David Stone Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 Just submitted a new scenario to the Scenario Depot. Emailed it to Admiral Keth just now too. When it is up-- give it a try. (35 turns Medium sized). Here is the initial briefing: Title: Hotton Belgium Type: Meeting Engagement Date: December 21, 1944. 0900 Hours Location: Hotton, Belgium Weather: Day. Fog. Ground Conditions: Some snow. Mostly Mud. --Description-- The German's "Wacht am Rhein" counteroffensive is in its sixth day. On the northern edge of "the bulge," American units are not cohesive as they try to secure the roadways that lead NW out of the Bastogne area and towards Leige. The US 3rd Armored Division's Cmbt Command Reserve (CCR) has probed south, along the eastern banks of the Ourthe River, in an effort to find and stop the LVIII Panzer Corp's advance towards Liege or Huy. TF Orr and TF Hogan, the bulk of 3rd Armored's CCR, left Hotton yesterday and moved towards known enemy panzer units at Houffalize. During the night, Kamfpgruppe Bayer, composed of elements of the 60th Panzer Grenadier Rgmt and 116th Panzer Rgmt, moved undetected between the two blocking US Task Forces. Before dawn, Oberst Bayer's lead elements moved onto the Hotton-Soy Road within three kilometers of Hotton. Guarding their flanks, elements of Kamfpgruppe Bayer headed west towards the Class 70 Road bridge over the Ourthe River in the heart of Hotton. Again, the Americans scrambled to recover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted December 21, 2001 Share Posted December 21, 2001 Nice briefing. I will give it a whirl when I get a chance and post a review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dima Posted December 23, 2001 Share Posted December 23, 2001 One of the best scenarious I have ever played AI does very good as either Allied or Axis. Well done ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Stone Posted December 23, 2001 Author Share Posted December 23, 2001 Thanks Man! Points in the scenario are about 2600 Amis versus 3300 German. The troop quality (which varies) helps the scenario. Both sides reinforcement arrivals, although not radically random, can shift the play balances alot. All my testing against the AI saw it perform well. I must have gotten the victory flags in good spots to generate results. PS-shameless plug. Go rate it at Admiral Keth's site!!! Good scenarios are best when shared with the CM community. Happy Holidays Stoner [ 12-22-2001: Message edited by: David Stone ]</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Stone Posted December 29, 2001 Author Share Posted December 29, 2001 bump. I edited the suggested play settings after soem reviewers comments. PBEM, as always is best. Germans vs AI presents a tough fight too. If playing Allies vs AI, give the German computer a +25% strength bonus. After testing, this seems to put alot more pressure on the human played Americans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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