate, No Spoils, and Nuclear Spoils
The easiest bonus to capture and hold in all instances is the von Leeb Army bonus zone, as stated in previous sections. However, if you are working for the von Leeb Army bonus zone, keep your eyes on the other players. As is typical with flat rate and no spoils standard games, if other players see you spending all of your resources in one area of the map, they will often focus elsewhere and take their own bonus.
show: Team Games
Doubles and Triples: In doubles, each player starts with 10 regions, and in triples, each player starts with 6. As such, region bonuses are not an immediate concern. With this in mind, there are two ways to go about playing doubles and triples. The first is the good, old-fashioned slugfest: smart deployments, assaults, and reinforcements until the game is over.Quadruples: Unlike doubles or triples, in quad games, the game is all about eliminating players and not as much about bonuses. In a quads game on WWII Eastern Front, each player begins the game with 5 regions, so eliminations will come quickly if you and your team are organized.
show: Additional Notes
Starting Regions: Bonus Zone Characteristics :Nuclear Quads: Be cautious about playing a game with these settings. Your teammates will become endangered quickly. You don't want to find yourself in the position where you have to nuke a teammate's last region.
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