Cross of Iron

What ever this will be, I am pretty sure it will rock. Another quality work by Rico?
 


Ok, here is the intel on Cross of Iron.

This is a roleplaying campaign that I first pioneered back in the CMBB days and have been waiting for CMx2 to arrive to try my hand again.

A set of commanders each are given command of identical, small combined arms Kampfgruppen from the 12th Pz Division which they will then need to shepherd through a series of situations, missions, engagements fighting south of Minsk in late June to July 1944 (perhaps even further) -- all custom-designed by me.
The Kampfgruppe is based around a core of a reinforced armoured panzergrenadier company, a detachment of panzers and various support elements may or may not be attached at various times.

Casualties are carried over from scenario to scenario with as much detail as possible, so it will be a balancing act between keeping your group intact and completing your missions (sometimes you may be placed in an impossible situation and it is up to you to realise it and use your initiative and combat savvy to get out of it -- c'est la guerre) -- you will even be able to track the survival of your platoon, squad and vehicle commanders as well. Take care, refits and reinforcements may be scarce.

I will be role-playing the Russians and will fight all the PBEM battles... and will also roleplay your senior command at 12th Pz Division.

These will NOT always be your standard balanced CM scenarios or battles, you can't go shopping for kit at PanzerMart -- you make do with what the exhausted Reich can provide ... flexibility on the part of the players is a must.

Now, because I will be playing the Russians, this will be probably limited to a max of 5 players.
(not sure yet, how to select players ... maybe do a draw from initial sign-ups and add the rest of the players into a reserve pool)
If I can find a way of someone fast and reliable to help out in playing the Russians as well ... then we may expand it a little -- but not too much as the bookkeeping of the OOB's will be quite demanding)

Oh, did I mention ... YOU will also be on the battlefield in your Kampfgruppe HQ ... if you pixel alter-ego gets killed or seriously wounded, the campaign is over for you, and a reserve player can step in take over from you ... again, c'est la guerre.

I will post more details over the course of the weekend.
 
Sounds great Rico, and I've added 'PanzerMart' to my vocabulary!
 
I would like to be in this too as a German commander - but if needed, I would also help playing the Russian attacks according to your scripts instead. :)

P.S.: As soon as I can afford it, I'm going to travel to South Africa and visit that fabulous "PanzerMart"! ;)

I can hear the advertising jingle already: "The match is hard, so buy your tanks smart, at Pan-zer-Maaart!" :D
 
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Well, of course I'm in, if the Gods of War select me in any lottery or other selection method!
 
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