SPzAbt 503 : The Bridgehead

[sztartur2]

EDIT on 2011.08.20 Briefing updated pz. grenadiers start the scenario mounted.
EDIT on 2011.09.12 Additional Germans added. Setup area added.


Gents,

Here is a scenario about the 503rd SPz Abt operations in Hungary october 44'
It uses my Szajol map posted in the maps forum.

This is the starting of the operation. Be warned the scenario is NOT playtested yet, new version would follow (as long as somebody tests it).

Dropbox link:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/37180814/public ... gehead.zip

[junk2drive]

Thanks, will have a look on the weekend.

[Jacko]

Excellent use of the limited map size. The map itself looks very realistic. Good job,  Szartur. 

[sztartur2]

This is the most geometry can provide. The diagonals [:)].

[sztartur2]

For the testers. While I have little resources I tried my best to make it as historical as possible. This is not a scenario made for play - balance (ok I cheated a bit for playability and made some speculations on the missing data ) rather to give back the situation it was back in 44'. Sometimes battles may be too easy or too hard, as in real life.

I will use this map for a more hypothetical but balanced battles as well.

[junk2drive]

I have noticed that you do not place troops in halftracks. That my be your design choice. But in case you didn't know, in the scenario editor, you can select the troops, then shift + right click the halftrack to have them mounted in setup. This works for buildings, foxholes and trenches as well.

[junk2drive]

Briefing, "encircled" spelled wrong.

[sztartur2]

Nev version added.

[sztartur2]

Scenario Updated.
Additional Germans added. Setup area added.

[Mobius]

Sztartur, do you have any photos of WWII hungarian style houses or buildings? I could make some to add to the house collections.
Any idea of the standard door heights? Knowing that makes getting the dimensions from photos easier.

[sztartur2]

Mobius. My friend! Will collect at the weekend. Thank you in advance!

Mobius. Can I ask you one thing please???!!!??? Can you make me a corn grass element? Please. Thanks for this too.

[sztartur2]

As I promised you can see several examples to get the impression.
I would suggest to make one model with tiled roof as a main model and if you wish another with thatched roof.

I also added some town buildings, the town style was pretty common all over the former Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy.

If you have any questions please let me know. If I find some additional stuff will post it here.

Standard door height approx 2 meters.

[Mobius]

ORIGINAL: sztartur

As I promised you can see several examples to get the impression.
I would suggest to make one model with tiled roof as a main model and if you wish another with thatched roof.

To make an interesting town I have to have a number of different houses. The common design of the houses look like they have a foyer on one side with the front door.
I have to figure out how to model this.

Then two different roof designs.

[sztartur2]

If the veranda is hard to model you should have windows there and go with the shape. There are houses like that too.

[sztartur2]

These are mostly village houses. For a small town you can base the models on the pictures and on your Niemirow houses I used for my maps.

[Mobius]

One thing with all the photos of the village houses is they only show the side with the foyer/porch. What's on the back side? Is there a back door?

[sztartur2]

No back door, it ends in a wall or a back chamber.

[sztartur2]

I need feedback about this scenario. This is the beginning of "something".

[sztartur2]

@Mobius you should do the Hungarian houses a bit longer with at least 20% than the soviet houses. 

[junk2drive]

I played this 3 times during update testing. One of the three as the campaign. I didn't continue the campaign but did finally finish the solo battle. Finally finished it on turn 61. You put a lot of guns on that map. Lots of turns to get to contact. It could speed up if the Germans had more arty to take out some of the guns. I saved most of the OBA for the end thinking that there might be a stubborn spot. I was right.

I'm more of an arcade player than a patient board gamer. This took too long for me but might be great for someone else.

Did you know that there are various versions of the German half tracks? Late war ones have camo.