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First up, Operation Sea Lion for West Front

WEST FRONT: SEA LION is dedicated to the memory of James W. Johnson, a longtime TalonSoft tester and troubleshooter. JW, an all-around great guy, passed away on June 27, 1999. We will miss his valued input, insight and sense of humor.


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WEST FRONT: SEA LION CREDITS

Chief Creative Officer and Executive Producer: Jim Rose

Development Director: Anthony Farmer

Producer: Bob McNamara

Programming: John Tiller

Playtest Coordinator: Charles Kibler

Art Director: Stephen Langmead

Assistant Art Director: Tim Kipp

Production Design: Kurt Miller, Peter Muench, and Chrissy Lagna

Game Graphics: Steve Estes, Kurt Miller, and Brian Weber

OOB Research: Joseph Hummel

Scenario Design: Doug & Denise Bevard, Jason Petho, and Christopher Wilson

Linked Campaign Game Design: Dave Blackburn, Jason Petho, Glenn Saunders, and Christopher Wilson

Playtesters: Mike Avanzini, Dave Blackburn, Patrick Brett, George Chow, Darrell Dik., Frank Donati, Craig Foster, Bart Gauvin, Tom Herrschaft, Dave Hickman, James W. Johnson, Jay Karamales, Marshall Ladd, Mike LaPlante, Steve Lieb, Paul Massucci, Jim Mays, Jason Petho, Tim Powers, Ken Rutsky, Glenn Saunders, Fred Schwarz, Michael Shepard, Brian Spencer, Craig Stewart, Brian Wynott, and Christopher Wilson

Product Manager: Melissa Farmer

Production Coordination: John Davidson, Linda Wratchford, Monica Wratchford, and Elizabeth Schell

Technical Support Team: Phil Santiago, Matthew Kreager, Lisa Nawrot, Frank Runge

Webmaster: Ashton Fletcher

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Three new Linked Campaign Games. They are:

1. Operation Sea Lion (a German parachute battalion in the hypothetical invasion of Britain) by Jason Petho.

2. A Force 10 Storm (a smaller mixed British force defending during Operation Sea Lion, challenging for all but designed more for beginners and those new to LCGs)

3. Hohenstaufen’s Armored Fist (an SS-Panzergrenadier battalion from Normandy to Falaise in 1944) by Chris Wilson.

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More than thirty brand-new scenarios. They are:

Accrington -- Uhlans on the Moors (*OSL Hypo*)
Aslagh Ridge -- Fury of the Ram
Biggin Hill -- Like Thieves in the Night (*OSL Hypo*)
Brolo -- End Run at Brolo
Butzdorf -- The Fighting 376th!
Cambernon -- Tightening the Noose
Catelet -- The Fatal Scythes
Chatel -- Test of Courage
Cranbrook -- Iron Maidens at Cranbrook
Crecy -- Second Chance for DeGaulle
Cuscia Hill -- One More Thrust
Deal -- Tearing Open the Wound (*OSL Hypo*)
Dieulouard -- Dieulouard Bridgehead
Dover1 -- The Eagle's Talons (*OSL Hypo*)
Dover2 -- Up From the Sea (*OSL Hypo*)
Frejus -- Hard Luck on the Riveria
Hersfeld -- A Chance Encounter
Juniville -- Panzer Leader
Le Desert -- A Rude Awakening
Lydden -- The Lyon's Roar (*OSL Hypo*)
Mark Cross -- Rommel Again (*OSL Hypo*)
Mechili -- Skirmish at Mechili
Metameur -- Last Chance for Glory
Minster -- Manston Sideshow (*OSL Hypo*)
Nbeidat -- In Trouble Again
Neufchateau -- Foretaste of Disaster
Nibeiwa -- Meeting the Challenge
Origny -- Test of Steel
Ousselat -- Sparring with Leuder
Parroy Forest -- Hell in the Parroy Forest
Puffendorf -- When the Big Cats Come to Play
Rethimnon -- Riding the Dragon
Sauzet -- Lafayette We Are Here
St. Julien -- On the Cutting Edge

FALL OF THE REICH

This was a "unique" expansion pack for East Front II.

