Official sources checked: 13 October 2026
Plan your next move
Practical English guides to preparing attacks, protecting supply routes and building formations in the World War II command game from Foolish Mortals and Slitherine.
Plan your next move
Start with the briefing, check your headquarters and supply, then choose one objective and a plan that can hold its gains.
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Prepare and execute an operation
Start, choose an attack and maintain the route that supports it.
- Getting startedPrepare a first operation by reviewing the briefing, terrain, command chain, supply route and executing plan before committing to a large advance.
- Plan an attackChoose between a rapid penetration and a prepared assault, then build a follow-up that can hold captured ground and keep the attacking formation supplied.
- Choose a zone tacticCompare Seize Ground and Balanced Hold, review separate attack and defence predictions, and adjust frontage or assignments when a zone asks too much of its force.
- Restore supplyDiagnose shortages through hub control, depot inventory, the route to divisional headquarters and the extra demand created by movement and combat.
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Build and preserve your force
Organize leadership and specialist roles for the next mission.
- Build a deployable armyCheck headquarters, officer attachments, regiment structure, specialist roles and the mission weight allowance before spending Requisition on a formation.
- Protect the command chainAssign leaders to formation roles, understand inherited modifiers, and keep headquarters safe when active abilities or enemy penetration threaten the command chain.
- Combine unit rolesUse mixed formations for distinct support effects, prepare reconnaissance and artillery, and keep engineers available for mined or fortified approaches.
More detail
3 sections§The command level#
Battleplan puts you in charge of operations on the Western Front from 1944 onward. You draw plans for formations, while officers and companies carry out their assignments. Pause to review a changing situation, run the battle in real time to observe a critical phase, and use faster simulation when the operation is stable.
Released on 12 October 2026, the game is developed by Foolish Mortals Games Inc. and published by Slitherine Ltd. The publisher describes 11 historical campaign missions and two tutorials, covering D-Day through Operation Varsity.
§Three checks before advancing#
- Force: know which regiments will attack, which will hold the route, and where headquarters will remain protected.
- Supply: check depot stocks and the route to divisional headquarters before extending the front.
- Plan: distinguish the plan you drafted from the one executing; reaching an objective still leaves a corridor to secure.
§Choose the problem you need to solve#
Follow the beginner sequence for a first operation. For a stalled advance, inspect supply and active orders before committing more troops. For a new formation, check command requirements, mission weight and specialist coverage before spending Requisition.
Scope and sources
Official descriptions checked on 13 October 2026. Practical checks are editorial guidance; exact release inputs and numerical values are untested.
- Based on current Steam information and official development descriptions. These steps are planning guidance, with release gameplay still untested.
- Use the current mission briefing and in-game values for objectives, deployment limits and controls.