I've kind of set my heart on building the Colomby map from the game - those two look kind of flat - I wanted some elevation plus the river with bridges and fords. So far I've fiddled with it several time but can't see any way to do it.
I want to print it out so I can grid the print and match up my terrain.
Oh, well - I'm sure I'll figure something out.
Thanks
Malc
Mmmm... interesting. What wargame are you playing
The grid you need to use is an hexagonal one
Ok, It's more suitable for "Call of Cthulhu" game... but I like it anyway. Perhaps a peaceful and misterious house with some fortunate and misterious survivors, always ready to offer their hospitality to any unexpected visitor.
A high-end yacht. Might be better for a Merc campaign than T2k...
I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end...
Ah...there are things that only exist in the USA! The paradise of the aviation fans!!
Well, you don't need to situate the house in the fantastic complex of the link. Instead, a lonely, apparently deserted house with a large, leveled and abandoned area, covered now by high grass can hide the hangar of this map... An old wind indicator could be the only clue that the plain in front of the house worked like an aerodrome.
And, after all, if you put there a conventional single-engine light aircraft, like the Cessna 152, with and air cooled engine, traditional carburetor and ignition by magneto you would have less mechanical complexity than in most of the present-day cars... Nice possibility.
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There's a housing plan/suburb near Cleveland Ohio that actually has several hangars like this, and was designed so the main street through it could be closed off for use as a runway. I remember thinking it was a ludicrously awesome idea when I read about it in the newspaper a few years ago. Cleveland Plain Dealer I think...
Mmmm... interesting. What wargame are you playing
The grid you need to use is an hexagonal one
15mm figures - and I'm kind of going with Battleground Panzergrenadier or Battlefront rules (with option of Command Decision III). The first two have one stand equal a squad or section and one model equal to or three vehicles - CDIII is a step up with each stand representing a platoon.
So Battlefront US Armoured Infantry Company from Normandy would be:
1 Command stand + M3 Half track
9 Infantry stand (3 with bazooka)
3 LMG stands
6 M3 Half tracks
1 57mm AT gun + M3 half track
1 60mm mortar stand + M3 half track
Each stand has between 2 -5 figures depending upon taste. So my German MG42s have gunner, loader and spotter on each stand, while my rifle stands have two or three riflemen with the odd MP40 guy mixed in.
So think Flames of War but with a bit more historical accuracy and complexity and a few less figures on the table.
I used to play Command Decision (I). Well, more commonly I used to refeere Command Decision games... I asked you about the grid you use to translate the map to your representation of the terrain because I could add the grid directly to the Colomby map.
About Flames of War, last week I went with some of my friends to an area of Barcelona with an important concentation of stores devoted to wargames and roleplaying games. We discover that an old, tiny store we used to visit occasionally has been reformed and expanded. A true temple of vice with its own pub inside! Nearly one third of the store was full of "Flames of War" products. It seems that people of "Flames of War" are in a full commercial offensive.
From "Call od Duty". Two images very suitable for a briefing. The maps can be easily drawn from them. The first one is from Brecourt Manor. Change the 88's at will.
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