Posted By Double Deuce on December 28, 2009
Units have been assigned their 1st day Operations. On the morning of December 30, 1944, the 87th Infantry Division will launch attacks along the length of the front. The initial objectives are the villages of Vesqueville, Moircy and Remagne. The 345th and 346th Infantry Regiments will take part in the operation with the 347th Regiment acting as Division Reserve. At this time the main supporting elements of the division are not in position to support the attack to include the Division Artillery, 312th Combat Engineers and 761st Tank Battalion.
The map below shows the situation as of 2300 hours, December 29, 1944. This overlay shows the 87th Division in their preliminary positions. As mentioned, much of the Division’s supporting units are “enroute” on the roads leading into the Assembly Area and are not expected to be available until sometime late in the day on the 30th.
Blue Arrows indicate the individual BTN attack routes for the morning of December 30, 1944.
- 1/346 – Clear the area from Vesqueville to the West.
- 2/346 – Clear the Bois de Freux and cut the Vesqueville-Moircy highway.
- 3/346 – Pass through Vesqueville and the Bois de Vesquevill, sweeping to the NorthWest in an effort to cut off Vesqueville from St. Hubert.
- 1/345 – Assault and capture Moircy.
- 2/345 – Support 11 Armored Division (coming up from Rondu/Nimbermont) in the Assault and capture of Remagne.
- 3/345 – Sweep through the 11th Armored Division positions at Rondu and Nimbermont to encircle Remagne from the East.
This is the initial “plan”, however, once the campaign starts, things will most likely change and players will get updated intel based on their specific situation.
87th ID GSASL Website
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Posted By Double Deuce on November 29, 2009
OK, I have decided to join the ranks of those running a GSASL game. That’s Group Solitaire Advanced Squad Leader for those that might not know. This one will be based on actions of the US 87th Infantry Division in the St. Hubert/Tillet area from December 29, 1944 through January 14, 1945. Players will fill the roles of individual Company Commanders and depending on the number of participants that sign up, I will also include Battalion and Regimental commands.
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Posted By Double Deuce on September 24, 2009
So I was toying around with the idea of using Combat Mission:Shock Force as the basic game engine. Having rounded up some players and putting the scenario together the game finally kicked off. Although only having completed the 1st turn the experience seems to be pretty fun. One disadvantage I have found already though is the large # of screenshots that will be needed to help “tell the story” for the players and interested observers.
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Posted By Double Deuce on September 3, 2009
From the battlefront Website;
Monday, 24 August 2009
The v1.20 patches for COMBAT MISSION SHOCK FORCE as well as CMSF MARINES are finally out now! The list of changes, additions, new features and bux fixes is impressively long as usual, below just a few snapshots of what’s awaiting you in the latest free upgrade to the series:
- “Pop Smoke” can now be aimed using the Face Command or current unit facing.
- Floating icons for friendly units now briefly blink after sustaining a casualty.
- Spotters for indirect support weapons are now able to target areas slightly outside of direct LOS under certain circumstances, such as when firing indirectly over a tall wall or just behind the crest of a hill.
- Muzzle flame, smoke, dust, and other effects directly attached to enemy unit behavior are no longer shown unless the unit is already spotted by at least one friendly soldier.
- Campaign players now have an option to switch between RealTime and WeGo Modes in between battles.
- Scenario game time limit has been increased to 4 hours
Here is the link to the battlefront website: v1.20 CMSF and MARINES patches out now!
Hopefully this patch fixes some of the issues players mentioned as having encountered and it has led me to re-install the game and take a second look. There is also a British Forces Module out but at this point I do not have it. Depending on how my newest play with the game goes i may pick up the British Module.
Information on the British Forces can be found here: CM:SF – British Forces
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Posted By Double Deuce on April 20, 2009
For those of you following along, all of the tactical maps for the campaign have been created and Marek has graciously put together this “overview” map of the campaign area. There are 7 master maps that will be cut, cropped and adjusted to fit the scenarios. You will likely see sections of these bigger maps used in several scenarios by the time all is said and done.
The overview map is below;
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Posted By Double Deuce on March 10, 2009
For those who are looking forward to this new campaign I am including the briefing for SLII-SCEN-004 (Campaign Scenario 5);
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Withdrawal
United States vs Warsaw Pact
Location: Chalsoviche, Czechoslovakia
Date: August 4, 1986
Turns: 35
Scenario Size: Medium
DATE/TIME
041330ZAUG86
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Posted By Double Deuce on February 26, 2009
For who are interested I am setting up a section of my gallery on this blog for images related to this project. This will include some screenshots of the excellent maps by Marek Tucan as well as some taken during playtesting.
You will be able to see them here: Silver Lions II Gallery.
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Posted By Double Deuce on February 18, 2009
I have had to put this on hold due to some “balance” issues that need to be worked out. I am also working on designing an HASL type map tailored specifically to the campaign.
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Posted By Double Deuce on February 18, 2009
Ok, for those interested, here is a preview of what I am considering for the Silver Lions II User Campaign. It sort of follows the story/theme of the original Silver Lions Campaign and picks up when the war starts back up one year later.
It is expected to take some time to build this especially as I am considering the development of a Mexican Drug War II User Campaign.
I also welcome any suggestions/recommendations on what “path” the story should follow.
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Posted By Double Deuce on November 29, 2008
Now Available!
This new, small campaign for WinSPMBT is now done and available. Here is the main briefing;
Betraying the Bear
Date: October 1985
Game/Version: WinSPMBT 4.0
Fixed Core Force Campaign
Average Turns: 6-20
Player: Poland
Command Size: Company (-)
Number of Scenarios: 6
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