testers for Colditz scenario

[Armdchair]

Looking for playtesters, esp. two players to test in double-blind head-to-head matchup.

Description follows:

Title: Free For All

Type: Allied Attack (semi-historical)

Date: April 1945

Location: Germany

Weather: Clear

Length: 25 turns

******may be played as either side or as

a double-blind PBEM/TCIP game. If playing

AI, use the default settings, preferably

playing as Allied.

American troops must seize both a vital

crossroads and a castle that overlooks

it. The castle is rumored to be a POW

camp for a large group of Allied

officers.

Design notes:

This scenario was inspired by the

liberation of Colditz Castle in April

1945.

"Colditz Castle was possibly the most

famous of all Prisoner of War camps

during the Second World War. During

this period, its high grey granite walls,

barredwindows, steep roofs, ancient

towers, archways and moat set the

scene for the greatest chapter in

escape history.

The castle is situated high up on a

cliff top in the small town of Colditz,

Saxony.

The castle originally took on the role

of a transit camp for Poles after the

fall of Poland. This small group were

relocated in the early summer of

1940, and were later replaced by

140 Polish prisoners. In November

1940 a handful of British RAF

officers arrived, soon to be

followed by 6 British Army

officers, and later by some French.

So, the castle became an

international camp. More British,

French, Belgians and Dutch soon

added to the prisoner contingent

which would reside in Colditz

castle until its liberation on 16th

April 1945.

Early on it was decided that

Colditz Castle should become a

‘Sonderlager’ (a maximum

security prison), only accepting

prisoners who had escaped at

least once from other camps

throughout the Reich, or who were

pronounced ‘Deutschfeindlich’.

Consequently, the German High

Command had kindly assembled an

international array of talent that

boasted an expert in almost every

field from mechanical engineering

to lock-picking and the

manufacture of home made

explosives.

The castle was visited by

Reichsmarschall Hermann

Goering early on in the war, and

was declared to be "Escape Proof"

- a prediction which, with hindsight,

was rubbish. Throughout the five

and a half years of war, over

300 escape attempts were made.

This resulted in 120 ‘gone aways’

(escapers which got out of the castle

but were later recaptured). At the

fall of Colditz to the Americans in

April 1945, 31 prisoners had

successfully reached home - a

figure unequalled by any prisoner of

war camp during the Second

World War. "

(excerpted from website for

Colditz Castle Oflag IVC)

http://www.geocities.com/colditzcastle/

[GonzoAttacker]

This is a fun one!! I had fun against AI!!