Wild Bill Wilder Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Since CMAK is well on the way, some of the designers on the Scenario Design Team are going to continue to design scenarios to have them ready for the various web pages that are out there. Considering that the game will cover all of the action in the Mediterranean, do you have some battles or operations that you would like to see done in this theater of operations? Let me and the rest of the designers what you would like to see recreated through this fine game. We are listening. I know I am. Wild Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrocles Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 From a bloke with not too much time on his hands for CM in general I would love to see low unit density battles. Other than that anything goes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColumbusOHGamer Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Not knowing Jack Squat about NA battles, I'll still give you my suggestions, albeit fairly obvious choices. 1. It would be a lot of work, but a "series" of scens and battles for Tobruk and El Alamein(sp?). 2. Another "series" of scens/battle for Torch landings. Maybe the first day or two of the battles... 3. Series of battles for Sicily, including the landings, if there were any. 4. Kasserine Pass 5. Monte Casino 6. Anything with "T-Patchers" in it (mostly Italy). My uncle, who passed away this spring, was there and was in some pretty heavy fighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin Red Line Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 The Battle of Garigliano : French Expeditionnary Corps attack north of Cassino (mountain battles). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eichenbaum Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 A what if scenario : The invasion of Malta by the Germans. A campaign with FallschirmJäger and Italian Naval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 As a fan of paratroops I'd like to see pretty much anything dealing with the German airborne invasion of crete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Longstop hill. A series of battles (therefore a static operation scenario) around Djebel el Ahmera and Djebel el Rhar, involving 2 battalions per side. It just comes across as perfect for a CM scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestor Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 I would love to see some scenarios dealing with the December 1940 Operation Compass battles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becket Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 The defense of Alam Halfa prior to Alamein would be an interesting one for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Can't think of the exact name of the 'battle' but it was an Italian rout, a British force went cross country as a short cut and got a few guns and troops ahead of the retreating force and ambushed the Italians. Later tanks caught up and forced a wopping great surrender. happaned just by a coastal road which limited the Italian manouerability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romulus Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Originally posted by eichenbaum: A what if scenario : The invasion of Malta by the Germans. A campaign with FallschirmJäger and Italian Naval. The invasion of Malta would have been made mainly by Italians. The Italian Comando Supremo had prepared the plan (and the troops were doing a specific training) for the invasion but the Germans deemed that Malta was not strategically important. It seems that Rommel strongly advised Hitler not to support that operation (against the Italian will). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Something based around Beda Fomm would be nice. There aren't too many scenarios wich use exit point, this battle could be a great excuse. Italians trying to flood past the roadblock. Oh yeah!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 I'd be very surprised if a Beda Fomm scenario isn't one of the scenarios on the disk. I don't have any inside kmowledge, but virtually every game that has featured the Desert War in the past has covered it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalem Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 I have to reiterate the call for something small. Even an Op based on small battles would be fine. I don't like to play with much more than a company + support very often. -dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Axe_ Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Hey, I have to edit these things. Are you trying to kill me? :mad: I mean, . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlichtingen Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Originally posted by eichenbaum: A what if scenario : The invasion of Malta by the Germans. A campaign with FallschirmJäger and Italian Naval. Actually, 7. Flieger would be the only Germans. It was to be an Italian operation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlichtingen Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Originally posted by Axe2121: Hey, I have to edit these things. Are you trying to kill me? :mad: I mean, . Hmmm... sounds like added value to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becket Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Originally posted by Romulus: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by eichenbaum: A what if scenario : The invasion of Malta by the Germans. A campaign with FallschirmJäger and Italian Naval. The invasion of Malta would have been made mainly by Italians. The Italian Comando Supremo had prepared the plan (and the troops were doing a specific training) for the invasion but the Germans deemed that Malta was not strategically important. It seems that Rommel strongly advised Hitler not to support that operation (against the Italian will). </font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Originally posted by Wild Bill Wilder: Since CMAK is well on the way, some of the designers on the Scenario Design Team are going to continue to design scenarios to have them ready for the various web pages that are out there. Considering that the game will cover all of the action in the Mediterranean, do you have some battles or operations that you would like to see done in this theater of operations? Let me and the rest of the designers what you would like to see recreated through this fine game. We are listening. I know I am. Wild Bill Check out my CMBO operation on Ortona. This is a great action for CMAK; two Canadian battalions and a squadron of tanks vs. German paratroopers (no German armour). Lots of reference material out there, too. I'm happy to provide references for you, scans, etc. I have some maps and stuff scanned already. I think this would be a prize winner, at least in my books. My CMBO version wasn't well balanced, and the lack of realistic MGs and demolitions kind of hurt it. With CMBB's upgrade of MGs and lots of engineer units, I think it would be a winner for CMAK. The entire city easily fits on a medium to large CM map and the battle proper lasted a week. With sewer movement for the Germans, this would be terrific (if sewer movement makes it to CMAK that is) as an operation, maybe with one battle per calendar day and night combat possible after every day/battle? The real life battle was very well balanced, and the Canadians won mainly because the Germans pulled out after Christmas and retreated to more defensible positions in the Arielli River valley. After Ortona, there was a three month winter stalemate. In CM terms, what would happen if the Germans didn't pull out? Two fairly even forces were left to grapple in the rubble of Ortona; German roadblocks left only one route for Canadian armour to transit the town; would be some good choices for attacker and defender both, given the size of the city and the relatively small number of troops, especially as attrition takes its toll (the two Canadian battalions were not reinforced during the battle, as the rest of 1 Cdn Div was engaged to the west). The battle was nicknamed Little Stalingrad in the press and was part of the overall Moro River campaign, which took up the better part of the month of December 1943. If you guys don't do this one for CMAK, I will! But I think the overall scale is just right (maybe a bit bigger than most would like in an operation, but not by much - not like the Volga one in CMBB!) My CMBO version got good reviews; rated down for balance, rightly so (I really didn't research the German side as well as I needed to) but it was seen as interesting. I hope this is the kind of specific response you were looking for, Wild Bill. [ September 29, 2003, 03:25 PM: Message edited by: Michael Dorosh ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becket Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Originally posted by Berlichtingen: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Axe2121: Hey, I have to edit these things. Are you trying to kill me? :mad: I mean, . Hmmm... sounds like added value to me </font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Leros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eichenbaum Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Originally posted by Berlichtingen: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by eichenbaum: A what if scenario : The invasion of Malta by the Germans. A campaign with FallschirmJäger and Italian Naval. Actually, 7. Flieger would be the only Germans. It was to be an Italian operation </font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eden Smallwood Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 ne'ermind [ September 30, 2003, 11:04 AM: Message edited by: Eden Smallwood ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobnickbob Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 How about one of the key passes in the Gothic line.... The Germans still had a bit of fight in them even at this point in the war... ps: I like the Malta Idea BnickB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpkr Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 Originally posted by Axe2121: Hey, I have to edit these things. Are you trying to kill me? I mean, . What is funny is seeing just how accurate (or inaccurate) some of these requests are. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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