Laughingstok Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Hi all, So a bunch of friends and I have decided to try a long running campaign war using CMBN as the battle piece, and another piece of theater software to track large troop movements, (battalions, etc) over larger areas. Then, when the units meet on the map, we would engage in the battles using CMBN. There would be two teams of players, each player would be assigned a unit type perhaps (like one player is in charge of only armor, another is in charge of only mechanized infantry, etc) and when placing orders, each person on a team issues orders to only their units. Anyways, not to get too detailed in that area, my main question is: Do any of you have a recommended piece of software that would work great for the larger theater map for a game like this? Think something like the Total War series, where you have the actual map of Europe, but when the battles happen, you would get down into the nitty gritty battle which would be CMBN. Ideas? Thanks in advance! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migo441 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Forum member Broadsword56 has done a lot of thinking (and work) regarding ops layers. See Red Thunder oriented thread here --> http://community.battlefront.com/topic/113340-wip-new-companion-op-layer-game-for-rt/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) HPS' Panzer Campaigns, either Normandy, Market Garden, or Bulge? The game system kinda sucks, but the maps are pretty good, and the unit editor is reasonably useful Edited February 3, 2015 by JonS 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apocal Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Google Earth with borders turned off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 May want to decide first where you think you want the campaign to run and scale. For example you could fight a campaign just based on some of the airborne drops over a 2 day period versus trying to redo all of Normandy. Your decisions will likely carry more weight then as well. Broadsword used the St Lo board game and that did work very well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughingstok Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 Thanks for the tips. Does anyone have a recommended module for Vassal that is generic enough to create battalions or companies on a hex grid, and simply move them around? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohlenklau Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Here are a few threads to take a look at and possibly see the lessons learned of folks who have tried this using Panzer Campaign Caen 44, Sicily 43 and Bulge 44. http://community.battlefront.com/topic/109490-cmpzc-normandy-44-operation-caen/ http://community.battlefront.com/topic/109412-axis-aar-a-route-to-ribera-or-a-bridge-too-far-cmpzc/ http://community.battlefront.com/topic/109853-cmpzc-bulge-44-crossroads-operation-axis-hq/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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