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Could Jason give us a progress report on when JTC Modern Wars will be out?[&o]

Progress is good.

Still building some scenarios and testing them.

Manual still needs to be written in full.

Working on it everyday!! Hang in there!

Jason Petho

Yea, I'm wondering too.A few new games are coming out that are look'in real hot.(Napoleon:Total War, Dawn of War II:Chaos Rising, etc)But I'm still saving my money for Modern Wars.I *will* get Modern Wars no matter what.

What battles for the Middle East game are absolute must have to include?

Jason Petho

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What battles for the Middle East game are absolute must have to include?

Jason Petho

I'm suddenly unsure if the game extends through 1973 and the Yom Kippur War. If it does, then I'd certainly expect that Chinese Farm would be among the battles included.

Tim

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I'm suddenly unsure if the game extends through 1973 and the Yom Kippur War. If it does, then I'd certainly expect that Chinese Farm would be among the battles included.

Tim

The timeframe covers from 1948 through to 1985.

1973 is definitely included and a number of scenarios depicting the various Chinese Farm battles.

That is precisely what I am looking for, key battles that you, the customer, are expecting to find inside the series. Just to make sure I am covering a lot of bases with the initial release. I appreciate your input, thank you!

Jason Petho

Hi Jason.

To be honest I'm not that into the wars of the middle east but I'm very open minded and still looking forward to release. Really I don't know any specifics on these so as all the major conflicts are included and provides a decent selection of scenarios I'm good. Plus I am very confident you will pick the right battles.

So....keep up the good work.

What battles for the Middle East game are absolute must have to include?

FWIW, I'm hoping for an AIW mod like the old school PB/PL mod. Quite a few good scenarios there.

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FWIW, I'm hoping for an AIW mod like the old school PB/PL mod. Quite a few good scenarios there.

AIW mod?

Jason Petho

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Hi Jason.

To be honest I'm not that into the wars of the middle east but I'm very open minded and still looking forward to release. Really I don't know any specifics on these so as all the major conflicts are included and provides a decent selection of scenarios I'm good. Plus I am very confident you will pick the right battles.

So....keep up the good work.

Thank you for the support, V22, it is appreciated.

Jason Petho

AIW mod?

Avalon Hill's Arab-Israeli Wars. Similar to the Panzer Blitz and Panzer Leader classics.

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AIW mod?

Avalon Hill's Arab-Israeli Wars. Similar to the Panzer Blitz and Panzer Leader classics.

Thank you.

Jason Petho

SOmebody did all the AH Arab/Israeli Wars scenarios for the original Divided Ground. THe Wargamer has them up.
I know they will not work with the revised OBBs for Modern Battles, but it should not be hard for somebody to convert them.

As for the absoulute battles, I would say it should include all the actions in the original Divided Ground in improved, more accurate versions.
And Don't ignore the 48 battles.

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SOmebody did all the AH Arab/Israeli Wars scenarios for the original Divided Ground. THe Wargamer has them up.
I know they will not work with the revised OBBs for Modern Battles, but it should not be hard for somebody to convert them.

Impossible, no... hard, yes... very actually.

ORIGINAL: dudalb
As for the absoulute battles, I would say it should include all the actions in the original Divided Ground in improved, more accurate versions.
And Don't ignore the 48 battles.

Working on a couple '48 scenarios right now actually!

Thanks for the information!

Jason Petho

Wait....will we get some Soviet-Afghan War action? I have the HPS Squad Battles game but I would much prefer the JTCS scale and interface.

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Wait....will we get some Soviet-Afghan War action? I have the HPS Squad Battles game but I would much prefer the JTCS scale and interface.

As part of Modern Wars: Volume II, yes, not Volume I.

You will see scenarios that cover a lot of relatively unknown or hardly represently conflicts.

Excitings times!

Jason Petho

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ORIGINAL: V22 Osprey

Wait....will we get some Soviet-Afghan War action? I have the HPS Squad Battles game but I would much prefer the JTCS scale and interface.

As part of Modern Wars: Volume II, yes, not Volume I.

You will see scenarios that cover a lot of relatively unknown or hardly represently conflicts.

Excitings times!

Jason Petho

Alright, cool. Although I can't wait for Volume I, this Volume II sounds like it's going to be truly a sight to behold.

I know you hate this question, but any indication of release? Do you think we can have this out before Spring Break?

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I know you hate this question, but any indication of release? Do you think we can have this out before Spring Break?

I'm not sure when Spring Break is, but I will say no, not yet.

Closer every day though. Thanks for being patient, it will be worth the wait!

Jason Petho

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I know you hate this question, but any indication of release? Do you think we can have this out before Spring Break?

I'm not sure when Spring Break is, but I will say no, not yet.

Closer every day though. Thanks for being patient, it will be worth the wait!

Jason Petho

Well, don't rush. Believe or not, I like the honesty. Hell, the longer you take = an even better product on release.

as for myself...I would like to see the Egyptian crossing of the Seuz in 73 as a battle. I was a senior in High School then, but I still remember it. For awahile it looked like the Egyptians were going to march straight to Tel Aviv.

I would also like to see anything involving the 1rst Air cav in Vietnam. maybe a hard core Iron Triangle set of battles.