Sure is. Check out the following link. Rooster has knocked up a swish Google Earth presentation showing all the scenario locations and descriptions. It's very nice.
Oleg Mastruko 14 August 2005 03:21:21 [ permanent link ]
On 12 Aug 2005 18:02:13 -0700, "Arjuna" <dave@panthergames.com> wrote:
Sure is. Check out the following link. Rooster has knocked up a swish>Google Earth presentation showing all the scenario locations and>descriptions. It's very nice.>
OK here's more basic list. Please note that the two marked "provisional" are yet to be completed.
Italo-Greek War ---------------- * Charge of the Centaurs * Pindos Historical Campaign
German Invasion of Greece 1941 ------------------------------ * First Clash at Veve * First Clean Break ( Amytaion ) * Foothils of the Gods ( Olypus line ) * Tanks at Platamon * Tempe Gorge Crisis * Elasson Rearguard * Modern Thermopylae * Parachutes over Corinth * Springing The Trap * Pulling Tight the Noose * Blunting the Spear * Tac Ex - Bde Attack ( Day ) * Tac Ex - Bde Attack ( Night ) * Cutting the Line * Battle of the Pindos Bases * Take the Pass * Folgore Forever or the Rats Strike Back ( provisional )
Crete ----- * Iraklion Historical Campaign * Rethymnon Historical Campaign * Maleme Historical Campaign * The Kiwis Fight Back * Stemming the Tide * Iraklion Airfield Falls * Storm over Iraklion * Rethymnon Roadblock * Folgore at Maleme
Malta ----- * Malta 1941 - The Axis Assault * Battle of the Maltese Cross ( Allied counter-invasion ) ( provisional )
"Arjuna" <dave@panthergames.com> wrote in message news:1123981394.711370.292200@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...> OK here's more basic list. Please note that the two marked> "provisional" are yet to be completed.
Looking good! Or as we used to say, Rodger so far ....
Then you may be pleased to know we have set up an East Front Data Design Team ( DDT ) to do just that. We're still in the very early stages. I'll post some more on this after COTA is out.
No "Charge of the Centaurs" belongs to Steve "Golf33" Long and the "Folgore Forever or the Rats Strike Back " is mine. I'm reviewing the scenarios now so I'll see if I can come up with some juicier titles just for you Oleg.
Oleg Mastruko 16 August 2005 03:27:21 [ permanent link ]
On 15 Aug 2005 15:51:40 -0700, "Arjuna" <dave@panthergames.com> wrote:
No "Charge of the Centaurs" belongs to Steve "Golf33" Long and the>"Folgore Forever or the Rats Strike Back " is mine. I'm reviewing the>scenarios now so I'll see if I can come up with some juicier titles>just for you Oleg.
Hey it's Greece after all. Gods, classic battle locations, dramas etc. Lots of inspiration I am sure you will think of something appropriatelly dramatic :o)
I see you have Thermopylae in one title (pretty tame "Modern Thermopylae" while this place like cries for something suitably ground shaking like "Last Act at Thermopylae" or something LOL)
Oleg Mastruko wrote:> Don't have literature at hand to check.... but was Folgore> really used at Maleme or is this a hypothetical scenario?
Hypothetical (a greek word) scenario:
This scenario explores what might have happened had the Crete invasion been left until 1942.
Axis air and naval forces, bolstered by the fall of Malta the previous year, have succeeded in largely isolating the Crete garrison.
Although most Allied units on Crete have been brought up to strength, and more modern guns shipped to the field, anti-tank and anti-aircraft artillery, the shortage of food has started to bite and the morale of the troops has suffered.
The resulting damage to the troops' health is somewhat balanced by the improvement in training and the completion of defensive positions, however.
The Axis invasion forces are a cut-down version of those historically earmarked for Operations C3 / Herkules, the invasion of Malta in mid-1942.
Strong airborne forces must secure Maleme Airfield for further reinforcements, including the 80th La Spezia airmobile division.
The ultimate objectives are the seizure of an air point of entry at Maleme, the major port at Souda, and the political and military command centre at Khania.
