Call for Volunteers - Pacific Front Version

[Bil H]

We are thinking about forming a Data Design Team to start work on a Pacific version of this game. If you would like to apply and think you have the background, available time and the capability to do the research please send an e-mail to myself at: bil@panthergames[dot]com, and please CC Dave at: dave@panthergames[dot]com

Bil

[Alan_Bernardo]

I'm just wondering, are you guys thinking about releasing Conquest of the Aegean any time soon?

It's been a while and there hardly are any updates.


Alanb

[Arjuna]

YES[:)]

We just put out another beta build last night and it's with the testers now. All feature dev has finished and we're into the final testing phase. Should not be too long now.

[RayWolfe]

ORIGINAL: Alan_Bernardo
I'm just wondering, are you guys thinking about releasing Conquest of the Aegean any time soon?
It's been a while and there hardly are any updates.

Try looking on the COTA Forum. I think you'll find a fair number of updates. [;)]
Ray

[Crimguy]

Bil:

In a broad sense, what are you thinking? Major battles such as okinawa tarawa and the like? Adding a naval aspect for unloading of troops?

[Bil H]

Crimguy, the scope has already been set. Dave laid it out nicely in a post on the COTA forum. Basically, we are starting with Guadacanal and Finschafen.. but a few more battles are planned also. We are also going to lower the scale to Platoon units with no formations larger than a Division on map. We have a great team who are hard at work putting it together and I think its going to be great.

Bil

[JeF]

ORIGINAL: Bil H
Basically, we are starting with Guadacanal and Finschafen.. but a few more battles are planned also. We are also going to lower the scale to Platoon units with no formations larger than a Division on map.

It sounds very interresting. I'd be very curious to see the result of this.

With other expansions going to be less tactical (larger maps, etc...) and this, it will be very nice to see how the engine scale. And my bet is that it will scale better down.

JeF.

[Wild Bill]

Gentlemen:

A gamer named Craig (elcidce) wrote me requesting information on the Pacific, including a list of books. I replied to him but my mail keeps being returned.

Would you advise him that his e-mail address does not work so I can't send him the list. I've tried numerous times but nothing. Here is the reply I'm sending him.


But I'll need his correct e-mail address to send it to him.

> > I certainly will, Craig. Glad to hear Matrix is covering the Pacific. I've
> > got to go for a medical procedure this morning and will be drugged up most
> > of the day. I'll try to get you a list and send it by tomorrow.
> >
> > I'm very grateful for the kind words, Craig. The Pacific is one of my
> > predilections. I've studied it in depth and still am.
> >
> > Hang on for a day if you can, and I'll get this to you. Just so you know,
> > there are a TON of good books on the Pacific and especially Guadalcanal.
> >
> > Look for a list tomorrow, DV....WB
> > ======================

[elcidce]

I got your message Bill. Im not sure why its being returned. Ill get anything you have to post here also. Thanks for your help.

You should be able to reach me at elcidce@bellsouth.net Check if you are using the .net I have forgotten and used the .com before and it wont go through. Thanks again and I look forward to hearing from you.

[Willard]

ORIGINAL: WillardIf it is possible to "scale" the HTTR system down to platoon level, why would it not be possible to "scale" up to strategic level??? That way you could use the same engine and CC structure with army groups, corps, divisions and brigades???

Primarily because at the higher level the entire combat system would need to be changed. The moveGrid scale for such a game would be in kilometers not 100m - well beyond the normal range of small arms and most hevy weapons. hence there would be a need to abstract much of the combat. Moreover, the reaction code would need to be totally overhauled to cater for the increase in scale.

[Arjuna]

Oops, I stuffed that up. Sorry Willard I edited your post instead of replying to it. My bad.[:o]

[Wild Bill]

Platoon size is good for this one. We already have Gary Grigsby's works on the Pacific on the Strategic level. There is a real dearth of good operational and tactical level games for this theme.

I think it is a grand idea, a long time coming...WB

[Wild Bill]

As to books on the Pacific for those interested, these are some of the best and those I've used in my own research and design.

GOOD BOOKS ON THE PACIFIC

Guadalcanal

The Campaign for Guadalcanal J Coggins
War in the Pacific Volume 3-South Pacific EP Hoyt
The Battle for Guadalcanal SB Griffith
Challenge for the Pacific-Guadalcanal R Leckie
Guadalcanal-Island Ordeal G Kent
Bless 'Em All-Marine Raiders in WW2 OF Peatross
Edson's Raiders-The 1st Marine Raider Battalion in WW2 JH ALexander
Guadalcanal EP Hoyt
The Glory of the Solomons EP Hoyt
Guadalcanal-The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle RB Frank
Marines at War E Hammel
The US Marine Corps Story JR Moskin
Semper Fidelis-The History of the USMC AR Millett
A Special Valor- The USMC and the Pacific War R Wheeler
The United States Marine Corps in WW2 SE Smith, Editor
The Marines War FB Pratt

