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Battle for Goodland - "Red Dawn" Series.

US forces have held ground against the Red thrust around the Denver area allowing more time to halt the socialist push into US soil. The 70th Cuban Mechanized Division is the spearhead of the Cuban army pushing Eastwards into Kansas. A batallion sized force is tasked with pushing through the town of Goodland and capture its airfield. US National Guard units are dug in around the town.

*(Map included in zip file).

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Battle for Antonito - "Red Dawn" Series.

The occupation of most of New Mexico by the Central American Peoples Alliance (CAPA) formed by both Cuba and Nicaraguan armed forces takes almost a full week. With the intention to link up with Reconnaisance elements from the Baltic Naval Infantry Brigade of the 55th Soviet Naval Infantry Division, the 2nd Battallion of Nicaragua's "San Rafael del Norte" Brigade simultaneously leads the advance north into Colorado through their first obstacle on their way. Delaying their thrust are elements from the 4th Infantry Brigade, US 4th Infatry Division.

*(Map included in zip file).

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Highway 281 Texas - "Red Dawn" Series.

65 Km North of US/Mexico Border, Highway 281, scattered units of US 6th Infantry Regiment delay elements from the Cuban 70th Mechanized Division and 12th Armored Regiment.

*(Map included in zip file).

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Highway 77, Combes, Texas - "Red Dawn" Series.

A Mixed US unit consisting of a Rifle Company from the 41st Infantry Regiment and mechanized elements from the 5th Cavalry Regiment supported by armor meet advancing elements of a Soviet independent Tank Regiment and a Motorized Rifle Battallion sized unit.

*(Map included in zip file).

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You've been busy...... :)

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These are all designed to be played as the US, right?

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Indeed :up:

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Yes, unless you PBEM for which they are designed for too.

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If these are as good as the "Catalan Wars" series they will be excellent!
Thanks!

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You are welcome :up:

As soon as I get my main pc repaired (which got damaged by new year's day :banghead) I'll get back to scenario building but in the meantime I'm knocked out of combat.

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Thanks for these - I love that someone's tackling "Red Dawn" for scenarios. I've started working on a bunch myself, set in Northern California, but it's going to be a while before I'm done.

My one qualm with "Goodland" is that it's entirely unlikely that American police in the early 80s would have FN FALs. At best, some SWAT units would have M-16s, but rural sherrif's departments wouldn't even have those. Shotguns and bolt-action civilian rifles, at most.

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Your welcome, more scenarios coming undergoing testing.

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Battle at Robstown, "Red Dawn" Series.

A soviet tank batallion followed by both a motorized rifle company and a cuban mechanized battalion lead the advance towards the western approaches of the city of Corpus Christi finding a well entrenched infantry unit and several tank platoons rushed to assist the defense.

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Armor Clash near Corpus Christi, "Red Dawn" Series.

While being tasked to advance and engage any soviet units approaching the Southwestern approaches of Corpus Christi trying to flank the US 1st Cavalry Division main defense line, M1 Abrams tanks from the 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment engage reconnaissance units and an armor batallion trying to slide through the sector.

*(Map included in Zip file).

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The Alamo Guards debut, "Red Dawn" series.

After selective nuke strikes and infiltrators successfully destroyed and caused heavy damage to SAC bases and other military installations on Western USA, the US Army lacks sufficient air support for delaying the leading Army group of the Central American Peoples Alliance (CAPA) formed by both Cuba and Nicaraguan armed forces which is tasked by the Soviet High Command to push for the Houston area with the intention of "distract and confuse" US intelligence, nevertheless casualties on both sides are high. While the US army attempts to maintain the lines of defense in Western USA, The Texas National Guard has been mobilized out of the highly densed urban areas to ambush positions in hinterlands and key crossroad positions right between the suspected paths of thrusts across Texas. In this battle Elements from the Cuban 24th Infantry Division and 1st Armored Division make a dawn assault on the western outskirts of the City of Victoria defended by a battallion of The Texas National Guard's 1st Regiment "The Alamo Guards".

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Thanks for these scenarios, so far I've played the ones that came with the latest patch and they've been great! I think your design on these is very, very good. Force balance is well done and makes for entertaining fights, you get the feeling that you have to preserve your forces while simultaneously repulsing a numerically superior opponent.

The maps are excellent and evocative. I've enjoyed the wide open spaces of these scenarios, since usually I tend to play on more crowded scenery maps. The American TI equipped tanks are murderous in these battles!

As defensive battles against the AI these generally tend to be on the easy-medium level of difficulty, which is fine by me. My toughest fight was easily Goodland, having to cope with the older National Guard kit against the Cubans was something completely different from Robstown and I liked that change of pace.

