Ortona...

[Bryan Holtby]

Is this module project terminated? I havent heard anything in a few years.

 

[Michael R]

You haven't been reading enough. I've been working on it for seven years or so. I hope to give it back to MMP in a year or so.

 

[sswann]

In my opinion.
I remember playtesting Jim's original version at a Winnipeg, Canada ASL Tourney.
If ever published and if it follows Jim's original conception, it will be one of the best ever made.

 

[DVexile]

It is mentioned on the first page of the just released Journal 13 with a title:

"Meanwhile, progress continues to be made on Ortona: Little Stalingrad, the long anticipated HASL in Italy..."

 

[Michael R]

If ever published and if it follows Jim's original conception, it will be one of the best ever made.

No pressure, right?

Seriously, although I met Jim a few times I never had an in-depth talk about his Ortona module. All of my knowledge of Jim's conception needed to be gleaned from what he wrote for rules and scenarios.

I was starting to have doubts that there would be a lot of interest for a module where one side is always attacking and the other side is always defending, but Sword & Fire seems to have sold well.

 

[21Z5M]

There is a nice podcast covering Ortona (part one) Why We Fight 1943

 

[Michael R]

There is also a video presentation by Army University Press, featuring Major Geroux of the Canadian Forces. He did his master's thesis on the Ortona battle.

The Battle Of Ortona

 

[21Z5M]

There is also a video presentation by Army University Press, featuring Major Geroux of the Canadian Forces. He did his master's thesis on the Ortona battle.

The Battle Of Ortona

Thank you for letting me know. The Major is one of the men being interviewed on the podcast. This would be a nice HASL.

 

[Thunderchief]

WW2TV has an episode dedicated to Ortona

 

[sushidog]

There is also a video presentation by Army University Press, featuring Major Geroux of the Canadian Forces. He did his master's thesis on the Ortona battle.

The Battle Of Ortona

He posts regularly on Txitter. Often photos of Ortona.

 

[Old Noob]

Robert R.: A proper issue of British Assault Engineers in Ortona?

 

[kdalton]

Robert R.: A proper issue of British Assault Engineers in Ortona?

They are in TOTR.

 

[Michael R]

They are in TOTR.

Ortona doesn't have 6-4-8 AE; they are 4-5-8 AE.

 

[kdalton]

Ortona doesn't have 6-4-8 AE; they are 4-5-8 AE.

Gotcha. Didn't realize 4-5-8 was the referenced counter. My apologies for my own obtuseness on the subject.

 

[Michael R]

Gotcha. Didn't realize 4-5-8 was the referenced counter. My apologies for my own obtuseness on the subject.

Nonsense. Without being involved in the playtest, there is no way for you to know.