Oberst Hausser
Member
In keeping with the fog of war argument I have been playing with the idea of "story boarding" a large ASL scenario.
This would be in the region of 3-6 full company scenarios with whatever bells and whistles exist for the game.
First an overall appreciation of the full game would be outlined, take this hill, VP , exit etc and then the story would begin.
The German would get his entry forces ( say 2 companies , trucks, AFV and some OBA) and a good idea of the next 3 turn of reinforcements.
Along the way more detail would be provided as to the overall objective this would be like OKH orders that come down line. This would at the moment be in the form of dl zip files..
The forces not on the board would be in groupings - say 3-4 - and would consist of: transport ( trucks) , other AFV, other vehicles ( AC, ht, )
other infantry, air power etc. This would be fed into the battle
On the Russian side a similar formula would be in play.
This is just the basic outline for now but I would be interested to see what readers think.
ALSO would be a degree of secret. Some "items" would just appear - wire that wasn't mentioned in the briefing, trenches on a level three hill,
guns that open up on a flank.
Also, there would be some "die in the line" conditions in that MMC ( sometimes AFV) would just have to largely sacrifice to gain time elsewhere.
This was the usual for Russian until about mid '43 and became the norm for Germans from late 43
In other words this would be strategic ASL.
This would be in the region of 3-6 full company scenarios with whatever bells and whistles exist for the game.
First an overall appreciation of the full game would be outlined, take this hill, VP , exit etc and then the story would begin.
The German would get his entry forces ( say 2 companies , trucks, AFV and some OBA) and a good idea of the next 3 turn of reinforcements.
Along the way more detail would be provided as to the overall objective this would be like OKH orders that come down line. This would at the moment be in the form of dl zip files..
The forces not on the board would be in groupings - say 3-4 - and would consist of: transport ( trucks) , other AFV, other vehicles ( AC, ht, )
other infantry, air power etc. This would be fed into the battle
On the Russian side a similar formula would be in play.
This is just the basic outline for now but I would be interested to see what readers think.
ALSO would be a degree of secret. Some "items" would just appear - wire that wasn't mentioned in the briefing, trenches on a level three hill,
guns that open up on a flank.
Also, there would be some "die in the line" conditions in that MMC ( sometimes AFV) would just have to largely sacrifice to gain time elsewhere.
This was the usual for Russian until about mid '43 and became the norm for Germans from late 43
In other words this would be strategic ASL.