Definitely planning on playing the newer ones too. I hope you keep up with the series!

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Thanks for the feedback, glad you liked them. I will continue with the series for sure. Keep on firing. :fire:

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Ambush at Vauxhall, "Red Dawn" Series.

While the main Soviet army group with the aid of the Cuban and Nicaraguan Army wreak havoc throughout Western USA and with key passes in the Rockies secured, 3 other army groups are rolling across the Bering Straight cutting the Alaskan Pipeline through Canada with the intention to link up in the middle. The underestimated Canadian army with their scattered pockets of stiff resistance in key roads across Canada have not slowed the Red Advance but it has made it costly enough. In this battle a Soviet Motorized Rifle Battallion leads the assault on the small town of Vauxhall supported by a Tank Battallion encountering well supported and motivated dug in Canadian Infantry.

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Marines at Lake Texana, "Red Dawn" Series.

The Cuban army with the support of Soviet forces advances through Southern Texas both inflicting and taking heavy casualties along the way. While approaching Lake Texana, a Cuban Rifle Regiment size force well supported by armor and artillery bumps into delaying elements of the 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, This would be the USMC first battle against the Cubans in US soil.

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You should take a page from Shattered Union and have a bunch of partisans riding around in armour-plated low-rider pickups. I'd look forward to something set in Northern California; fighting over those mountain passes and the valleys beyond would be very interesting.

Do you mean the two scouts in the militia company? I don't think those were supposed to be Sheriff's deputies, I think they were just armed civilians who had volunteered to defend their town, and the National Guard was desperate enough to put them to use.

The scouts would have been among the better volunteers (vets still in good health, professional hunters, biathlon/sport shooters and the like), and FN-FALs or AWB-friendly knockoffs were and remain quite common among the more... enthusiastic gun owners of America.

Issued weapons: for the most part yes. But add lever-actions to the civilian rifles.

Available weapons: it's Kansas. Military pattern-weapons weren't exactly hard to find there, even in the 80's. Instead of M16's you might have AR15's or Mini-14's that have been converted to automatic fire, but functionally there wouldn't be that much difference.

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I like this one!
Gives me ideas about scenarios with BATUS and the German troops from CFB Shilo.

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Delaying action at Port Lavaca, "Red Dawn" Series.

Elements from the Cuban 24th Infantry Division supported by tanks from the 12th Armored Regiment are delayed by Texan National Guard units West near the town of Port Lavaca, Texas.

*(Map included in Zip file)

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Old Ironsides meet the 1st Guards, "Red Dawn" Series.

Units from The US 1st Armored Division encounter a mixed Regiment sized force of the Soviet 1st Guards Tank Army pushing north on Highway 281-31 a few miles south of San Antonio, Texas.

*(Map included in Zip file)

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Damn ... it's really important to remember the base-model M1 isn't an unstoppable tank-killing machine.

I'm too used to the M1A1 from later scenarios.

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I have really enjoyed these scenarios Oche. Any more in the works?

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Glad you liked them, plenty more scenarios coming, but at a slow pace, beta testing new scenarios and creating maps. Always brainstorming new scenarios, stay tuned:fire:

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Awesome! Can't wait.

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Edna's Surprise, "Red Dawn" series.

While the well supported Cuban 242nd Infantry Regiment is tasked to lead the advance on the town of Edna, the National Guard units already on site expect a nearby USMC mechanized unit to reinforce them to help delay the Cuban advance.

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4th Heavy Brigade into action, "Red Dawn" series.

A Soviet Tank Regiment encounters delaying units from the US 4th Heavy Brigade Southeast of San Antonio, Texas.

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Totally agree with the above! This is a GREAT series of battles. I confess I have been 'tweaking' some of these Red Dawn scenarios and enjoying my own variants. This is excellent work - my hat is off to you!

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Old Ironsides is an *excellent* scenario. Very hard to win more than a marginal victory (as the US player) in its original form. I have had fun tweaking this one, where the US Force is augmented with captured enemy weaponry - some anti-tank guns, a few captured (from the Cubans in other battles!) lighter vehicles (BRDM-2's) and a few outdated helicopters to ferry troops around. Add some Piper cubs for spotting, and it's a real slugfest! I set the Abrams to only go after the heavier vehicles and let the missles, Cobras, and AT-guns pick off the lighter APC's. Lastly, I add my favorite piece of game-chrome: motorcycles! Yeah - a couple of local bands of Hell's Angels get into the fray at some point. They give meaning to the phrase: live fast, die young, and make a good looking corpse!

