The Sun, the heat, the cold, the War!

Wild Bill · Post by **Wild Bill** » Sun Mar 11, 2001 11:13 pm

We are entering the final phases of getting Mega Campaign North Africa in motion.

You guys are going to war...I mean really to war.

Now you are going to disembark with Rommel in Tripoli as Colonel Hans Dietsl, colonel commanding your own small Kampfgruppe.

You see the gleam in your commander's eye. You know his orders are to just bolster sagging Italian morale and "hold your ground"

But General Rommel knows nothing about "holding ground." He is out to take ground, lots of it, hundreds of miles of it.

In front of him lies the desert, that mystical intemperent area of the world where every extreme is found. It never rains, and when it does, everything is flooded.

Its hot...then it's cold. Sand is everywhere: in your boots, in your engine intakes, in your mouth. Flies the size of small birds lazily circle your head looking for a place to land.

The smells are like none you have ever known.

Rocks, gullies, endless waste with no landmarks, eteep escarpments that defy the heartiest climber. Water is a luxury, a bath is unheard of.

And always the sound of guns. Always marching to the sound of the guns.

And death - the enemy, your men, your friends. They die around you every day.

Then there is your commander, a man loved by his men, but a harsh unforgiving commander. He tolerates no failure. Mess up and you answer to a steely blue-eyed stare that penetrates to ths soul!

This is the desert. This is the battleground.

Now it is your battleground.

Wild Bill

Alby · Post by **Alby** » Sun Mar 11, 2001 11:26 pm

Great, just Great WB!!
Ur the best!!!

BruceAZ_MatrixForum · Sun Mar 11, 2001 11:30 pm

Geez, WB that sounds awesome! I really can't wait! You guys are really fantastic!

Bruce
Semper Fi

Wild Bill · Post by **Wild Bill** » Sun Mar 11, 2001 11:44 pm

The 2nd New Zealanders will be there, along with tons of Aussies, South Africans, Indians and others Bruce, so you will feel right at home.

WB

LeibstandartePzD · Post by **LeibstandartePzD** » Sun Mar 11, 2001 11:50 pm

I absolutly cannot wait for this one! The possibility of 100 battles in one campaign is unreal! I will order a few copies so that I can help you reach that 5000 mark and continue to make additions down the road. Once again thank you to all at Matrix and all those who were involved in this.

Drex · Post by **Drex** » Mon Mar 12, 2001 12:09 am

i was in Libya for 3 years as a kid and I can still see it in my memory. It will be a pleasure to play this campaign.

Fabs · Post by **Fabs** » Mon Mar 12, 2001 12:25 am

How do we order, Wild Bill, and when will it be available? I can't wait!

Tankhead · Post by **Tankhead** » Mon Mar 12, 2001 12:28 am

Hi LeibstandartePzD!

Indeed I am sure you will enjoy this very much it is an adventure like a movie. Better stock up on supplies build youself a steel keyboard for your puter get some shades say good by to your friends for a while and most of all have fun.

.

PS : I almost forgot, get a box of kleenex you will need them when one of your favorite units gets kill, you will start to cry.
You will get very attach to them.

Thank you for your great support

Tankhead

Originally posted by LeibstandartePzD:
I absolutly cannot wait for this one! The possibility of 100 battles in one campaign is unreal! I will order a few copies so that I can help you reach that 5000 mark and continue to make additions down the road. Once again thank you to all at Matrix and all those who were involved in this.

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Mon Mar 12, 2001 1:16 am

Wild Bill, with that vivid description I was almost waiting for Rommel to walk into the room and start yelling at me to get my troops
moving!! Sounds awesome! Thanks

Semper Fi
Randy

parusski · Post by **parusski** » Mon Mar 12, 2001 1:33 am

Oh God. This all sounds too good to be true.

Krec · Post by **Krec** » Mon Mar 12, 2001 1:37 am

im ready to hop in a tank right now, great job WB .waiting eagerly

Don · Post by **Don** » Mon Mar 12, 2001 3:06 am

PS : I almost forgot, get a box of kleenex you will need them when one of your favorite units gets kill, you will start to cry.

And make no mistake - they will die! Muahahahahaha!

USMCGrunt · Post by **USMCGrunt** » Mon Mar 12, 2001 3:56 am

Originally posted by Don:
And make no mistake - they will die! Muahahahahaha!

Sick Don..... reeeeeaaaaallll sick. But God I can't wait.

Wild Bill · Post by **Wild Bill** » Mon Mar 12, 2001 3:59 am

Doggone it, your enthusiasm is so infectious, fellas, that I want to order it too...but I have it already, or parts of it

We are really putting effort into getting this ready as soon as we can.

A lot of fine-tuning is ahead of us as well as testing it through.

You probably won't fight all 100 battles, but you could.

The options are endless and it does have definite replay value (once the shock of your first fight through it wears off).

Actually you'll fight about 40 battles to reach the end of 41. But you can change those with variants and other missions that allow for more than one use of it.

For those curious about the history of the time, dozens of short to the point articles and some great pictures will help you get the feel of where you are!

You'll not forget this experience, it is unique.

Randy Stead · Post by **Randy Stead** » Mon Mar 12, 2001 4:18 am

Sounds great! I've got my plastic warmed up, locked and loaded!

Question: With the pre-assigned battle groups for your core, what are the upgrade options? In other words, will upgrades be available as in a regular WAW campaign, or will you be left with the basic compostion of the core as assigned in the mega campaign?

Also, what will be the real-life approximation in time between battles? One battle a week, one a day, etc?

I'm really looking forward to this mega campaign mode, as for me the campaign is what counts the most. The personal attachment to commanders and the development of their careers. I recall the heartbreak at having an elite panzer commander start in Poland 39 and losing him in April 45

I find that I tend sometimes to treat scenario crews as cannon-fodder, after all I'll never see him again.

Randy Stead · Post by **Randy Stead** » Mon Mar 12, 2001 4:22 am

Oops, somehow double posted that last message. Would someone please delete the extra post and this one? Thanks.

Randy Stead · Post by **Randy Stead** » Mon Mar 12, 2001 4:49 am

Originally posted by Randy:
Wild Bill, with that vivid description I was almost waiting for Rommel to walk into the room and start yelling at me to get my troops
moving!! Sounds awesome! Thanks

Semper Fi
Randy

Sounds like the time I read in a book about Rommel flying over one of his units in his Fielser Storch. They had stopped for a rest. He throws a message out the window which read something like this,"Are you going to get moving or do I have to come down there? R." Maybe I should move my computer away from my window.

ruxius · Post by **ruxius** » Mon Mar 12, 2001 5:38 pm

ITA Blackshirts READY to revert History !!
WB designated as first new governor of PROVINCIA CIRENAICA PRIMA for special merits of war...after we won the war !
I personally will be at Bengasi prisoner's camp to escort you to your new employ...
Obviously a course of italian language to become operative...

OK now prepare for war !

lynchc · Post by **lynchc** » Mon Mar 12, 2001 9:57 pm

I am drooling all over the floor! Campaigns are where it is at and the mega campaign sounds like it will be quite the experience. The Afrika Korps will be triumphant!

Wild Bill · Post by **Wild Bill** » Tue Mar 13, 2001 12:07 am

A lot of Italians in this one, Ruxius. And I think you will be proud of them.

They generally fight well, especially considering the quality of what they had to fight with.

I think you all will enjoy this very much. I can't wait to play it through myself! We're getting there!

WB