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  74. ░░░ ▄ .the leading force. ▐▌ ▀▓▀
  75. ▒▒▒ ▐▌ ▀▄ ▄ ▄
  76. ▓▓▓ ▄▀ proudly presents ▀■▄▀▓▄
  77. ██▀▄■ Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa (c) Matrix Games ▐███
  78. ███▌ ███
  79. ███▀ ███
  80. ███ 08-05-2016......Release Date <-> Protection.....Serial+Activation ▓██
  81. ███ Strategy...........Game Type <-> Disk(s).....................1 CD ▒██
  82. ███ ░▀█
  83. ██▀▄ ▄▓▀
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  85. ▀ ▄ RELEASE NOTES ▀▄
  86. ▄▄▀ ▐██▄
  87. ███ VR Designs has been reinforced with designer Cameron Harris to create a ███
  88. ███ new never-seen-before wargaming experience: Decisive Campaigns: ███
  89. ███ Barbarossa. ███
  90. ███ ███
  91. ███ This revolutionary eastern front wargame covers the German invasion of ███
  92. ███ the Soviet Union in 1941. It blends the latest evolution of the ███
  93. ███ Decisive Campaigns hex and counter engine with deep narrative, RPG- ███
  94. ███ style people management and in-depth semi-randomized decision systems. ███
  95. ███ ███
  96. ███ You are in full operational command. ███
  97. ███ Can you make the right decisions to turn the tide of war? ███
  98. ███ Features ███
  99. ███ Command a true operational structure. Can you balance and prioritise ███
  100. ███ three different Theatres in order to achieve your objective? ███
  101. ███ ███
  102. ███ Are you able to work within a Command Hierarchy with both Superiors and ███
  103. ███ Subordinates in an environment where strategy and politics often ███
  104. ███ conflict? ███
  105. ███ ███
  106. ███ Focus on what's important, ignore what isn't and execute a winning ███
  107. ███ strategy in order to overcome a take-no-prisoners AI. Or a devious meat ███
  108. ███ brain. ███
  109. ███ ███
  110. ███ Set Army postures, assign Theatre based Artillery, allocate Tactical ███
  111. ███ Air Support and order your Theatre Commanders to provide specialised ███
  112. ███ battalions and staff assets to the Panzergruppe or Army of your choice. ███
  113. ███ Don't be upset if they refuse. ███
  114. ███ ███
  115. ███ Detailed mechanical breakdown, mileage and fatigue systems. Realistic ███
  116. ███ climatic model. Every degree below zero matters. Experience the effects ███
  117. ███ on men and machines of severe frostbite and blizzards. How far are you ███
  118. ███ willing to push them? Pull a Panzergruppe out of the line for a refit ███
  119. ███ or rest an Army. Do you maintain your Blitzkrieg or throttle back to a ███
  120. ███ more sustained offensive posture to conserve fuel? ███
  121. ███ ███
  122. ███ Deal with the Dark side of the war. Trade ethics off against ███
  123. ███ operational imperatives. Answer to a War Crimes Tribunal if you lose. ███
  124. ███ Or order both sides to observe the Geneva Convention and fight a ███
  125. ███ gentleman's war. ███
  126. ███ ███
  127. ███ Can you stand up to the Fⁿhrer? Are you willing to put it all on the ███
  128. ███ line, demand Military Independence, and risk being fired? Or would you ███
  129. ███ prefer to toe the line and support the Fⁿhrer in whatever goal he is ███
  130. ███ currently fixated upon? ███
  131. ███ ███
  132. ███ Receive a detailed High Command assessment of your Command Potential ███
  133. ███ each turn. You're being watched and evaluated. Pour over a ███
  134. ███ comprehensive breakdown of all your activity at game end. ███
  135. ███ ███
  136. ███ Experience a realistic combat engine developed and fine tuned over many ███
  137. ███ years and three previous games. One that takes into account hundreds of ███
  138. ███ variables and is optimised for eastern front warfare. ███
  139. ███ ███
  140. ███ Fight to get winter clothing and equipment for your men. Argue with ███
  141. ███ G÷ring over fuel allocations. Order your individual Divisions to report ███
  142. ███ their status. Fifty different stats and values are tracked for each. ███
  143. ███ ███
