Big thanks to 2 By 3 Games And Support Team And some Expansion Ideas

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Hi
I have not been active on the forums for some time but would drop in when there was a patch happening for the original and WITW.
I have been waiting like all of us for the new game to drop, i have taken my first tentative steps in the campaign and boy this is going to be tough, its turn 8 have not taken Tallin, bogged down at Pskov, Smolensk, Kiev and Odessa, taking Odessa was the surprise that great big fortress there had me worried but I managed to destroy it, and so far that's the only plus.

I have this bad feeling that I will not make the 525 mark by Jan, with Leningrad just a pipe dream.
As someone who plays against the Soviet AI it was fun creating massive pockets and destroying them, but i feel i will have my hands full with Wite2.
Don't get me wrong I love a challenge and if defeated i will simply start again.
Anyway a big shoutout to 2 By 3 Games and all involved with part 2 the level of detail is amazing in particular "the Order of battle " and of course the equipment tables which brings me to Expansion Packs.

Expansion Packs
Yes the game has been out barely a week but I'm certain 2 by 3 would be thinking that if its a huge success they would have plans for follow ups.
I would like to put forward and number of ideas quite a few actually.
Hopefully some one from 2 By 3 sees this post

FINLAND
Since we don't have the Finnish Karelian Front unlike Wite 1, how about a scenario or campaign from 1941 to 1944 exclusively of the entire Finnish/ German theatre.
You have the map covering the entire region be ashame to waste it.


Yugoslavia / Greece
1. Axis Invasion scenario
Again the map region is there how about a scenario of the AXIS invasion of the Balkans.
To make things even and interesting give the AXIS a time factor to capture certain cites, you have it now in the new game.

2. NO ANTI AXIS COUP Campaign ( A historical )
Now I know 2 By 3 design historical war games but we are talking about a political event, what if it didn't happen, Yugoslavia would be in the starting line up against Russia, meaning the Yugoslav army's historical order of battle would be facing Russia instead.
Unit IDs, equipment tables and troop numbers all historical.
This Ahistorical idea game wise has been around for a long time in many board games.

POLAND
1.Germany invades scenario
Back in the day when WITW was released there were a number of us putting forward this very idea because of the new map.
The polish campaign last about 6 weeks, so make it scenario with time limit factors for the Germans to capture cities.

More Ahistorical Ideas

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

1. German / Czech war scenario
Again 1 major political event was the issue here, what if the West and the Czech's said NO Germany would have to face a pretty powerful army.
In 1938 the Germany was not that good not only that they would have to fight there way through the Sudetenland fortifications
Once again there could be time limits placed on Germany.

ITALY/ AUSTRIA / HUNGARY
Yes we are really talking Ahistorical here, but hear me out on this one.
Another major political event that could have went either way.
Austria had a standing Army its Chief of the Army Feldmarschalleutnant Alfred Johann Theophil Jansa von Tannenau and his staff had devised a defensive plan if the Germans attacked.

The ROME PROTOCOLS PACT signed in 1934 by Italy, Austria and Hungary finished in Feb 1938 assume it was renewed and Austria does not back down, Germany would facing 3 nations instead of just Austria.
It would not be a walk in the park for The German 8th Armee.

A look at my ideas especially the A Historical ones and you will see that if you were not playing the Germans you would be using defensive tactics to win but using a time factor system making the Germans have to capture cities with time limits evens up the two opposing sides.

All nations had Standing Armies until there occupation by Germany so getting everything from unit IDS, equipment tables for said Armies is available.
Reinforcement units and there IDS is tricky and I gather since most of the occupied nations didn't get time to gets these units formed up, 2 By 3 likes to be authentic but in this case you could just settle for generic numeral IDS of in coming units.

I wanted to ideas for a far east campaign but if people have got this far reading I'm grateful.

One last thing on this subject The Russian campaign went for 4 years and while you could create quite a few scenarios and campaigns there is only so many and it will run out of battles.

I was awe of the original when I got it this new version looks incredible,the game system has so much potential for other theatres (the Pacfic, china / burma ).

Call me enthusiastic but I don't want to see this a ONEOFF title, so if any 2 BY 3 people read this i hope you my ideas some thought.

regards

[SheperdN7]

I would put money on any expansions being like the Operation Torch expansion for WitW-

Bunch of smaller-medium size scenarios in a different part of the map (Finland almost guaranteed) and then 1 or 2 Ahistorical Grand Campaigns added in, like 4th Supreme Command for WitW.