Standalone, it was only available directly from Talonsoft's online store.

Most people got it as part of Talonsoft's "World At War" bundle, which bundled:

West Front + Sea Lion + Battle Pack 1
East Front II + Fall of the Reich
Rising Sun Gold

NOTE: East Front II itself was a bundling of East Front + East Front Campaign CD #1, with an enhanced game engine (more rules) and 50~ new scenarios on top of the earlier EF1 stuff.

NOTE II: The EF1 Campaign CD #1 added Poland, Hungary, Finland, Slovakia, Italy and Romania to the game; and set the clock back to 1939 and included 50 new scenarios.

The LCGs included in the EF1 Campaign CD #1 were:

The Polish Tragedy
Finland: David vs Goliath
Romania's Struggle
The New Roman Legions
The Honved in Russia
Operation Uranus
Budapest to Vienna

NOTE III: The World At War Bundle was how I was introduced to the Campaign Series -- which was good luck (for me).

Talonsoft burned out a lot of people at the time by introducing games; then shotgunning out an expansion, then a few months later, shotgunning out a shovelware compilation for cheaper than what people paid for the original(s) earlier.

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Fall of the Reich had:

1.) Added night fighting rules to simulate true night fighting effects (flares, etc) and the earlier original EF II night scenarios were updated with the new night rules.

2.) Added late war "uber" vehicles such as the Maus and IS-3.

3.) Revised and updated assault values.

4.) Three new Linked Campaign Games, which were, I think....

Crucible of Death (German, Regimental)

On To Berlin (Russian, Brigade)

Storm on the Reich (German, Battalion)

5.) Seventeen brand-new scenarios. They were:

Alushta -- Thunder Valley
Arnswalde -- Terror at Arnswalde
Bernau -- A Time to Die
Bryle -- Hollow Triumph
Gaffron -- For Friends and Honor
Gorshchina -- Steel Dawn
Gotha -- Tanker’s Holiday
Jungfernsee -- Horror of Breslau
Kostev -- Kostev’s Cost
Pliski -- Midnight Madness
Rzhavets -- Blood Moon
Schmergow -- A Tale of Giants
Schoningen -- Winter Kill
Studenka -- Spearpoint
Tarasovka -- Ambush Ridge
Teploye -- A Taste of Kursk
Valka -- Point of the Dagger

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EAST FRONT II FALL OF THE REICH CREDITS

Producer: Matthew Kreager

President and Chief Creative Officer: Jim Rose

VP of Business Development: Jamie Leece

General Manager: Chris Mate

Executive Producer: Eric Young

Marketing Director: Greg Bauman

Marketing Manager: Mark Moon

Marketing Communications Coordinator: Chris Larkin

Corporate Communications Manager: Anne-Marie Sims

Art Director: Mike Snyder

Graphic Artist: Kurt Miller

Webmaster: Robert Fletcher

Technical Support/QA Director: Phil Santiago

Computer Specialists: Frank Runge, Ron Johnson, Kathy Richardson

Technical Support: Lisa Nawrot, Pete Stewart, Joe Covello, Patty Saneman, Stacey Sharpe, Kathy Young, Andre Liggins, Anne Takeuchi

Quality Assurance: Chien Yu, Kai Ma, Josh Rose, Joshua Noll, Stephen Thomas, Frank Kirchner, Daniel Lewis

Special thanks to: Linda Wratchford, Mona Wratchford, Peg Zoltan, Anne-Marie Sims, Patty Santiago, Melissa Voggenauer, Suzette Patterson

Where can we get these now?

They're part of the JTCS compilation; "baked into the cake".

Reason I started this thread; was I was looking for the old Sea Lion Scenarios/LCGs (in order to play them) and wasn't sure what was what; as the Campaign Series menu design is very bad.

I can confirm that 'On to Berlin' was indeed an LCG for East Front II.

I built it (Bart Gauvin)

Sure I have these in my war gaming collection in the loft