Congrats! Onwards!
Considering starting a WW2 campaign
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- Start date
Congratulations! That's a huge first step. Go get 'em now . .
Hello Good Men,
Like a necromancer's shenanigans, this campaign is being revived.
I want to outline my plan for it, and see if interest is still there.
I will be basing this first BB campaign on the Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive, which was taking place at the same time as famous Operation Bagration, in July 1944.
I have the rules mostly done (thanks to @Nathangun and @Rico for their systems).
The battle maps are all ready to go (huge thanks to @Panzer_Kraut for his magnificent work in gathering them all from far afield!), and I am working on the map and counters.
I expect to be up and running in a very short time frame indeed.
Due to Real Life, I will being taking every effort to streamline it...both for the players, and for me the Game Moderator.
I will be cutting some corners to make it work, but I think that it will be done in such a way that we can all enjoy the tactics of pbem CMRT and the strategy of playing in a large campaign, all within our busy lives.
Post #124 (page 7) on this thread shows my draft rules from last year. I will refine these over the next couple of weeks and post updates.
I will be adding some flavor to them...but also cutting some complexity.
One of the biggest decisions I'm making at the moment is to remove fog of war. Although it is a fun addition to a strategy game, the time needed to supply each side a different map each turn (all the while over 50 company counters swarm around each other) is a time-eater. My arm could still be twisted, but I think that for this first iteration of BB I will keep it lean.
I will be borrowing from @Bootie 's campaign, by adding some 'flavour' to some of the battles. Unexpected (but fairly minor) twists. I won't be making cards for these, and neither will they be random.
I will be making rules for what can and cannot be purchased during battles. All troops will be stock-standard regulars, and all vehicles will be extremely common (low rarity). However, there will still be elbow-room for battle commanders to customize their forces for battles.
So is there still interest in this? Are players able and keen to partake? Let me know if this is true, and I will forge ahead rapidly. If not, then I will put it gently back on the shelf.
Like a necromancer's shenanigans, this campaign is being revived.
I want to outline my plan for it, and see if interest is still there.
I will be basing this first BB campaign on the Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive, which was taking place at the same time as famous Operation Bagration, in July 1944.
I have the rules mostly done (thanks to @Nathangun and @Rico for their systems).
The battle maps are all ready to go (huge thanks to @Panzer_Kraut for his magnificent work in gathering them all from far afield!), and I am working on the map and counters.
I expect to be up and running in a very short time frame indeed.
Due to Real Life, I will being taking every effort to streamline it...both for the players, and for me the Game Moderator.
I will be cutting some corners to make it work, but I think that it will be done in such a way that we can all enjoy the tactics of pbem CMRT and the strategy of playing in a large campaign, all within our busy lives.
Post #124 (page 7) on this thread shows my draft rules from last year. I will refine these over the next couple of weeks and post updates.
I will be adding some flavor to them...but also cutting some complexity.
One of the biggest decisions I'm making at the moment is to remove fog of war. Although it is a fun addition to a strategy game, the time needed to supply each side a different map each turn (all the while over 50 company counters swarm around each other) is a time-eater. My arm could still be twisted, but I think that for this first iteration of BB I will keep it lean.
I will be borrowing from @Bootie 's campaign, by adding some 'flavour' to some of the battles. Unexpected (but fairly minor) twists. I won't be making cards for these, and neither will they be random.
I will be making rules for what can and cannot be purchased during battles. All troops will be stock-standard regulars, and all vehicles will be extremely common (low rarity). However, there will still be elbow-room for battle commanders to customize their forces for battles.
So is there still interest in this? Are players able and keen to partake? Let me know if this is true, and I will forge ahead rapidly. If not, then I will put it gently back on the shelf.
Count me in!
C
Coopes
Guest
Been waiting to do something like this for a long time
Keep it lean. Keep it simple. Good administration is demanding and difficult. I doubt members will lament that strategic Fog of War is absent as long as the matches themselves are balanced and fun.
I'm in
I’m interested.
Unit counters are ready.
If this campaign goes ahead, I will export each of the unit counters (all with their individual unit designation: Regiment - Battalion - Company number).
I will place them on the map in a Photoshop document, so they can be moved around the board as turns progress.
If this campaign goes ahead, I will export each of the unit counters (all with their individual unit designation: Regiment - Battalion - Company number).
I will place them on the map in a Photoshop document, so they can be moved around the board as turns progress.
Map is basically ready.
Always an option to refine or even start from scratch again.
There are 7 major towns which will be the victory objectives, 9 minor towns, and several villages (might add more of these).
(all town names are from the names of WW2 Polish fighter aces)
Always an option to refine or even start from scratch again.
There are 7 major towns which will be the victory objectives, 9 minor towns, and several villages (might add more of these).
(all town names are from the names of WW2 Polish fighter aces)
Not a fantastic video, but does show the terrain from the area...
Very cool looking.
Would suggest differentiating the three numbers for easier reading -- like make the Regt number Italic etc.
There's good reason that @Rico is the sole awardee of FGM's "Master of Campaign Organization" ribbon, by the way . . .
V
Vatutin85
Guest
i'm interested.
I’m in!
6 participants so far.
This was the previous list of players.
@Rico @mcmortison @Bulletpoint @GDog @fabishd @Panzer_Freak @Nathangun @Gnarly @PhilM @DoubleD @Meat Grinder @MeatEtr @Panzerknacker @sspoom @Spjut @Coopes @Swank @Panzer_Kraut @Vatutin85
Panzer_Kraut, who helped by gathering all the battle maps was last online on December 30.
The new year is a busy time for many people I think. Hopefully we'll see some more interest as time goes on.
This was the previous list of players.
@Rico @mcmortison @Bulletpoint @GDog @fabishd @Panzer_Freak @Nathangun @Gnarly @PhilM @DoubleD @Meat Grinder @MeatEtr @Panzerknacker @sspoom @Spjut @Coopes @Swank @Panzer_Kraut @Vatutin85
Panzer_Kraut, who helped by gathering all the battle maps was last online on December 30.
The new year is a busy time for many people I think. Hopefully we'll see some more interest as time goes on.
Make it 8!
I'm in!
I'm in!
Count me in if there is still room!
Lots of room, lots of battles.
Here is the new official sign-up thread for anyone else who wants to join:
Here is the new official sign-up thread for anyone else who wants to join:
BB introduction and sign-up
Hello Good Men! This is the first campaign of The Brigade Battles. It will use CMRT. This campaign has been designed with the primary aim of providing players with a strategic setting. It seeks to minimize chores and maximize wargaming. Much of the design is based upon the rules systems of Rico...
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