Theater of Operations

[fabishd]

Here is a quick down and dirty description/review of the operational level game Combat Operations.

http://kriegsimulation.blogspot.com/2015/08/introducing-combat-operations-new_24.html

 

[Richtig]

Like most of us I am interested, my concern is what is the appetite for the one sided battles. I think many of the pro axis players will get sick of being beaten up on a regular basis when they are accustomed to equal (read pro axis) battles in CM. Be interesting to see if it causes a shift in perceptions. For me this is how our campaigns should be. Victory may need adjusting to simply reflect performance against an historical outcome, as opposed to a clear win...

 

[Bootie]

Damn she looks ugly just now. Hope they get some polish onto her.

 

[Rico]

Does look a bit on the basic side - still have to read the description of how it's supposed to work.

 

[Nathangun]

This seems to be moving along.

http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/03/theater-of-operations-game-pt-1.html

http://dogsofwarvu.com/forum/index.php/board,36.0.html

 

[mTk]

This sounds like something our tourney meisters might find very interesting indeed!

 

[Badger73]

@Nathangun, thank you for posting these updates.
@mTk - very interesting indeed!

As someone who has never participated in a FGM campaign, I know that current campaigns scale division counters to Combat Mission company sized engagements. It's not clear to me how maps are made for the battles being fought, expecially when ToO states that their own "small" battles cover 5km by 5km battle areas.

Then I watched the ToO "Battle Resolution" video and was thrilled to see the "Combat Mission OOB" feature planned for this! Also, according to statements posted at http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.uk/2017/03/theater-of-operations-game-pt-1.html, ToO wrote (Italics mine):

Future Plans

Once the base game is ready for public sale and enough DLC is prepared to go with the initial release, providing greater amounts of DLC will be the initial priority. We will also look at getting mobile development underway just as soon as possible. If ToO sells well enough, Steve at Battlefront.com has indicated on their forum that they are willing to join forces in an effort to allow their Combat Mission series of games to interface directly with Theater of Operations. See for yourselves on the BFC forums: http://community.battlefront.com/to...l-level-game-announcement/page-3#entry1444644​

I think this bears very close watching by FGM members. Good luck to Buckeye Battlegroup!

 

[A Canadian Cat]

Indeed. @Mad Mike and I already ran a battle in CM with AAR for him.

http://community.battlefront.com/to...ations-aar-the-battle-of-st-andre-de-l’epine/

I see that photo bucket messed that up pretty bad. I forgot I used that service for that AAR. Grrr. Not sure when I can fix things but there ya go.

 

[Badger73]

<snipped>
I see that photo bucket messed that up pretty bad. I forgot I used that service for that AAR. Grrr. Not sure when I can fix things but there ya go.

** cough ** https://imgur.com/ ** cough **

 

[mTk]

Nasty **cough** you've got there @Badger73. Seems to be lingering a bit.

 

[Nathangun]

Indeed. @Mad Mike and I already ran a battle in CM with AAR for him.

http://community.battlefront.com/topic/124269-theatre-of-operations-aar-the-battle-of-st-andre-de-l’epine/

I see that photo bucket messed that up pretty bad. I forgot I used that service for that AAR. Grrr. Not sure when I can fix things but there ya go.

I began to read the AAR, yeah on pics suck.

 

[A Canadian Cat]

I have started the process of fixing it. First page is done and so am I

** cough ** https://imgur.com/ ** cough **

That is one possibility and likely a good choice for many. Given that nothing is stopping those guys from doing the same as photo bucket - otehr than common sense that is . I am using my own web domain where I have installed an instance of http://piwigo.org/ on my server.