Oleg Mastruko -> RE: Korsun 44 scenario (6/13/2006 1:33:38 AM)
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ORIGINAL: PDiFolco BTW, as you seem to have very high standards for scenario quality, could you give a nice little list of good scenarios ? I agree that the dark side of TOAW editor openness is that since TOAW1 we got a huge crapload of rather badly-thought, ahistorical, or unbalanced scenarios... but some gems also, the hard work is to extract them ! [:D] For early period, Todd Klemme WW1 and Balkan Wars stuff is good. Not extremelly detailed, but gives good feel for the operational warfare of the period, covers some obscure battles, etc. Daniel McBride did include two of his desert WW2 scenarios in the final distribution if I am not wrong, and both are excellent - El Alamein and Tobruk 41. Especially Tobruk 41 - certainly superior to Crusader 41 (from the original TOAW1, still in "Classic" folder), covering the same campaign. T41 is perhaps in the Top 5 scenarios I had fun with in TOAW, of all times. McBride is one of the designers I have utmost respect for - basically if you see anything by him, play it [8D] For WW3, Trey Marshall stuff is top notch (though I wonder why some of his fine scenarios I played since TOAW2 days are not included?). Those Trey's scenarios that are included, are good. Ecuador 95 is fun little hypothetic scenario about obscure topic. Middle East and modern desert - there is not a single scenario that I find realistically playable or good without additional tweaking, editing and/or house rules. Of all periods and geographic areas, this one is perhaps covered in the worst possible fashion. Lots of ME scenarios, mostly bad or unplayable unless edited IMO. Norm's own Korea, the first scenario from the first TOAW, is still one of the best introductions to the system. As far as his Nomonhan scenario goes, as I already said I prefer d'Adamo's more historic and more detailed version (not included in TOAW3). This, of course, is not all - there are many many many scenarios I can't remember right now, or haven't even tried properly yet like Road to Moscow series, most of TDG stuff, etc (but since I didn't put them in the Garbage folder - they might well be good and playable [;)]) But the scenarios mentioned here should give anyone lots of fun for any foreseeable future. All of the above is just my (never humble) opinion, and should be treated as such. [>:]
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