Expansion idea

[garymiboy]

Hi, i did mention in an earlier post about doing a stalingrad expansion using the command ops engine. but as someone pointed out its more squad based and i now realise it would probably need city area maps.only one i know that does anything like that is John Tillers red victory game.
so, how about doing an assault on berlin..ie the battles through germany etc leading up to berlin?
just bouncing a few ideas about
this is such a good game and im really looking forward to more from this game engine !![:)]

[decaro]

ORIGINAL: garymiboy

Hi, i did mention in an earlier post about doing a stalingrad expansion using the command ops engine. but as someone pointed out its more squad based and i now realise it would probably need city area maps.only one i know that does anything like that is John Tillers red victory game.
so, how about doing an assault on berlin..ie the battles through germany etc leading up to berlin? ...

Maybe the latter as the game seems to best model maneuver units over territory with multiple avenues of approach available to them.

So how about "Race to the Rhine" where US and Soviet units fight Germans while competing on their relative progress?

The winner could be ascertained by how much territory and Axis units it destroyed after the US and Russian forces meet.

[Arjuna]

A race is always fun. However, this would rrequire us to support more than two sides or more than one command per side. This too is on the list of features we are considering for a military version.

[decaro]

ORIGINAL: Arjuna

A race is always fun. However, this would rrequire us to support more than two sides or more than one command per side ...

It would probably be the biggest challenge for the AA engine, esp. if there is an option to play the Germans against 2 AI commands!

Then again, the human player could command both Allied forces, but then he would be competing against himself.

Personally, I'm hoping for this engine to model some desert warfare scenarios a la Rommel vs. Monty.

[cristianwj]

what about pacific theatre, just imaging marines fight on islands.

[garymiboy]

Well, a way the Berlin issue could be resolved is fetching 2 expansions out?.. the one from the west..the other from the east [battles through ukraine poland latvia etc.].theres plenty of meat for lots of historical battles on both fronts.anf i for one wouldnt have any problem buying both [:)]
also theres the budapest area battles..and the list goes on. but although there are a lot of areas.it would need to be kept to the very high quality that it is now.
and i think with the ideas already kicked about on here.its a testament to the flexability of this game engine !!!

[Vyshka]

ORIGINAL: Joe D.

ORIGINAL: Arjuna

A race is always fun. However, this would rrequire us to support more than two sides or more than one command per side ...

It would probably be the biggest challenge for the AA engine, esp. if there is an option to play the Germans against 2 AI commands!

Then again, the human player could command both Allied forces, but then he would be competing against himself.

Personally, I'm hoping for this engine to model some desert warfare scenarios a la Rommel vs. Monty.

There is an old boardgame called Battle for Germany that had an interesting way of handling it. One player is the Wallies, and one player is the Soviets. There is a line dividing the map between east and west. The Wallies control the German forces to the east of the line, and the Soviet player controls the Germans to the west of it.

[decaro]

ORIGINAL: Vyshka

ORIGINAL: Joe D.

ORIGINAL: Arjuna

A race is always fun. However, this would rrequire us to support more than two sides or more than one command per side ...

It would probably be the biggest challenge for the AA engine, esp. if there is an option to play the Germans against 2 AI commands!

Then again, the human player could command both Allied forces, but then he would be competing against himself ...

There is an old boardgame called Battle for Germany that had an interesting way of handling it. One player is the Wallies, and one player is the Soviets. There is a line dividing the map between east and west. The Wallies control the German forces to the east of the line, and the Soviet player controls the Germans to the west of it.

So basically each player tries to race the other to the Rhine while using German forces in his opponent's AO to delay him.

Using the Panter AA engine, I assume that set-up would only require one AI controlling two commands.

As Laugh-In's Arte Johnson used to say, "Verrrrry interesting!"