Based on the War in the East engine with years of additional major features and improvements, War in the West provides players the chance to pick alternative strategies in both the land and air parts of the war.
Gary Grigsby’s War in the West is the most ambitious and detailed computer wargame on the Western Front of World War II ever made.With a new, highly accurate map of Europe, an incredibly detailed order of battle down to each squad, vehicle and plane, a very realistic logistics system (including rail usage, depots, trucks, ports and realistic interdiction), full modeling of the air as well as ground wars and a weather system that tracks and models individual weather fronts as they move across the map, War in the West is the new definitive wargame of the Western Front.- Airpower can restrict damage freight via bombing rail and or railyards or by using interdiction to intercept supplies moving to from depots.Weather- 8 Weather Zones, Weather Fronts and per hex weather conditions at a higher resolution than War in the East- 6 Ground Conditions impacting ground unit movement and combat- 6 Air Conditions impacting flying conditions and water and snow levels on the ground- Ice Conditions in Rivers- Weather determined by a combination of weather zones and 5 possible weather fronts that move across the map, with water mud and snow levels tracked dynamically in each hexAxis Garrisons- Garrison Regions - requires minimum garrisons in combat value of troops – changes over time and with major events.