How will Blitz Handle Modern Wars?

[Kool Kat]

Gents:

How do Blitz administrators plan to handle (the soon to be released)Modern Wars and its forum?

Will Modern Wars be made a sub-set of the CS forum? Or will it have its own forum space on the Blitz Web site? Ladder support? :chin:

I have to state that Modern Wars covers an interesting time period (1948 - 1985) and is derived from the CS game system.

This CS guy is pretty excited and will be purchasing it when available -in the next 3-4 months! :smoke:

[Herr Straße Laufer]

Hi Mike,
I think when the time comes the club's leadership will revise Rule # 4, Games Supported to look like this:

Campaign Series Ladder

Talonsoft's Masterpiece Revised by Matrix Games
* East Front version 1.00 (not much played)
* East Front II (plus TS official mods & project Blitz disc)
* Rising Sun (plus TS official mods)
* West Front (plus TS official mods)
* Divided Ground
* Vietnam Mod (off DG)
* World at War

Matrix Campaign Series

Matrix Complimentary Compilation which extends CS into more modern battles.
* Modern Wars: Volume I - Middle East Conflicts and Vietnam 1948 - 1985
* Modern Wars: Volume II - The Cold War

If they are the same scale with similar size mods they should fit in nicely?



RR

[Steel God]

Hi Mike;

Your query is the first request for this title that has crossed my desk. Based simply on your post, I am under the impression that it is the CS game engine tweaked to portray a period of warfare post WW2. If that impression is correct we would, if the members want it, simply add it to the existing CS ladder. The introduction of Modern Campaigns was handled the same way on the Panzer Campaigns ladder years back, when it became the Operational Campaigns Ladder. If play is significantly different than CS, and the activity warrants it, a separate ladder would be considered.

Paul

[Kool Kat]

Hi Mike;

Your query is the first request for this title that has crossed my desk. Based simply on your post, I am under the impression that it is the CS game engine tweaked to portray a period of warfare post WW2. If that impression is correct we would, if the members want it, simply add it to the existing CS ladder. The introduction of Modern Campaigns was handled the same way on the Panzer Campaigns ladder years back, when it became the Operational Campaigns Ladder. If play is significantly different than CS, and the activity warrants it, a separate ladder would be considered.

Paul

Hi Paul:

Yes, Modern Wars is "the CS game engine tweaked to portray a period of warfare post WW2."

More Modern War details here:

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp...6&mpage=1?

So, would forum discussion be handled here (in the CS forum?) or in its own separate forum? :chin:

[Steel God]

So, would forum discussion be handled here (in the CS forum?) or in its own separate forum? :chin:

We can do it either way as needs dictate. My inclination would be to keep the forums mingled, at least at first. 1) Because it's easier to administer; 2) It benefits new games to have an established audience; and 3) if something takes off so fast it warrants it's own forum, it's easier to split off and create a new one, than it is to dismantle a forum you created and ended up flopping (as we experienced with CM Strike Force).

Paul

[Panzer VI]

IMO Modern wars should be in the CS ladder since its nothing more than the orgininal CS games with modern units and rules.
Screenshots in this thread:
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1892192

The helicopters in Vietnam look pretty sweet and will make for some interesting scenarios.

I imagine that when Modern wars vol II comes out there will be some kind of bundle price or discount for Vol I owners.