Edwin P.

Your WWI Armor and bi-plane graphics would be much appreciated.

05. Decision Events One of the cool features in PDE is decision events. The first decision event for WWI is a German Request to Belgium for Free Passage (which Belgium Historically Rejected) 1. Yes - Request Free Passage through Southern Belgium 50% - Belgium Agrees and German annexes Belgium territory 50% - Belgium Allies itself with France and UK war readiness increases 2. No - No Change If Germany Attacks Belgium then the UK War Readiness Increases (Historical Outcome)

04. Unit Scale. Perhaps the most important decision for any game is the unit scale. At this time I am leaning towards Army Groups (180,000 men), Armies (90,000 men) due to the large infantry formations used during WWI. In this campaign I assume that: Corps = 30,000 Men (three divisions) Army = 3 Corps or 90,000 men Army Group = 2 Armies or 180,000 men. This scale will allow me to keep the unit count down. I will update my thoughts as I do more research.

One question, Which nation should be the 2nd Axis Major Power; Austo-Hungarian Empire or Turkey and why? I am leaning towards Austro-Hungary but have started to think that the game might be better served by having Turkey as the 2nd Axis powe.

dgold07, thanks for the offer (and the game looks great - I saw it on their site for $140USD and really liked their map). However, for this mod I will be relying on original source information for the production model - the Oxford University Text: Economics of WWI. Based on this I will adjust the production capacity and efficiency of each nation. Adjusting the production capacity refers to adding or subtracting the number of cities, Adjusting the production efficiency refers to adjusting the multiple for the production of each city - 50%, 60%, 80%, 100%, etc. That said, lo

02. Major Campaign Features The second item of any campaign is to decide on the features that will make it unique. In this case; 02.01 Spotting ranges are reduced to 1 for all ground units, and to 3 for the Air unit. This is a game where intel will be very valuable and you will not know where the enemy plans to strike. 02.02 No armor, tactical bombers, bombers, or anti-air units and no related research in these areas. 02.03 More engineer units and reduced build time for fortifications due to the "trench warfare" of the period. 02.04 Diplomacy chits reduced to 3 per country

In this thread I aim to post a summary of my progress in designing a WWI campaign, the decisions I made and why, in addition to asking for Feedback. 01. Why WWI I choose WWI for several reasons; First, its time frame is close to that of the SC2 campaigns Second, I could use the existing map as a starting point. Third, I don't know much about this war so I thought it would be a great learning experience.

Patton Drives East has the following Decision Event in the 1939 Storm of Steel scenario: Thus the Axis player has two choices; a. Yes - Vichy France is created b. No - The French Government relocates to Algiers and continues to fight.

Here's a suggestion for a Decision Event, that could have affected the course of WWII; 20% To Appear Each Game 1. Axis Event re: Benito Mussolini a. Should we attempt to engineer the removal of Benito Mussolini from office? I know the great admiration that you hold for him, however, he is a pompus fool surrounded by yes men. If we allow him to continue his rule he will likely ruin our plans for an early attack on Russia next summer. No - Game proceeds as normal with Italy attacking Greece and Yugoslavia, delaying their push on Egypt when Egypt was empty and forcing the Axis to dela

Sample Decision Event from PDE: 1939 Scenario: This event gives the Axis player a choice of between honoring the Ribbentrop Pact with Russian and dividing Poland with Russia, or breaking the pact and keep the entire country of Poland. If Germany breaks the pact, their newly conquered territory puts extends to the borders of Minsk; however, Russian war readiness increases and Russia will enter the war sooner. If Germany honors the pact (the historical choice), Russia annexes Eastern Poland and Russian entry into the war is delayed. What I like about this decision event is that the

One of the features, I really like in Patton Drives East are Decision Events. Decision Events - These give players a choice of what action to take, along with feedback on the possible consequences. Example: I am writing a mod now that gives the Allied Player An Option to Embargo Trade with Japan. The Allied Player can choose Yes or No. YES - If the allied player makes the historical decision then Japan turns its focus to fighting the USA. This allows Russia to redeploy its forces guarding Siberia to Europe as the chance of a Japanese offensive is very much reduced. It also means that

One of the features, I really like in Patton Drives East are Decision Events. Decision Events - These give players a choice of what action to take, along with feedback on the possible consequences. Example: I am writing a mod now that gives the Allied Player An Option to Embargo Trade with Japan. The Allied Player can choose Yes or No. YES - If the allied player makes the historical decision then Japan turns its focus to fighting the USA. This allows Russia to redeploy its forces guarding Siberia to Europe as the chance of a Japanese offensive is very much reduced. It also means that

Sea Monkey, I second your vote for a Days of Decisions Campaign with 3 month turns until the one side or the other starts the war. It would truely give you a multifaceted unpredictable campaign. As you said war might start in 1937, 1938, 1939 or even 1942. You would not know who would start the war - it would most likely be Germany, but it could also be the Soviets or even the French. Players actions, with a new change sides event, might even cause the French to become Pro-Axis instead of Pro-Allied in a war against Communism. You might have three non-cooperative sides - Axis, Alli

Suggestion: Partisan Unit Orders Summary: Partisan units could be assigned one of four orders each turn; 1. Recruit - increases chance to recruit another partisan by 10%, if they do not move that turn. 2. Sabotage - destroys rail lines within a radius of 1 tile, if they do not move that turn. 3. Hide - partisan unit cannot be spotted by air units if they do not move that turn. 4. Non Cons - perhaps it makes partisan units too important

Suggestion: HQ Commander Death Summary: If a HQ unit is destroyed in combat there is a chance that the unit is permanently destroyed and removed from play to reflect the chance that the commander is killed in battle from enemy or friendly fire. If this happens a popup announces the death of the commander: "General [Lucas] Died from Wounds Suffered in Battle" Design: A new field in the editor would control the chance (0% to 100%) of the HQ unit being permanently destroyed due to combat. Cons: Non, as the % is editable.