10.1998 Schwerpunkt Volume 3

Publisher/Date:
Sherry Enterprises/Schwerpunkt (1998)

Product Type:
Periodical

Country of Origin:
U.S.A.

Contents:
20-page magazine, 12 scenarios on cardstock inserts.  Reprinted-post 2000 with revised scenario card artwork.

Commentary:

Schwerpunkt Volume 3 (SP3), Schwerpunkt’s third outing, was another standard offering.

In terms of article content, SP3 contained, in addition to its usual designers’ and players’ notes, a short article on AFV vs. AFV combat in ASL by Evan Sherry and an article on “psychological warfare” in ASL, also by Sherry.

SP3’s scenarios are varied:

• France 1940 (British vs. Germans)
• Eritrea 1941 (British vs. Italians)
• Egypt 1941 (New Zealanders vs. Germans)
• Soviet Union 1941 (Soviets vs. Germans), 1944 (Soviets vs. Germans)
• Biak 1944 (Americans vs. Japanese)
• Italy 1944 (Americans vs. Germans)
• France 1944 (British vs. Germans)
• Germany 1945 (Americans vs. Germans [2]), British vs. Germans)
• Manchuria 1945 (Soviets vs. Japanese)

As is typical for Schwerpunkt, the scenarios are heavily weighted towards late-war actions.

SP25 (Two Pounts in Return) is a rare (for Schwerpunkt) desert scenario, as is SP32 (Over Open Sights) (the latter is only three turns long!).

This issue contains a number of good scenarios.  Particularly recommended are SP29 (Schloss Bübingen), SP30 (Evicting Yamagishi, a Japanese vs. Soviet scenario), SP33 (The Eternal City), the classic SP34 (Frankforce), and SP36 (Desantniki).  It is one of the better issues of Schwerpunkt.

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