Anyway - thanks again for this amazing series of scenarios!

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Thought I would try this due to your comments & its a great map feels right for the area & it is the sort of place attack helos might lay in ambush or aid support.
The helos make it easy mind you at least so far, plug the odd gap & watch for avenues of approach letting the you take up positions under cover of smoke. The Abrams at least need flank shots for a kill certainty but I have been fighting behind a smoke screen so far so its not been an issue.

SPOILER ALERT
Moved out fast for first 5 or 6 turns then to combat speed, only shots fired by Russians so far were at my Helos till the planes turned up.
They have routed an Abrams & destroyed 2 APCs with squads on board, apart from that only other casualty is 1 man in a dragon team due to artillery.
Turn 9 now 29 Russian BMPs or tanks burning only 2 squads & a couple of crew in rout from them survive.
Furthest victory flag is 24 hexes away & I can see BTRs heading my way so the dragon teams might finally let off a shot in anger, there are another half a dozen tanks or so still out there that I am aware of.
Time to switch arty from smoke & save the last few smoke rounds for any late surprises.
I think this might be a good one to try as the Russian side, certainly a more cautious advance will be required.

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There are a few hidden slopes on the map but great really like it. Going to try a few more of these & revisit this with Pattons replacing the Abrams & an extra 10 turns. Ended up just charging at the the end under smoke cover. Ended on turn 14, lost another couple of men to artillery for a total of 24 dead & had a plane shot down. 391 to 16792 final score

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Imp - thanks for the play-by-play. My hat is off to you! Playing a very cautious game, it is hard for me to get that lopsided a victory for the U.S. I tend to get around a 14 or 15 to one ratio - with the score being typically 1100 to 16,500-17,000. My tank losses are almost ALWAYS due to Soviet aircraft - the SU's can do real harm to a sitting Abrams. Again, it sounds like you really know your stuff!

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Interestingly its not so hard from the Ruskie side either though keep in mind I have an idea of what to expect. Its due to the AI not being able to take advantage of its strengths while you as a player can. Just fast advanced leaving tanks in key spots where they might possibly be able to fire at max range & turned their smoke dischargers off. I am safe from frontal hits but can destroy anything if I hit it. All Abrams & one M901 destroyed plus both attack helos as I stopped advancing once they turned up. 3 BMPs & 2 T-72 destroyed & one with no tracks.
Wont be a cake walk but minor victory should be do able

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Thanks IMP! A really interesting take on the other side of the coin, so to speak. I did a variant on this scenario set in 1990 - with early Apaches, the next generation of M1-Abrams and some better jets on the U.S. side (one of the new-fangled F-117's that the Canadians let us fly from one of their airbases just across the border <g>) on the U.S. side. And some very nasty Soviet tanks as well - some T-72B's, a few upgraded T-80's, and some BMP-3's. The Soviets managed to bully their way all across the map to get up close and personal with the U.S. infantry. Ultimately, the Abrams ruled the battlefield, but it was actually something of a fight! Still, a decisive U.S. victory in the end.

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"Red Dawn" series - Stand at Coalhurst*

Date: September, 1984*

Battle Location: NW of Lethbridge, Canada*

Battle Type: Defense/Assault, Canada vs. USSR*

Game Lenght: 20 turns

Difficulty: Moderate-Hard


DESCRIPTION: The USSR reinforces with three (3) fresh army groups through the bering strait into Alaska crossing Canada with the aim of linking up with the main Red Army group in the South of the US. Canadian armor and mechanised infantry units are rushed to reinforce defense in Coalhurst as the first wave of the incoming soviet steamroller approaches the City of Lethbridge, Canada.


Notes: If played against the AI the human player should take the Canadian side.


Sources: Fictional scenario inspired by both the 1984 movie "Red Dawn"/ and 1983 "Ten Soldiers" script by Kevin Reynolds.


Design by Jose Logrono

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"Red Dawn" series - Armor battle near Wharton*

Date: September, 1984*

Battle Location: Near Wharton, Texas, West of Houston, United States*

Battle Type: Meeting engagement, US vs. Cuba*

Game Lenght: 15 turns

Difficulty: Standard


DESCRIPTION: While the Cuban and Nicaraguan army slowly advance towards Houston, the US Army and National Guard units delay the advance with relative effectiveness. Elements from the 1st Armored Division reserve unit meet advancing elements from Cuban 78th Armored Division and 70th Mechanised Division near Wharton Texas.


Notes: If played against the AI the human player should take the US side.


Sources: Fictional scenario inspired by both the 1984 movie "Red Dawn"/ and 1983 "Ten Soldiers" script by Kevin Reynolds.


