I haven't played it, though I've seen it played. Is it not a historical simulation?

This has shorter scenarios than simply the 'big one'.
I love this one.

This IS the one. If you can find another player whom you don't mind spending large blocks of time with, I'd go with this. It's not too hard to record the units' positions... takes about a half hour to clean up, and then re-set up again later.

There are only so many ways to do WW2 Europe, but this is my favorite...

Um, wrong East Front. Delete this entry if you want. I'm talking about the Colombia Games East Front.

I just ordered this as my first block wargame. That is unless you count Bonaparte at Marengo as a block wargame, which, by the way, is another game you should look into.

I would consider EastFront a histortical simulation. Maybe we have different definitions.

My vote would be this one. This is fairly complex, though less so than Eastfront (which is really cool). I also agree that it is worth checking out Boneparte at Marengo.

Even though the map seems big, it is not big enough.

Yep, this is the one to get. The system is great, with lots of tension for bother players in regard to their decision making, but not fiddily. Definitely get the Volga Front map extension.

The system itself is great, but beyond that the historical scenerio (which is open ended, you can even start with a different order of battle and placement) is just naturally a great one to play. It's a real slugathon where there germans start out pounding the russians back and back, but eventually the russians build up some steam and can hit back, so both players get the satisfaction of laying some good blows.

Once you become experienced and want to teach it to a new player then you can give them the Germans so that they have a satisfying learning game against your better experience.

This is a great game. Lots of different scenarios and you will enjoy learning it as your skill progresses.

Agree with previous posters. Even better than EE IMO.