VotG to RO

[Honza]

On FB Alan Findlay posted his work in progress of joining the VotG map with the RO map. Here it is...

 

[21Z5M]

It looks great but has anyone attempted making scenarios or CGs?

 

[Gordon]

With enough work on mapping the rest of Stalingrad you could eventually marry Avalon Hill's "Stalingrad" game with this and fight the whole battle.

 

[Honza]

It looks great but has anyone attempted making scenarios or CGs?

I don't think so, not yet.

 

[21Z5M]

How much of the city has been mapped? I know Mark had something showing the places mapped out.

 

[von Marwitz]

It looks great but has anyone attempted making scenarios or CGs?

Before making scenarios or CGs for this, anyone first needs attempting to build a barn to house the map...

von Marwitz

 

[Gordon]

Before making scenarios or CGs for this, anyone first needs attempting to build a barn to house the map...

von Marwitz

Or figure out how many monitors would be needed to display it all in VASL.

 

[Craig Benn]

I really don't get the fixation with this. So many other battles don't have a historical map at all - and god forbid another Stalingrad CG....surely this must be the most overrepresented battle in all of ASL.

 

[Robin Reeve]

I really don't get the fixation with this. So many other battles don't have a historical map at all - and god forbid another Stalingrad CG....surely this must be the most overrepresented battle in all of ASL.

And those additional maps won't even see any playing.
It is just a sort of painting contest, seemingly.
Uninteresting for people who focus on playing ASL.

 

['Ol Fezziwig]

The effort is appreciated, the scoffing not so much.

 

[Craig Benn]

I wasn't scoffing - just bemused. Different strokes e.t.c

 

[21Z5M]

This goes back to my question of how much research has gone into the maps to support creating the scenarios. In fact how much fighting was done in the area of these maps? I enjoy seeing the creation of the maps. Didn’t the original Squad Leader booklet say the city fighting would be 10 maps?

 

[Old Noob]

Sorry, all my SL is in deep storage.

 

[von Marwitz]

Or figure out how many monitors would be needed to display it all in VASL.

I have got a simple solution for that:

Rent a football-stadium throw out both of the annoying teams, the 10,000s of spectators, mascots, and everything. Then you could use the roughly 100 yards of screens at the edge of the playing field on which they usually run the commercials.

Thinking about it, when you evict the whole damn zoo, you might as well keep the cheerleaders...

von Marwitz

 

[von Marwitz]

This goes back to my question of how much research has gone into the maps to support creating the scenarios. In fact how much fighting was done in the area of these maps? I enjoy seeing the creation of the maps. Didn’t the original Squad Leader booklet say the city fighting would be 10 maps?

I remember that a chap from the UK and former soldier who was pretty active here in the forum a couple of years ago but who since then seems to have disappeared (at least here) was putting quite some work in such maps. He also did others and they were of good quality. Dunno if this is that same Alan Findlay.

As for the fighting: I reckon enough was going on in those areas to warrant ASL coverage in general along the length of these maps. It's been some time since I last read about Stalingrad, but any general book on the matter with a map in it would tell.

von Marwitz

 

[footsteps]

I remember that a chap from the UK and former soldier who was pretty active here in the forum a couple of years ago but who since then seems to have disappeared (at least here) was putting quite some work in such maps. He also did others and they were of good quality. Dunno if this is that same Alan Findlay.

As for the fighting: I reckon enough was going on in those areas to warrant ASL coverage in general along the length of these maps. It's been some time since I last read about Stalingrad, but any general book on the matter with a map in it would tell.

von Marwitz

That would be Perry. He worked on the maps south of VotG to the Grain Elevator. I made some Burnt Out Factories for him to use. I don't remember if he worked on the RB-to-DTW maps, or if that was someone else. Putting all these maps together would be awesome to behold, even if unmanageable to play.

 

[fenyan]

It would be fun to string them all together and have 10 guys playing five scenarios side-by-side...

 

[Honza]

That would be Perry. He worked on the maps south of VotG to the Grain Elevator. I made some Burnt Out Factories for him to use. I don't remember if he worked on the RB-to-DTW maps, or if that was someone else. Putting all these maps together would be awesome to behold, even if unmanageable to play.

Perry did a RB to DTW map but it was too small and inaccurate. I did my own version which was based on aerial photos.

 

[Honza]

And those additional maps won't even see any playing.
It is just a sort of painting contest, seemingly.
Uninteresting for people who focus on playing ASL.

Spoilsport....

 

[Honza]

Here is my version of the RB to DTW map.