East Front 2.03 LCG: Thunder on the Dnepr

[Jason Petho]

Well since we finished off Aachen, we started up something different! We went into Campaign Series East Front and started up a NEW Linked Campaign game: Thunder on the Dnepr. The first mission as an advance to the Dnepr River by our core force, the 71. Infanterie Regiment of the 29. Motorized Division. It was a success, although we started suffering casualties to the blasted Russian artillery. It wasn't nearly as bad as the second scenario though, which we nearly completed.

https://youtu.be/6xVid7VgySI

[Jason Petho]

After a recap of the events of the week relating to the John Tiller's Campaign Series pending UPDATE, we dove back into the Thunder on the Dnepr Linked Campaign Game. Well, that's messy. Beyond messy even. The 71. Infanterie Regiment of the 29. Motorized Division has been suffering some serious casualties. In some cases entire platoons have been wiped out. We did complete the second scenario and have found ourselves buried deep into the third. It's a heck of a go and our forces are slowly being whittled down. I'm still waiting for some replacements, but it appears they are still in Germany. Our attached StuG-III's ran into a nasty surprise and paid the price. We are making progress, but holy - it's hard!

https://youtu.be/523k3BkPOFI

[Jason Petho]

After a recap of the events of the week relating to the John Tiller's Campaign Series pending UPDATE, we dove back into the Thunder on the Dnepr Linked Campaign Game. My poor 71. Infanterie Regiment is getting butchered. We managed to finish the third scenario but then ran into some troubles starting the fourth. We did some live bug fixing and managed to get it working without further issues. That's a good lesson to see what I do when I'm doing some bug hunting. The fourth scenario will be an interesting one as we are chasing down Russians on our way to Smolensk with the very few remnants of our own regiment. Hopefully we have something to fight with when we get to Smolensk!

https://youtu.be/fxOV19GLzpU

[Jason Petho]

A quick review of the latest Campaign Series News and then some babbles about Cold War and it's progress with ideas for the 1960's, some feedback would be appreciated! After that we dove back into the Linked Campaign and spent the session chasing down Russians as we are both working our way to the same area with exit objectives. The Russians have beat me there and have left some ambushes along the way. It's been a blast, nearly literally, so far this session. I'm playing very aggressively, trying to advance in bounds to chase them all down as we get closer to the end of scenario 4.

https://youtu.be/1zfOl18UNGU

[flibby]

Really enjoyed this one Jason.

[Jason Petho]

Thank you so much!!

I'll be playing it again tonight live on Twitch.

Ugh, positive vibes. HAHA

[Jason Petho]

We started off with details about the JTCS pending 2.04 UPDATE and news about Cold War. I went over some initial Wish List thoughts on Cold War for additions/improvements. Now is a good time to add some feedback and or thoughts if you're so inclined! After that we dove back into the new Linked Campaign in East Front where we continued the advance with our poor motorized Infantry Regiment. We finished the 4th scenario in the campaign by the skin of our teeth and are already getting brewed up in the fifth scenario. Talk about pushing the boundaries of madness!

https://youtu.be/S3VYr_LbTJk