WinSPWW2 Multi-player User Campaigns?

[Double_Deuce]

For those who might want more information here is the current Operational Turn 1 Situation

British Mech Infantry Battalion advances West during the later phase of Operation Compass. The objectives will be the seizure of both Sidi Sueicher and Sidi Sultan and the road in between. This will help cut off Italian 10th Army forces retreating South from Benghazi. Italian forces are already in the area with more forces coming in from North/NorthWest and heading South.

• Explosion Markers indicate contact with enemy forces.
• Little Green squares indicate cleared hexes (these are now Enemy Threat Level - Green Level areas).

[Tiger_Reyth]

Wow!

Now that's impressive!

How'd you get the graphics for the units like that?

Man this is so awesome I definitely wanna play -- how do I sign up?

T_R

PS In other words, change my vote to: "Yes, I'd like to participate"

[Double_Deuce]

Tiger_Reyth said:

How'd you get the graphics for the units like that?

I'm using a combination of things to run this. Cyberboard for tracking everything at the operational level, The Campaign Series for the Base Map, ACOW for the Icons (although I have to mod them for use with Cyberboard). Then I use WinSPWW2 create the actual battles from enemy contact for the players to fight out against the AI.

Right now I have 4 playtesters running though a small campaign to work out the kinks and stuff. My plans are to move up for the 1st official one to larger number of players. Maybe a full Regiment with players commanding Companies so that would be about 10-15 players maybe.

[Tiger_Reyth]

Wow! All I can say is mega-wow!

I have started work on a little plinky 5 map campaign fought scenario by scenario where the scenarios could loop as territory was lost or gained. I thought I had something. To say I'm playing with tinkertoys would be a compliment!

Smokin' hot!

I guess I'll just have to be patient and wait for your playtesters but I definitely want in!

Are you setting up an email list of prospective players?

And at some point will you be moving up to pvp instead of pvai?

T_R

[Double_Deuce]

No mailing list or sigups are being taken at this time. Once playtesting is done and we have decided on the next theme/theater as well as finalizing the rules I will start creating all the necessary webpages and supporting stuff.

I would like to add in another human player side to challenge the other players more but PvP adds an enormous amount of extra work. It also makes battles last well over 60 days in many cases for a 24 turn Pbem unless all players keep the turn rate up all the time. One slow pair (usually caused by RL issues) makes it so the whole campaign is on hold till they finish.

I am considering a "pool" of players to act as the enemy for battles as these are generated but these guys would not have dedicated unit assignments like those on the player team.

If any of you out there have iuput into what operation you would like to see covered (i.e Kursk, Bulge, Sicily, etc), by all means please speak up. A large amount of research is usually required so that needs to start before any campaign can be set up.

[Tiger_Reyth]

How about Stalingrad with the city proper as well as the hill Mam. Kurg. and the two airfields Pitom. & Gumrak as victory objectives...?

It might be interesting to have a city map...

T_R

[Trigger_Happy]

I find Stalingrad way too... dense to play. But that's just my opinion.

Bulge and Sicily are always favorites of mine even though I'm a Sovieto-German Front afficionado.

How about Hungary 44-45 with the Soviets' Budapest operations or the Germans' 3 Konrad operations?

[Double_Deuce]

For those who are keeping up with the campaign here is the current Operational Turn 2 Situation.

British Mech Infantry Battalion advances West during the later phase of Operation Compass. The objectives are the seizure of both Sidi Sueicher and Sidi Sultan and the road in between. This will help cut off Italian 10th Army forces retreating South from Benghazi. Italian forces are already in the area with more forces coming in from North/NorthWest and heading South.

• Explosion Markers indicate contact with enemy forces.
• Little Green squares indicate cleared hexes (these are now Enemy Threat Level - Green Level areas).