Olle Petersson Posted March 6, 2001 Share Posted March 6, 2001 I'm working (slowly) on two scenarios based on historical battles. None of them can be reproduced accurately, since the units involved (India/DAK/Yugoslav partisans), terrain (desert/fortress/caves)and date (april'42/may'44) are out of the CM scope. They're also too large to play well in CM straight off. Therefore I'll have to improvise a lot, as well as bathtub the units. Would you call these scenarios historical, semi-historical, pseudo-historical or fictional? And where do you put the limits between these notions? Cheers Olle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pak40 Posted March 8, 2001 Share Posted March 8, 2001 Sounds like a semi-historical scenario to me. Or you could phrase it "Fictional engagement based on historical actions of...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullethead Posted March 8, 2001 Share Posted March 8, 2001 I agree with Pak. To me, it's not really an historical scenario unless it's almost an exact match of terrain and units with the real battle. So I'd call what you're doing "historically based" or something similar. ------------------ -Bullethead In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is strength, in water there is bacteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Petersson Posted March 8, 2001 Author Share Posted March 8, 2001 Thanks for your replies. Wonder where this will put the scenarios in the upcoming Desert theme for CM... Cheers Olle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olle Petersson Posted April 4, 2001 Author Share Posted April 4, 2001 A new issue: - How do you define victory conditions for historical battles? My typical way to define victory is based on the real battle. If the historical battle was fought with reasonable tactics and the outcome couldn't be blamed mostly on luck, then a game result close to the historic result will be a draw. Any other opinions? Cheers Olle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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