Gary Grigsby's War in the East

Very enjoyable well crafted game. Playing solo the AI works well in the early game defending as the Soviets which provides a enjoyable way to learn the game mechanics or just to try out a non historical strategy. Once understanding the game going head to head is the way to go if you can find an opponent who will commit . The game has it's flaws don't they all however WITE1 is true gem a classic game all strategy gamers should have in their Library.

It's great, with some important caveats. You need to be very interested in a WWII wargame. And you need to have tons of patience. If you are patient enough to read some of the manual. And you're patient enough to accept that it doesn't have 3D graphics. And you're patient enough to spend many minutes or even a few hours on a single turn that represents one week of the war. And patient enough to read a lot more of the manual. And then you're patient enough to wait several minutes for the AI to take its turn. And then you're patient enough to accept that a few minor details in the game might not be exactly how the manual explains them (but close). But you're patient enough to keep reading the manual anyway. And patient enough to keep it up for 6 months without time to play anything else. Then your patience will be rewarded with perhaps the grandest digital pushing around of counters that one could hope for. It's excellent, but it's excellent in a very particular way for a very particular sort of person.

This is a great game. It is a very deep and involved game, but not too hard to pick up.

Eagle Day - You can save a game - just dont add a comment to that save. The comment is the problem.

One of the greatest games in its class. I have played the Matrix edition for many hours. I put it on Steam in the hope that it would be playable on my Steam Deck and it was. Unfortunately Steam OS 3.8 put a stop that and is now unplayable. War in West is however working nicely. I am now getting close to rolling back to an earlier OS i have lost so many old games to the latest one. Serves me right i suppose for trying to expand the scope of my Deck into the not supported and question mark areas. As for the game, very deep, very detailed, historically accurate and a sink for time. You will find yourself reading books about this dark period of history. There is a huge amount of content especially if you get the expansions. As at 02/09/26 WIE is working very well on my Steam Deck, thanks to Proton 4.11

Had this game for a while but not the time to learn to play it until now. Phew! Started with the recommended 'easy' Road to Minsk. Won a German major victory at the 6th attempt. No room for error or hanging about to achieve objectives, but now I know what I'm up against it promises to be a good game and good for my aging brain.