Cauldrons of War - Barbarossa Steam news

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• Review score91% positive
• Total reviews179
• Release dateSep 25, 2020
• DeveloperMaestro Cinetik
• PublisherGaming at Work

Genres: Simulation, Strategy

Company pages: Developer: Maestro CinetikPublisher: Gaming at Work

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Cauldrons of War - Barbarossa Steam news

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• Play "Cauldrons of War" in German - 22 February 2023

  Both Cauldrons of War games are now available in German! Have fun! Cauldrons of War – Barbarossa ist ein rundenbasiertes und äußerst schnelllebiges Militärstrategiespiel über den 2. Weltkrieg von Juni 1941 bis zur Schlacht um Moskau. Du befehligst dabei deine Truppen als UDSSR oder Achse in einigen der größten und blutigsten Operationen der Weltgeschichte. Cauldrons of War – Stalingrad ist ein rundenbasiertes und äußerst schnelllebiges Militärstrategiespiel über den 2. Weltkrieg vom Mai 1942 bis November 1942. Du befehligst dabei deine Truppen als UDSSR oder Achse in einigen der größten und blutigsten Operationen der Weltgeschichte. Viel Spaß!

• My new work is out: Play as a chinese warlord! - 26 September 2022

  You may know that I have been working for months now on my new game about China warlords era. I am glad to announce that Rise of the White Sun is now available on Steam in early access. Unlike the Cauldrons of War games you were acustomed to, Rise of the White Sun also depicts political struggles, diplomacy and province management. Learn more about this game here I hope you will enjoy this game as much as I enjoyed making it! Maestro Cinetik

• What's next? - 21 December 2021

  What I am working on for 2022? Have you ever dreamt of playing as a Chinese Warlord in the 1920's? I am sure you have never played a game about the Northern Expedition. That will be possible with Rise of the White Sun. The steam page is open now, so you can wishlist it (A playable demo is planned for the first half of 2022, don't miss it) December 1926: as the victorious National Revolutionary Army units commanded by Bai Chongxi are approaching Shanghai, CCP and GMD agents are busy planning an uprising. Behind the scenes, high-ranking warlord officers are negotiating a comfortable future for themselves in exchange for betraying their masters while Jiang Jieshi is plotting with the Green Gang to get rid of his communist allies. This is a time of dishonest plots and brutal action. Have fun! What would you want to see in Cow Barbarossa? What would you like for a futur patch? Some candidate…

• Cauldrons of War Stalingrad is officially released - 10 September 2021

  From Crimea to Stalingrad and the Caucasus oil fields, lead the Axis or the Soviet forces in the bitter fightings of the eastern Front in 1942. Cauldrons of War - Stalingrad is an immersive 'command at the highest level' wargame with tough decisions to make. Its clean mechanics and low complexity allows the game to focus on what is really important : strategical decisions. There is no micromanagement here, but more depth than you imagine. Play the main operations in 1942 on the eastern Front : As the German, will you grasp the Baku oilfields ? As the Soviet, will you trap a whole German army near Stalingrad ? Play fast and often : you don't need a 100+ hours investment in a monster game. Some scenarios can be played in 1 or 2 hour. But don't worry, the game contains several scenarios and is challenging enough to keep you entertained for a long time. Play against the AI or against your f…

• QUALITY OF LIFE OVERHAUL - 28 August 2021

  It was a promise, it is now done. Cauldrons of War Stalingrad being finished*, I've just pickup some of its new features to increase the CoW Barbarossa quality of life. So, What is new? Tooltips everywhere & Minimap I know most of you weren't big fan of consulting the wiki: now, you will just have to hover elements in the operation window long enough to make the tooltip appear. If you hover an action sending a unit somewhere else, a minimap will appear so you won't need to close the operation window to check where exactly on the map you are sending this unit. This feature alone will change your life. A new map and new display options Most of the "old maps" are still in the game, but I have added the Stalingrad Map as the default map. You may like the new button on the left : Click on it to Display the troops on the map. Now you can quickly visualize if you are really weak somewhere. Oth…

• Cauldrons of War Stalingrad - The HQ Management patch - 23 June 2021

  CoW Stalingrad is evolving fast and some of its features will be added to CoW Barbarossa You can now transfer ressources between your Army groups or Fronts. This may not succeed however : Generals were constantly asking for reinforcements and those had to be taken from other Army groups whose general would fight not to let their assets go... You can now too play this petty games. Click on your Fronts or Army Groups : you will see a new HQ icon along your armies. This icon gives you access to new actions : - Ask for more trucks - Ask for more reserves - Ask for more aircrafts If playing as the Axis, you ma be offered the possibility to activate Army Group Crimea if it isn't active. This new transfer feature has been playested in the previous days and seems to work fine. I hope you will enjoy it. Other minor features -Turkey can now directly besiege Batumi -Giant Pockets have been added t…

• Cauldrons of War - Stalingrad is out! - 23 April 2021

  Finally, after long months of development, Cauldrons of War is out, And I believe the game is allready quite good : Here is the latest review from Tally-Ho Corner ==> Here it is Bundle CoW Barbarossa and CoW Stalingrad I have created a bundle so those of you who earn allready CoW Barbarossa can get the new one at a discound price (That adds to the launch discout). So make sure to get yours from the bundle. Oh, and I also added some kind of super long campaign to CoW Barbarossa (you will need to unlock it with a 11pts victory as the German at Barbarossa) New features in CoW Stalingrad - More display options on the map buttons - New actions for the soviet : Maskirovka and massive artillery concentration - Some new mechanisms (you will see) - And 6 scenarios (no less!) I hope you will enjoy the game! I will send later informations about "what's next", as the game is still in early access.