  144. ███ Watch as your logistical pipelines visibly stretch across the vastness ███
  145. ███ of Russia behind your hard driving Panzer columns as they thrust and ███
  146. ███ encircle. Decide when to order a temporary shutdown and relocate your ███
  147. ███ Forward Supply Bases forward. Horde your precious truck columns and ███
  148. ███ hope that your locomotives can cope with the washouts, collisions, ███
  149. ███ partisans, lack of signals, poor quality tracks and frozen water pipes ███
  150. ███ typical of the Ostfront. Order the Luftwaffe to fly emergency resupply ███
  151. ███ missions when it all goes wrong. ███
  152. ███ ███
  153. ███ Swap sides and play the part of a ruthless Soviet dictator, backed into ███
  154. ███ a corner, armed only with a rusty knife. Is your pathological urge to ███
  155. ███ win enough to overcome your inner demons and redeem yourself by ███
  156. ███ stopping the world's most professional, undefeated, army from kicking ███
  157. ███ down the gates of Moscow? Recall who left those gates unlocked in the ███
  158. ███ first place? ███
  159. ███ ███
  160. ███ Be prepared to shoot your Marshals. Fling your troubleshooters from one ███
  161. ███ crisis to the next. Hope that they don't get delayed enroute. ███
  162. ███ Ruthlessly feed your Conscript armies into the meat grinder, trading ███
  163. ███ time and space, desperately holding on for Rasputitsa and the depths of ███
  164. ███ winter. Prioritise one Front over others. Gather your Siberians and ███
  165. ███ push back hard. ███
  166. ███ ███
  167. ███ Take charge of a solidly researched Historical OOB that covers a wide ███
  168. ███ range of unit types and nationalities but one that keeps the unit count ███
  169. ███ manageable and enables the game to be played in days, not weeks. ███
  170. ███ ███
  171. ███ A deep, immersive, game experience with reduced micromanagement. Make ███
  172. ███ tough, meaningful, decisions with difficult trade offs by just one ███
  173. ███ click. ███
  174. ███ ███
  175. ███ Rather than providing a long list of rinse and repeat scenarios there ███
  176. ███ is a single, hand crafted, campaign that has significant depth and is ███
  177. ███ designed for extensive replayability. ███
  178. ███ ███
  179. ███ Operation Barbarossa. The largest military conflict in history. June ███
  180. ███ æ41 to February æ42. Hitler's attempt to tear out the Soviet jugular. ███
  181. ███ Divisional scale. 30km hexes. 4 day turns. ███
  182. ███ ███
  183. ███ Above all, experience the myriad, conflicting, challenges of ███
  184. ███ OPERATIONAL COMMAND in a no holds barred, knock down fight. ███
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  192. ▀ ▄ INSTALL NOTES ▀▓▀ ▄▄▄█▀▀▀▀ ░ ▄▄▓▀▀▀ ▄▄ ▀▀▀ ░ ▀ ▄
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  194. ███▌ ■▀ ▀ ▄ ███
  195. ███ ███
  196. ███ 1. Unpack the release ███
  197. ███ 2. Mount or burn image ███
  198. ███ 3. Install ███
  199. ███ 4. Use this serial key at the installation screen and if needed for ███
  200. ███ activation sceen: 5711-8367-3452-2277 ███
  201. ███ 5. Run content from folder /UPDATE1/ and use the exact same serial key ███
  202. ███ at the installation sceen: 5711-8367-3452-2277 if it's not auto set ███
  203. ███ 6. Run content from folder /UPDATE2/ and use the exact same serial key ███
  204. ███ at the installation sceen: 5711-8367-3452-2277 if it's not auto set ███
  205. ███ 7. Run content from folder /UPDATE3/ and use the exact same serial key ███
  206. ███ at the installation sceen: 5711-8367-3452-2277 if it's not auto set ███
  207. ███ 8. Run content from folder /UPDATE4/ and use the exact same serial key ███
  208. ███ at the installation sceen: 5711-8367-3452-2277 if it's not auto set ███
  209. ███ 9. Block the game in your firewall ███
  210. ███ 10. Play the game with admin rights ███
  211. ███ 11. Support the companies, which software you actually enjoy! ███
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