Alternative reinforcement schedules are available for both players to adjust the difficulty of the scenario.
In article <1124153108.689340.45600@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, dlpod@yahoo.com says...
Hypothetical (a greek word) scenario:>
This scenario explores what might have happened had the Crete invasion> been left until 1942.>
Axis air and naval forces, bolstered by the fall of Malta the previous> year, have succeeded in largely isolating the Crete garrison.>
Although most Allied units on Crete have been brought up to strength,> and more modern guns shipped to the field, anti-tank and anti-aircraft> artillery, the shortage of food has started to bite and the morale of> the troops has suffered.>
The resulting damage to the troops' health is somewhat balanced by the> improvement in training and the completion of defensive positions,> however.>
The Axis invasion forces are a cut-down version of those historically> earmarked for Operations C3 / Herkules, the invasion of Malta in> mid-1942.>
Strong airborne forces must secure Maleme Airfield for further> reinforcements, including the 80th La Spezia airmobile division.>
The ultimate objectives are the seizure of an air point of entry at> Maleme, the major port at Souda, and the political and military command> centre at Khania.>
Alternative reinforcement schedules are available for both players to> adjust the difficulty of the scenario.
OK.
Now I am just fucking drooling. I'm starting to think that there is no COTA - it's all just a fiendish plot to drive me insane with anticipation.
-- Giftzwerg *** "The Presbyterian church - not the members, but the learned elders - has announced it will use the church's stock holdings to target Israel for being mean to the Palestinians. But they're not anti-Semites. Heavens, nay. Don=3Ft you dare question their philosemitism! No, they looked at the entire world, including countries that lop off your skull if you convert to Presbyterianism, and what did they chose as the object of their ire? A country the size of a potato chip hanging on the edge of a region noted for despotism and barbarity. By some peculiar coincidence, it just happens to be full of Jews." - James Lileks
The description above is from information published by Panther a while ago. The other scenario descriptions were listed at the Dropzone - but I put them all in the Google Earth walk through that Arjuna mentioned above.... it's worth a look if just to see how the battles related to one another (it was for me anyway because I knew so little about the campaign).
Giftzwerg wrote:> In article <1124153108.689340.45600@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,> dlpod@yahoo.com says...>
Hypothetical (a greek word) scenario:> >
This scenario explores what might have happened had the Crete invasion> > been left until 1942.> >
Axis air and naval forces, bolstered by the fall of Malta the previous> > year, have succeeded in largely isolating the Crete garrison.> >
Although most Allied units on Crete have been brought up to strength,> > and more modern guns shipped to the field, anti-tank and anti-aircraft> > artillery, the shortage of food has started to bite and the morale of> > the troops has suffered.> >
The resulting damage to the troops' health is somewhat balanced by the> > improvement in training and the completion of defensive positions,> > however.> >
The Axis invasion forces are a cut-down version of those historically> > earmarked for Operations C3 / Herkules, the invasion of Malta in> > mid-1942.> >
Strong airborne forces must secure Maleme Airfield for further> > reinforcements, including the 80th La Spezia airmobile division.> >
The ultimate objectives are the seizure of an air point of entry at> > Maleme, the major port at Souda, and the political and military command> > centre at Khania.> >
Alternative reinforcement schedules are available for both players to> > adjust the difficulty of the scenario.>
OK.>
Now I am just fucking drooling. I'm starting to think that there is no> COTA - it's all just a fiendish plot to drive me insane with> anticipation.>
--> Giftzwerg> ***> "The Presbyterian church - not the members, but the learned elders - has> announced it will use the church's stock holdings to target Israel for> being mean to the Palestinians. But they're not anti-Semites. Heavens,> nay. Don=3Ft you dare question their philosemitism! No, they looked at the> entire world, including countries that lop off your skull if you convert> to Presbyterianism, and what did they chose as the object of their ire?> A country the size of a potato chip hanging on the edge of a region> noted for despotism and barbarity. By some peculiar coincidence, it just> happens to be full of Jews."> - James Lileks
