WinSPWW2 Multi-player User Campaigns?

Tiger_Reyth · #1 January 16th, 2007, 07:11 PM

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 · #2 January 17th, 2007, 11:46 AM

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 · #3 January 17th, 2007, 05:55 PM

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 · #4 January 18th, 2007, 12:24 AM

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 · #5 January 18th, 2007, 01:00 AM

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

I agree for the most part. Many I think would prefer a campaign where movement is more fluid. Many interested and former campaign players frequently ask me to include armor or mech based forces, something not really useful in a city fight like Stalingrad or Berlin.

Tiger_Reyth · #6 January 18th, 2007, 02:04 AM

Darn shot down by the ack ack guns once again ;(

T_R

Marek_Tucan · #7 January 18th, 2007, 02:35 AM

Sounds interesting

Don't have time just now but might be interesting in future

Trigger_Happy · #8 January 18th, 2007, 07:24 AM

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Tiger_Reyth said:
Darn shot down by the ack ack guns once again ;(

T_R

I did not see the replay... but half my forces were looking backward when I started the next turn, so I figured something had happened...

Double_Deuce · #9 January 18th, 2007, 10:54 AM

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Tiger_Reyth said:
Darn shot down by the ack ack guns once again ;(

If kept to a small scale, say 3-4 players it is definitely something that is doable. This system is surprisingly easier to manage IF sticking to player vs AI so there is the possibly I could run more than 1 at a time. Maybe even running a Stalingrad one in conjunction with another larger campaign for those wanting more maneuver room. Besides, I really wanna use those sewer fortifications in the game.