• The Cauldrons of War - Stalingrad Store page is now open - 16 February 2021

  Hello, CoW Stalingrad is progressing well, and the Steam Store page is now open. Here are the contents and features: (As the game is still a work in progress some of these may change) Scenarios For the early release : -Fall Blau from june to november 42 -Edelweiss (centered on the Caucasus campaign alone, that will be a fast played scenario) -First fruits (the early Kharkov and Crimean May 42 operations) -A longer version of Fall Blau, from may 42 to December 42 For the final Game : -Uranus and Jupiter -Wintergewitter -Two small scale city centered Stalingrad scenarios on their own particular map Other features and improvments -The possibility to delegate an Army Group management to the AI -An "Axis firmness score" : if this score is too low, the Axis minor forces will be less efficient -A "Focus on Moscow" score for the Soviet : while it is too high, you may be unable to send forces So…

• Cauldrons New Look - 3 February 2021

  Hello, As promised, I will add to the game some of the features I am working on for Cauldrons Stalingrad. What's new : 1) Better looking maps 2) Meteo icons will now disapear when you hover an operation (for better visibility of the operations below) 3) A rework of the zooms mechanisms (you can now double click 2 times for a more progressive "zoom-in", and the max zoom have been increased) 4) The fog of War is less brutal (estimates of a unit's strengh will now be displayed instead of the "?") That's all for the moment ! What's Next ? Here is a list of the things I am currently working on for CoW-Stalingrad : (I don't know yet wich of these features will be retrofited into Cow Barbarossa...) -A better german AI -More unit traits -Some improvements in the supply actions -New actions for the units -New terrain types -Air force rework Also: I have amassed the documentation for a short Wint…

• Some news about Cauldrons of War Stalingrad - 13 December 2020

  The Cauldrons of War Stalingrad sequel is progressing well, and many features i am testing on it will end up in CoW Barbarossa. Here is a sneak peak on the Edelweiss scenario. : Edelweiss That Edelweiss campaign will be the most difficult of the game (for the german) due to insane goals. You have to pierce through strong soviet defences while the time is quickly running away and the OKW is taking your units away to support the advance toward Stalingrad. The keys of that scenario are : - Destroying as many soviet armies as you can in the steppe, before you reach the Caucasus mountains - Carefully select your goals - Adapt quickly to the many changing situations and swiching OKW priorities. I will post regularly some contents about the game until the release. Have fun !

• The Flare Path: A2Z - 6 November 2020

  A is for Alphabetised wargame and sim news. Welcome to the cosy corner of RPS where the vehicular is valued, the historical is hallowed, and the paragraphs are shorter than 7.5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 37 L/24 barrels. (more…)

• Rostov Patch - 31 October 2020

  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.

• October patch - 9 October 2020

  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 presents a stark, yet fresh take on the trials of WW2's Eastern Front - 15 September 2020

  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 com…

• Cauldrons of War official release september 25th - 14 September 2020

  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

• Winter offensive - 12 September 2020

  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

• August quality of life patch - 23 August 2020

  This patch includes many awaited features : Informations about event choices Multiple choices events now diplay informations bubbles about the consequences of the proposed choices. You won't be clicking randomly anymore. You can now play "windowed" Access the windowed mode from the menu or simply by pressing the "w" key. Soviet victory events in multiplayer The soviet events "AN IRANIAN JOURNEY" and "INDUSTRIAL RELOCATIONS" now can lower the german score in multiplayer (making it even harder for the german to win...) Saved Games debuged At least... if you still encounter any bug on your save, just send me the data.dat file for debuging Next to come : -The winter offensive full scenario Have fun ! Maestro Cinetik PS : I accept all player's defy via PBEM, just ping me on the Discord

• A new tutorial for Cauldrons of War - 17 August 2020

  Now you have a more detailed tuto! They are other good ways to learn the game : they are many good playthrough videos on the internet : The steam guides of the game are also very useful Try the Panzer General guide Joining the Discord to Discuss with other player is a good idea too Join the Discord You can also defy the game designer with the PBEM system (ask for tguyon or Maestro Cinetik)

• PBEM is coming - 8 August 2020

  The good news : You wanted PBEM? well you have it now ! While i did playtest it a lot by myself, i will need your feedbacks to fine-tune it. As the game don't have servers, the files will have to be sent by email or shared on the discord. I also fixed a lot of bugs. - Murmansk operation now should display the right colors on the map - Refiting will now desactivate most of the nasty traits of your units - Some texts errors in the english translation have been corrected - Spliting voluntarily units now really cost 1 command point - The main wiki is no more hidden between other buttons (it is on the bottom right now) The bad news : Downloading this patch will break your saved games. I am sorry for that, but I had to do a heavy rework of the save game system to make it suitable for the PBEM. Have Fun ! Maestro Cinetik

• The Flare Path: Stirs Cauldrons - 7 August 2020

  Are we capable of coding an AI that will play this game competently and plausibly? I wish more wargame developers asked themselves this question early in the design process, and treated answers of “possibly” and “not sure” as reasons to head back to the drawing board. If they did we’d have less warfare fare but more games that convince and challenge the way Cauldrons of War: Barbarossa convinces and challenges. (more…)

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