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Small Scale Battles - 2/23/2006 12:32:33 AM

JVega

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Hey all. :)

I've been playing SP:WaW and SP:MBT for quite a while now and I love them both, but I've always had one big problem with it; the ammount of small scale battles is almost depressing! It seems that every campaign and scenario I try out has 50+ tanks or 100+ squads of infantry, over ridiculously massively huge maps. That kind of stuff is VERY out of my league!

See, even though I've played for just over a year (not counting when I was a kid, messing around with the original), I never became good at anything besides small scale stuff (500-1500 being my strong point, 1500-3000 being where I start to lose it). In fact, a surefire way to beat me in PBEM is to set the points at 4000 and watch me get clueless on what to do with all these troops! Most of the time, I spend like 500 on defenses, 1500 on soldiers, and 2000+ on artillery. Heh.

Anyway, just today I downloaded Wild Bill's A Deadly Diversion and played through the first mission, and a part of the second, and I'm absolutely hooked to the game again. Where do I find more scenarios/campaigns around this size? The campaign so far has been perfect for my skill level (even though I lost the second mission; I didn't think I'd meet the Japanese so early) and -perfect- for my preferred ammount of units. Can anyone point me towards a good scenario/campaign for this? Thanks!

(Sorry if this is the wrong forum to post this in.)

P.s.;
A large reason why I loved Wild Bill's campaign, was because in the first mission, I had a group of 4 natives with misc. small arms... and they alone killed two whole squads of Japanese soldiers and had a third retreating, before losing two guys thanks to that dang sniper. If my opponent had been human, he would've been screaming at me.

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RE: Small Scale Battles - 2/23/2006 12:56:15 AM

junk2drive

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I agree. A company or so of troops and around 10 AFVs is good. Large conflicts just get tedious with the movement and the turns go on forever.
Most of WBW's work is smaller scale. The Games Depot at wargamer.com has a lot of his work.

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RE: Small Scale Battles - 2/25/2006 9:06:22 PM

Wild Bill

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THat is my preference too, JV. By the way, I'm so glad you are enjoying Deadly Diversion.

There are a lot of scenarios that come with the game that are small quick play. Nearly 90% of mine are that way. Just browse through the scenario lists. If you see one with WBW at the end, Start it.

If it looks too big to your liking, simply exit and try another. We plan on doing at least one more campaign of the same type, small quick action.

I think most gamers want a battle that they can play in one night, either before dinner or between dinner and bedtime...perhaps one hour, maybe two at most. That is the way I always try to do them.

WB

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RE: Small Scale Battles - 2/26/2006 12:36:30 AM

Warrior

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When I was relatively new to the game I felt the same way. Now I like the larger fights.

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RE: Small Scale Battles - 3/1/2006 12:47:16 AM

Wild Bill

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Oh yes, the larger fights have their place and I can enjoy them too. Warrior has a point. Still for most play, and to be able to hold the feel of the fight I like to start and finish it in one night.

That coming back later and trying to remember why I was doing what I was doing and what I had to do can be taxing on a man with border-line senility (G)...that is a half-ass, half-truth joke, by the way! Just ask the guys who work with me!

The Aging Kunel

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RE: Small Scale Battles - 3/1/2006 11:42:34 AM

Puukkoo

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Try next M4 Jess' Commando Campaign if you have not tried it yet. It's a classic. You can look for the stuff at the Games Depot section of the Wargamer.com and the SPWAW Depot.

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