Artkin Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) Hi, Wanted to know if enough people are interested in playing a large scale team v team pbem on the largest map in CM. The map and forces will be scaled down for battles. Two mechanized/motorized armored divisions clash over Radzy (About 6-7000 troops each side). It can be a meet, defense, whatever. Let's get interest first. So I'd need -Germanfor high commander -German field commanders -Sovietfor commander -Soviet field commanders Force preview: -Game manager I am okay with playing game manager for the entirety of this. My tasks would be to tally the dead, establish the front line between matches (ingame), etc. Edited December 20, 2018 by Artkin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 German side 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 the preview represents about 1/3 of the campaigns total troops. You may never need to use all of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StieliAlpha Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 This sounds interesting. Did you find any volunteers to move forward? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMac Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 (edited) Scale this down to Battalion level, Meeting, and I might be interested as a Germ CO... Edited January 16, 2019 by JoMc67 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLaurier Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 interesting multiple players? as in more than 2? how does that work? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StieliAlpha Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 On 1/19/2019 at 7:08 PM, DLaurier said: interesting multiple players? as in more than 2? how does that work? Like Kohlenklau‘s umpired games? But unfortunately, it looks like this one is not going to fly... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) I had no clue this thread was being replied to. I would still really like to play this. @StieliAlpha I haven't found any dedicated players yet. I'm guilty of announcing my interest in games and letting it dwindle myself so I can't blame anyone. @JoMc67 I plan on using Rad Full 2 as the base map which is 5.7 x 5.7 km. It's gigantic. It'd be cut down for games. And the force too, likely a bn vs bn at most to keep things smooth. Only using a battalion is problematic for me... too few troops on too large of a map, and after two battles the forces would be cut down. I would prefer having troops in "reserve" than to use the same bn just reinforced every time. I want the feel of a rolling game for CM... where you try and make every unit count. Of course it's up to the team to choose their force composition. Nobody is telling you what to do, it's your game! @DLaurier How it'd work is you'd have someone start the turn, issue orders to their units, save, send to a teammate, let them load the turn and issue their commands too. At the end of this phase, the turn would be good to go. Someone presses play ingame and submits it online for the enemy to receive. I'm PRETTY SURE this works. - Just checked.. it works! Bfc is great! Allah Akbar! The game would be on PBEM. There would be a CO for each side, and their Field commanders under them who carry out the orders. CO's would take over Battalion level assets and support the Field Commanders who would command their companies. Of course you're allowed to distribute equipment out to companies as they do in real life. What do you guys think about this? This way everyone gets a taste but there's still the hierarchy of command that I'm looking for. Edited January 23, 2019 by Artkin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Am sure someone will dump on me for being negative. But, a note of caution need to be expressed - this idea has been tried - all the way back in CM1 days. The problem that was experienced is that it only takes one player to be sick, traveling, slow, irresponsible etc etc. and the whole scenario grinds to a halt and everyone gets fed up and the effort dissipates. My recommendation is that you have at least one strong "Dungeon Master" who can ensure "discipline" and that you have player reserves and a system in place to very quickly replace players who are not "producing" in a reasonable time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 (edited) Thanks Erwin. I am open to ideas. I'll try to think of a fair way to incorporate everyone if I had reservists on each team. I vote someone from the ************paid************ BFC staff steps in for a game (for once?!)! Of course that's just wishful thinking. They wouldn't want this to be the most popular AAR of all time or anything. Edited January 24, 2019 by Artkin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 Ialso think it would be fair to allocate 5000 or so points to each team for specialty formations not outlined in the master file 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 How about all players pay a token amount of money to take part. If a player can't keep up with his responsibilities, the money is forfeit to the pool that the surviving players (at the end of the game) can share? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 (edited) I was thinking of just putting money up myself to spark interest. I wouldnt mind putting cash up for a game individually but im sure others would... Edited January 26, 2019 by Artkin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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