Betraying the Bear! - WinSPMBT
 

OK, its finally ready.

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

INTRODUCTION:
As expected by many the Cold War finally goes hot in 1985. Warsaw Pact forces assault NATO defenses along the length of Central Europe. In an attempt to flank the NATO forces in West Germany and gain access to the North Sea, Pact forces led by Polish Naval Infantry and Soviet Airborne forces invade Denmark.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
For this campaign you are Col. Banasiak of the Polish 1st Recon Company/7th PPR Naval Infantry Brigade. Your company will lead the assault on NATO's northern flank. Just before dawn on October 3, 1985 you and your men will land and probe the Danish defenses. Once the beachhead has been established your company will lead the rest of the Brigade inland.

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I have another 2 scenarios that are pretty much completed (all but the text files) that I am contemplating adding on to the end of the campaign but it depends how much free time I have between now and the end of the year. If there is enough interest I will tweak it and add in the extra scenarios.

Enjoy!

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Well done DD

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Installed - and waiting for those 2 additional battles.... ;-))

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Installed and ready to play to. The premise of the story looks really interesting.

any advice for newbies or players who haven´t played for long?

Waiting for the 2 additional scenarios.

See you!

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Replacements points are VERY few. Try not to lose any vehicles if at all possible as chances are you won't be able to replace them.

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Just finished it. Great campaign. Caught me like few campaigns had (the last one was your MEU campaign...). Five stars, and waiting for the additional scenarios.

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Great campaign! Can't wait for the last two scenarios as well.

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Glad you guys liked it.

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I too have been enjoying the campaign. You get pretty attached to your vehicles. I've lost one in 3 scenarios and I haven't been able to replace it. I haven't played SPMBT in a long time. This campaign has been perfect in that the scenario size isn't too big. I'll be finishing it up in a week or so as time permits. Count my vote as well for those extra campaign scenarios.

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Didn't realize how far along I was. Just finished it. Thanks for posting this campaign. It was fun and a great way to get back into playing. I've got everything saved so if you put out more scenarios, I'll be ready.

One observation. Some scenarios give orders to exit units off board and there is a VP hex associated near the exit point. I learned that you really don't want to exit your units but defend the VP hex until game end. Some breathless moments because of this. I won't spoil the campaign and say why.

BTW, I used the crew bailout option. I believe that this is a new feature. Thanks to whomever programmed it in. Those pesky scout sections immobilized my most experienced APC but I was able to bailout the crew, load it in another APC and exit it off the board.

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A tad OT, but bear with me.

In the late 80-ies I trained with what is today the Danish Home Guard's SSR (then known as SEP or "Udrykkegruppe") an elite part of the Home Guard training with the Jægers, Frogmen, SAS and LOPESCs. I trained mainly in Aarhus and the area down to Horsens, but also a lot in Hevring, Finderup and Karup military areas.

I trained to delay the Poles and USSR, then later go to ground and ambush their weak points behind the lines, snipe, survey and recon against them, etc.; a combination of Guerrilla and Spec-Ops. And I hated commies, I still do. Just as I hate any other totalitarion ideology or religion.

In 1998, fighting at a Viking Market in Wolin (I am also a Viking fighting re-enactor doing martial arts with blunt copies of Viking weapons), I met a Pole who had trained to invade Jutland "preventively". We immediately agreed that we were pretty pleased that did not come to pass and that we had much in common, and (especially) that would should have a beer or five, or... eventually quite a lot more... to celebrate that we never had to kill each other and had much in common.

Apart from missing the bus and ferry home to Denmark and having to improvise the next day due to a momentous hangover (the improvised trip home was quite fun as well), this was one of the great experiences of my life.

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I have NO IDEA why or how I overlooked adding this campaign to a patch for all these years but the oversight will be corrected this next time around...... so if those extra scenarios are available...... :)

Don

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Just noticed this post. I have since moved houses and went through at least 2 PC/Laptops. If they are still needed I can check around.

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It's campaign 15 now

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Thanks Double Deuce. A nice little campaign with beautiful maps, imaginative scenarios and a neat political twist. Great way to make the transition from SPWW2 to SPMBT. Very well done. Cheers!