David boutwell
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Joined: 5/28/2000 From: Haymarket, Virginia, USA Status: offline
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The reason why I'm so interested in recovering this scenario is that, with all due respect to Drake's map-building skill, his Gold Beach map and scenario did not resemble the historical map and scenario. I have the battleground Europe Series' Gold Beach and After the Battle's D-Day Then and Now, and I could find no resemblence between Drakes work and the maps I saw in these books. For example, these books show the area encompassing King Beach VERY well (Mont Fleury, Mt Fleury Battery, Crepon, the "House with the circular dirive"). All, of these features are very important if one wants to model CSM Stan Hollis VC winning exploits. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't find these features and others in Drake's scenario. On the other hand, either the map in the campaign scenario, or possibly the WestFront scenario of this battle depicts this area much better (I can't remember which one). Only problem is I accidentally trashed the first two scenarios of this campaign while experimenting with the editor, so I can't find out which one it was. If I'm mistaken about this scenario, I'll gladly grovel for forgiveness to Drake.
By the way...where is Drake? I've seen nothing from him in ages!
Dave Boutwell
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