Design by Jose Logrono

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"Red Dawn" series - Sweeny's turn*

Date: September, 1984*

Battle Location: Sweeny, Texas, United States*

Battle Type: Assault/Defend, Nicaragua vs. US army*

Game Lenght: 30 turns

Difficulty: Standard


DESCRIPTION: A well supported Nicaraguan Army Heavy Infantry Batallion is tasked with assaulting the small town of Sweeny, part of the main drive of the Cuban and Nicaraguan armies towards Houston finding stiff resistance from defending US army units.


Notes: If played against the AI the human player should take the Nicaraguan side.


Sources: Fictional scenario inspired by both the 1984 movie "Red Dawn"/ and 1983 "Ten Soldiers" script by Kevin Reynolds.


Design by Jose Logrono

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"Red Dawn" series - Charge near Brazoria*

Date: September, 1984*

Battle Location: SW of Brazoria Texas, United States*

Battle Type: Assault/Defend, USSR vs. US army*

Game Lenght: 30 turns

Difficulty: Standard


DESCRIPTION: The Soviet 63rd Guards Naval Infantry Regiment supported by a Cuban Infantry Battallion is tasked to assault dug in US force in vicinity SSW near Brazoria Texas.


Notes: If played against the AI the human player should take the Soviet side.


Sources: Fictional scenario inspired by both the 1984 movie "Red Dawn"/ and 1983 "Ten Soldiers" script by Kevin Reynolds.


Design by Jose Logrono

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"Red Dawn" series - No greater pride*

Date: September, 1984*

Battle Location: SE of Angleton Texas, United States*

Battle Type: Advance/Delay, USSR vs. USMC/US army*

Game Lenght: 30 turns

Difficulty: Standard

DESCRIPTION: Elements from 2nd Marines Division supported by a nearby US Army amor unit delay an advancing Soviet Tank Battallion reinforced with a Motorized Rifle Company near Angleton, Texas.

Notes: If played against the AI the human player should take USMC/US side side.

Sources: Fictional scenario inspired by both the 1984 movie "Red Dawn"/ and 1983 "Ten Soldiers" script by Kevin Reynolds.

Design by Jose Logrono

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I finally got the chance to finish this game. Great series and one of your most enjoyable (from my perspective)scenarios! Keep them coming.

Tom

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Thanks for the feedback. I also enjoyed a lot your scenarios: "The Rabbit Hole" and "The Nutcracker".

I will keep these series going for sure, stay tuned :fire:

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Hi, signed up just to say thanks for the great scenarios involving one of the most interesting "what-if?"s to make to the movies! Always thought there was room in that universe to tell so many stories! There are a lot of good ones in those "Red Dawn +20" threads, for example(though lots of silly ones there too). I've been particularly impressed when I compare your maps to the actual locations on google maps. Do you use any special tricks or tools other than diligence? I started a map of part of MO awhile back but found the time and patience required was more than I had at the time, Lots of hills and stuff. I tinker with it every once in awhile but any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again, can't wait for the next one!

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Here is a good place to start (does the hills, etc for you)

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"Red Dawn" series - Choking San Antonio*
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Date: September, 1984*
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Battle Location: South San Antonio Texas, United States*
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Battle Type: Advance/Delay, Cuba vs. US army*
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Game Lenght: 25 turns
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Difficulty: Standard
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DESCRIPTION: Soviet operational strategy for Texas changes halfway, and Cuban forces are reallocated with the task of securing vital crossroads on main highways feinting the push north for San Antonio center, Texas. US army defending units and texan stubborn militiamen are decided to put up a fight.
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Notes: If played against the AI the human player should take Cuban side.
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Sources: Fictional scenario inspired by both the 1984 movie "Red Dawn"/ and 1983 "Ten Soldiers" script by Kevin Reynolds.
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Design by Jose Logrono

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"Red Dawn" series - San Antonio Cattle Country*
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Date: September, 1984*
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Battle Location: South San Antonio Texas, United States*
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Battle Type: Advance/Delay, USSR/Cuba vs. US army*
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Game Lenght: 22 turns
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Difficulty: Standard
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DESCRIPTION: A well supported RED mixed armored group leads the way trying to bypass the South Eastern approaches of Santo Antonio Texas thru countryside defended by an ad-hoc US combined arms unit deployed in the area.
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Notes: If played against the AI the human player should take Soviet/Cuban side.
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Sources: Fictional scenario inspired by both the 1984 movie "Red Dawn"/ and 1983 "Ten Soldiers" script by Kevin Reynolds.
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Design by Jose Logrono*