Others

US Army in WW2-Guadalcanal, First Offensive John Miller, JR
US Army in WW2-Victory in Papua Samuel Milner
US Army in WW2-Cartwheel, The Reduction of Rabaul John Miller, JR
US Army in WW2-Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls PA Crowl & EG Love
US Army in WW2-Campaign in the Marianas PA Crowl
US Army in WW2-Approach to the Philippines RR Smith
US Army in WW2-Leyte: The Return to the Philippines MH Cannon
US Army in WW2-Tirumph in the Philippines RR Smith
US Army in WW2-Okinawa: The Last Battle Appleman
Campaign Series-Guadalcanal 1942 JN Mueller

US War Dept Handbook on Japanese Military Forces LSU Press - US Army
Japanese Army Handbook G Forty
Japanese Order of Battle World War II-Volume 1 Nafziger, Editor
Japanese Order of Battle World War II-Volume 2 Nafziger, Editor
Japanese Order of Battle World War II-Volume 3 Nafziger, Editor
Combat WW II Pacific D Congdon, Editor

Bloody Beaches-The Marines at Peleliu GD Gayle
A Close Encounter-The Marine Landing on TInian R harwood
Cape GLoucester-The Green Inferno BC Nalty
Condition Red-Marine Defense Battalions in WW2 CD Melson
Pearl Harbor AJ Barker
Fall of the Philippines W Rutherford
Incredible Victory-The Battle of Midway W Lord
The Battle of Midway I Peck
Midway-The Battle that Doomed Japan M Fuchida & M Okumiya
Goodbye Darkness-A Memoir of the Pacific War W Manchester

War in the Pacific Volume 1-Trimph of Japan EP Hoyt
War in the Pacific Volume 2-Stirrings EP Hoyt
War in the Pacific Volume 8-MacArthur's Return EP Hoyt
War in the Pacific Volume 9-Iwo Jima EP Hoyt
To the Marianas EP Hoyt
Closing the Circle EP Hoyt

Munda Trail-The New Georgia Campaign E Hammel
New Georgia-Pattern for Victory DC Horton
Bougainville-The Forgotten Campaign HA Gailey
MacArthur's New Guinea Campaign N Prefer
MacArthur's Jungle War-The 1944 New Guinea Campaign SR TAffe
Utmost Savagery-The Three Days of Tarawa JA Alexander
Storm over the Gilberts EP Hoyt
Tarawa-A Legend is Born HI Shaw, Jr
The Admiralties US Army Historians
A Special Piece of Hell B Ross
With the Old Breed EB Sledge
Iwo Jima EF Newcomb
the Battle for Iwo Jima R Leckie
Iwo Jima-Legacy of Valor BD Ross

Corregidor-Rock Force Assault CM FLanagan
The FInal Campaign-Marine in the Victory on Okinawa JA Alexander
Typhoon of Steel JH Belote & WM Belote
Okinawa-The Great Island Battle BN Frank
Okinawa 1945-Final Assault on the EMpire S Foster
Okinawa-The Last Battle of WW2 R Leckie
Operation Iceberg- The Invasion and Conquest of Okinawa G Astor

Top Secret-The Details of the Invasion of Japan JM Davis & B Webber
Battle Report-Victory in the Pacific W Karig
Battle Report-End of an Empire W Karig
Strong Men Armed- The USMC vs Japan R Leckie
Storm Landings JA Alexander
A Few Good Men-The FIghting Fifth Marines RJ Brown

Carrier Wars EP Hoyt
Touched with Fire-The Land War in the South Pacific E Bergerud
Three-War Marine FF Parry
The Pacific Campaign D van der Vat
The Pacific War 1941-1945 J Costello
Warin the Pacific-From Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay HA Gailey
Eagle Against the Sun-The American War with Japan RH Spector
The Pacific War Encyclopedia (2 Volumes) JF Dunnigan & A Nofi
Japan's War EP Hoyt

Defeat into Victory-Battling Japan in Burma and India W Slim
Warriors of the Rising Sun RB Edgerton
Merrill's Marauders US Army Historians
Wrath in Burma F Eldridge
The Unforgettable Army-Slim's 14th Army in Burma M Hickey

[CriticalMass]

Still in bug fixing mode I guess?

ORIGINAL: Arjuna

Oops, I stuffed that up. Sorry Willard I edited your post instead of replying to it. My bad.[:o]

[Willard]

ORIGINAL: CriticalMass

Still in bug fixing mode I guess?

ORIGINAL: Arjuna

Oops, I stuffed that up. Sorry Willard I edited your post instead of replying to it. My bad.[:o]

Hey I resemble that remark!!!
I'd prefer the term "intelligent non-conforming insect" as opposed to bug. [:D]

Anyway, enough with the bugs and get the "Rats, Foxes and Sand" game finished for North Afrika!!!

[Plodder]

Anyway, enough with the bugs and get the "Rats, Foxes and Sand" game finished for North Afrika!!!

I hear ya![:D]Well,with the COTA estabs we might be able to scrape a few Battleaxe and Crusader scenarios together.All we need now is mines [:D]