History VideoGame / UnityOfCommand

''Unity of Command'' is a [[StrategyVersusTactics campaign/operational-level]] TurnBasedStrategy [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] wargame by Croatian developer 2x2 Games. It is a hex-based wargame similar to more traditional grognardy titles like ''Panzer Campaigns'', but it eschews the huge numbers of units to control and complex user interfaces. This makes it an amazingly accessible wargame with easy-to-understand gameplay mechanics which still manages to capture key operational-level principles including planning, cutting and safeguarding flows of fuel and ammunition, terrain use, and working around adverse weather conditions without drowning the player in excessive detail.

A sequel, ''Unity of Command 2'' was released on November 12th, 2019. It uses [[VideoGame3DLeap uses a 3D engine]], and focuses on the Allied forces during the Western Front and Northern Africa campaigns.

* ColorCodedArmies: The Germans (and their allies) are grey and the Soviets are red.

''Unity of Command'' is an [[StrategyVersusTactics campaign/operational-level]] TurnBasedStrategy [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] wargame by Croatian developer 2x2 Games. It is a hex-based wargame similar to more traditional grognardy titles like ''Panzer Campaigns'', but it eschews the huge numbers of units to control and complex user interfaces. This makes it an amazingly accessible wargame with easy-to-understand gameplay mechanics which still manages to capture key operational-level principles including planning, cutting and safeguarding flows of fuel and ammunition, terrain use, and working around adverse weather conditions without drowning the player in excessive detail.

''Unity of Command'' is an [[StrategyVersusTactics campaign/operational-level]] TurnBasedStrategy wargame by Croatian developer 2x2 Games. It is a hex-based wargame similar to more traditional grognardy titles like ''Panzer Campaigns'', but it eschews the huge numbers of units to control and complex user interfaces. This makes it an amazingly accessible wargame with easy-to-understand gameplay mechanics which still manages to capture key operational-level principles including planning, cutting and safeguarding flows of fuel and ammunition, terrain use, and working around adverse weather conditions without drowning the player in excessive detail.

The base game is set in the Soviet Ukraine and Caucasus from mid-summer 1942 until the Rasputitsa (lit. 'season of mud') of Spring 1943, including Fall Blau and Operation Uranus. The DLC ''Red Turn'' covers almost all of the successful Soviet offensive operations from summer 1943 to the Berlin Offensive. The DLC ''Black Turn'' covers Germany's failed Barbarossa and Taifun offensives of summer-winter 1941.

!!''Unity of Command'' provides examples of:

* WorldWarII: The base game is set on the Transcaucasian and Stalingrad Fronts. The DLC econmpass the actions of all the others in the Eastern Theatre.

* WorldWarII: The game is set on the Eastern Front.

* WeHaveReserves: Yes, you do, but not ''unlimited'' reserves. Knowing how and when to spend them is a big part of the Soviet campaigns

* TimedMission: Every scenario and campaign battle has an arbitrary turn limit. You have to have the best use of your forces on ''every'' turn, as misuse might cost you an unacceptable delay in the capturing of a strategic point. You can get better victories if you capture the strategic points at a prescribed time (like four turns before the end of the scenario).

* WeHaveReserves: This is discouraged in campaign mode.
** However, it is accepted anywhere else, especially in solo scenarios.

''Unity of Command'' is an operational-level TurnBasedStrategy wargame by Croatian developer 2x2 Games. It is a hex-based wargame similar to more traditional grognardy titles like ''Panzer Campaigns'', but it eschews the huge numbers of units to control and complex user interfaces. The result is an amazingly accessible wargame with easy-to-understand gameplay mechanics, yet it captures military principles like encirclements, supply lines, and river crossings without drowning the player in excessive detail.

The base game is set in World War II's Eastern Front in southern Russia, from 1942 to early 1943 in the campaigns that eventually culminated in the actions around Stalingrad. The DLC ''Red Turn'' covers various Soviet operations from the end of Kursk to the Berlin Offensive. A second DLC covering the initial Barbarossa offensive in 1941 is in the making.

* ArtificialBrilliance:

* EasyLogistics: Averted. Supply lines are a very important part of the game. Tank spearheads at the end of their tethers will find themselves extremely vulnerable to counterattacking forces. Actions which result in the disruption of your supply lines can bring your offensive to a halt.

* NoCampaignForTheWicked: Averted with the original campaigns; you could play both as the Germans and Soviets. ''Red Tide'' however is only playable from the Soviet side.

* EasyLogistics: Heavily averted. Supply lines are a very important part of the game. Tank spearheads at the end of their tethers will find themselves extremely vulnerable to counterattacking forces. Actions which result in the disruption of your supply lines can bring your offensive to a halt.