barbarossa2
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I know this may be a little early, but I am wondering what other types of titles people would like to see from this system in the future. I know that most of us are damned excited about the Napoleonic title which we can soon expect. But what is next?
I would love to start a wish list here. I will post a few possibilities (primarily within the "Age of Rifles") which balance commercial potential with interesting gaming, and a style of warfare which would be suitable for this type of system and would love to get votes here.
1. The Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
2. The Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
3. The Wars of Frederick the Great (1750s and 1760s)
4. The English Civil War (1642-1651)
5. The Campaigns of Marlborough and the War of Spanish Succession (1700s)
6. The Thirty Years War (1618-1648)
7. The Italian Wars (1495-1530s)
8. Any of the many wars between Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Russia, etc. which took place through the 1600s and 1700s. Fascinating stuff. I recently compiled a list of battles and battlemaps from the era and entered over 500 of them in Google Earth (complete with political boundaries), and these are fascinating, hard fought wars for national existance in many instances. Where are they on the market?
Another possibility would be to do an engine which supports, say campaigns of the 1700s in it, provide a map of Europe, and give the players around 10 campaigns from the era... ranging from Marlborough's amazing Blenheim campaign to Charles XII's campaign against Russia (which ended in disaster at Poltava), to Frederick the Great's campaigns. Of course, the greatest would be to have this type of 1700s engine, and give players a scenario design capability which would allow the placement of everything from depots to units to fortresses and poltical options. Maybe this is all dreaming. But like I said, I am ready for something new in gaming and am getting pretty tired of seeing the same titles... one after another. An AGEOD "Bulge '44" would probably force me out of the market entirely!  Thoughts?
Just getting tired of the same old Civil War/Napoleonic/WWII rigamarole and would like to see something...ANYTHING different.
I am often amazed at how many fascinating and stunning campaigns of history are completely overlooked. I am an American living in southern Germany, and recently had an American friend come and visit me. So used to the standard Civil War/WWII offerings, I took him to the battlefields of Blenheim (1704 - War of Spanish Succession) and Nördlingen (1634 - Thirty Years War - we were stunned to find remnants of earth works over 370 years old!). I made sure to print out battle maps and histories of the campaigns then read them to him on the way to the battlefield (while he drove). These were amazing and fascinating campaigns upon which the fate of Europe hinged. My friend is now interested in these periods as well and we are both looking for offerings on the same level as Birth of America.
My two cents.
< Message edited by barbarossa2 -- 10/24/2007 8:32:04 PM >
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