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Abyssinian campaign scenario
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:35 am
by GibClaret80
Great work on adding scenarios maybe a Abyssinian campaign scenario could be added as it was between June 1940 and November 1941 ??
RE: Abyssinian campaign scenario
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:42 am
by Saint Ruth
That'd be interesting, a very overlooked campaign!
RE: Abyssinian campaign scenario
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:36 pm
by bcgames
Got no problems with this suggestion...a very interesting topic; big map though.
RE: Abyssinian campaign scenario
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:42 pm
by GibClaret80
Would you need to use all the map though if doing a scenario could be selective ??
RE: Abyssinian campaign scenario
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 10:42 pm
by bcgames
Scenario maps are dinky things so of course anyone could quickly put together a small, tile map. Campaigns are larger thought problems--one should not restrict the player to the accepted historical path. Provide the player the opportunity to dance within the operational environment. That's a big map.
RE: Abyssinian campaign scenario
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:58 am
by GibClaret80
Of course i don't think i have ever seen a game take place in East Africa i could be wrong tho.
RE: Abyssinian campaign scenario
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 3:09 am
by bcgames
There might be a board-game or two or three on the topic. Can't say I can name any of them. TSWW covers the whole lot in their
Mare Nostrum game:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/144 ... re-nostrum
Nice game for a VERY pretty penny. I have the Quartermaster [digital] edition which costs alot less. Someday I hope to play it.
RE: Abyssinian campaign scenario
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 3:13 am
by superhans
ORIGINAL: GibClaret80
Great work on adding scenarios maybe a Abyssinian campaign scenario could be added as it was between June 1940 and November 1941 ??
What a brilliant idea. [&o]
RE: Abyssinian campaign scenario
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 12:15 am
by bcgames
ORIGINAL: GibClaret80
...maybe a Abyssinian campaign scenario could be added as it was between June 1940 and November 1941 ??
I've looked at my resources and I think with two additions, this would be possible--and provide interesting game play.
RE: Abyssinian campaign scenario
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 12:37 am
by superhans
ORIGINAL: GibClaret80
Of course i don't think i have ever seen a game take place in East Africa i could be wrong tho.
As mentioned there are a few board games and Hearts of Iron IV do an interesting take on it. Alan Moorhead also covers it in his classic 1st hand account of The Desert War....but that's not a game. It's a book. [X(]
RE: Abyssinian campaign scenario
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 1:08 am
by bcgames
Yes, Alan Moorehead is a good addition to anyone's North/East/West African WW2 library. I'm looking at purchasing these books:
* The First Victory: The Second World War and the East Africa Campaign by Andrew Stewart
* Air War in East Africa 1940-41: The RAF Versus the Italian Air Force by Jon Sutherland and Diane Canwell
RE: Abyssinian campaign scenario
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 10:32 am
by Alan Sharif
A great topic, no doubt.
RE: Abyssinian campaign scenario
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:40 am
by bcgames
ORIGINAL: bcgames
Yes, Alan Moorehead is a good addition to anyone's North/East/West African WW2 library. I'm looking at purchasing these books:
* The First Victory: The Second World War and the East Africa Campaign by Andrew Stewart
* Air War in East Africa 1940-41: The RAF Versus the Italian Air Force by Jon Sutherland and Diane Canwell
Bought 'em