Ostfront: Creation & Preview Discussion

[jim panse]

Ostfront

I am creating a 1 vs. 1 multiplayer/PBEM scenario covering the Eastern Front of the Third Reich, the war against the Soviet Union. Basically it will be two scenarios: Barbarossa and Counterstrike.

Barbarossa will start on 22 June 1941 with the beginning of the invasion of the Soviet Union. This scenario will enable you to take command of either the Wehrmacht or the Red Army and fight until the bitter end of your enemy!

Counterstrike will start on 19 November 1942, the beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad. This scenario will give you the opportunity to drive the Fascist invaders out of Mother Russia or try to settle the burning issues at the Eastern Front for the Führer ...

Each unit will represent a regiment, squadron or group, depending on the military branch and the side.

[jim panse]

Here´s what I´ve got so far!

[jim panse]

And the (summer) terrain1!

[jim panse]

And the (summer) terrain2!

[jim panse]

The scenario series will also include two final missions:

Taifun - The German assault upon Moscow. Fight through narrow streets from the outskirts to the Kremlin and try to succeed where the Wehrmacht failed.

Vengeance - The Soviet storm on Berlin. From the Seelow Heights to the Wilhelmstraße. Desperate street-to-street fighting in the ruins of the capital of the Third Reich. Can you do as well as Marshal Zhukov´s troops in WW2?

Work on those two scens will start once I am more or less done with Barbarossa ... stay tuned!

[curtsibling]

Awesome!!!

I will have my eye on this one!

[jim panse]

@ Curt: Be my guest, my friend!

[josefstalin]

Re: Ostfront: Creation & Preview Discussion

Originally posted by jim panse
Ostfront
Each unit will represent a regiment, squadron or group, depending on the military branch and the side.

You're going to need a lot of units!
Unless ofcourse, that is a reference to the city combat, well, you'll still need a lot of units...

What is the limit for the number of units on a gamemap (i know it is over 1000, but where is the limit?)

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ALSO a good idea for ww2 scenarios (i suspect atleast >someone< who reads this thread could make use of this... to simulate the US entry into the war the allies can recieve very slow, very powerful ships which can bombard German shores: this would simulate the preperations for naval invasions

i know this is not relevant to this scenario but i thought it would be a good idea

[josefstalin]

could you possibly put the map up for us... i could have my own use for it. if you don't have one, give me the parameters and i'll make one!

[jim panse]

@ Comrade Stalin: I have a map, not do worry about that. I took your fantastic European gigamap, sliced Western Europe and the Med off and added Scandinavia. Here you go ...

[josefstalin]

thank you i am honoured, i look forward to seeing that

[josefstalin]

thankyou, i am very pleased my map has been used
i look forward to seeing it

about the unit sizes (see post three above)

[jim panse]

I think I will leave out Scandinavia at last. There was little fighting compared to the main fronts. The map will follow later the day, stay tuned!

[Exile]

wow.

I downloaded this map and took a look at it.



What a monster! Just about the largest map I've seen.

Nice work though.

[jim panse]

I decided to change the map a bit. I am going to exclude most of Scandinavia and Suomi as I need to place those cities elsewhere

Here we go with the new map, there are some cities placed, some still lack. If you suggest I´d move one or another city, feel so free to leave a comment!