"Thunder in the North" Mirror Tournament - During / After Action Reports

[Crossroads]

Everyone,

I've now put my LWM 1.1a out for open testing. Among continuing to enhance the Finnish OOBs, the Modification now introduces the US, the UK and France to EF2. Pls see the Hosted Modifications forum for download and installation instructions. What seems to work for me, is adding it on top of Vanilla EF with JSGME utility, and now I am playing stock EF and new LWM scenarios just like they all would be a part of the standard install.

I've also released a scenario pack, including five scenarios. They are:

** Across River Vuoksi LWM 1.1a2 - (Hist.) Soviet 98th Corps forcing their way over a grand river. July 1944
** Bitter Kuuterselka LWM 1.1a - (Hist.) Soviet 109th Corps forcing their way through a strong defense line. June 1944
** Crusaders At Hango LWM 1.1a - (Hypth.) German 120.D attempting to secure the vital Hango port. August 1944
** Delaying Action At Ylimaa LWM 1.1a - (Hist.) Elements of Finnish Jgr Bde encircling German 218th Mtn Rgt. October 1944
** Enforcing The Line LWM 1.1a - (What-if) The Anglo-French Expeditionary force making their way into D.Bevard 'Cracking The Line' scenario. Feb 1940.

I would not like to add any scenarios to Dbase before they are properly tested. And what a better way to test than having fun while doing it?

I propose a Mirror tournament for going through the scenarios in an alphabetical order. Depending on how many players we get, it can either be everyone playing everyone, or a group stage with ranking determined by a play-off. Winners would be determined by comparing Victory Points from the mirrored scenario.

For ladder purposes, I would propose after each scenario has been played, we create a consensus for proper victory levels (plus possible enhancemments) to the particular scenario just played. I would then add the enhanced, balanced versions to Dbase, and given LWM has been given a Ladder status the games could be then logged in based on the new, agreed victory levels, albeit with scores every one got.

Other way is of course to use the generic EF placeholders for reporting a game not in the Ladders.

Which ever way, it does not really matter if a scenario turns to be a bit unbalanced first, as the pairs play a mirror game with each having a chance to plays as Axis and as Allied. All the battles balance themselves in this manner.

To quote Mr KK: a Win-Win-Win?

- The tournament players win by having a fun tournament,
- The LW Mod wins by getting its scenarios thoroughly tested, and finally
- The community wins by getting new, balanced scenarios to Dbase.

Meanwhile, go have a look at the scenarios, if you have any doubts about the initial setup do make a comment to a thread dedicated for that scenario, and once we have the players ready we can start.

=> I will come up with tournament badges, one for the Winner (and there will be only one), one for the Runner-ups (2-4), and a participant medal for rest of the good folks who took part in this.

This would, of course, be just Round One. With the three major western forces now available to EF, I am sure we will get new What-if and other types of LWM EF scenarios to be tested once we are done with this one.

What do you think?

Please join in!

Comments and suggestions for as how to set up the tournament welcomed as always.

[Ashcloud]

Everyone,

I've now put my LWM 1.1a out for open testing. Among continuing to enhance the Finnish OOBs, the Modification now introduces the US, the UK and France to EF2. Pls see the Hosted Modifications forum for download and installation instructions. What seems to work for me, is adding it on top of Vanilla EF with JSGME utility, and now I am playing stock EF and new LWM scenarios just like they all would be a part of the standard install.

I've also released a scenario pack, including five scenarios. They are:

** Across River Vuoksi LWM 1.1a2 - (Hist.) Soviet 98th Corps forcing their way over a grand river. July 1944
** Bitter Kuuterselka LWM 1.1a - (Hist.) Soviet 109th Corps forcing their way through a strong defense line. June 1944
** Crusaders At Hango LWM 1.1a - (Hypth.) German 120.D attempting to secure the vital Hango port. August 1944
** Delaying Action At Ylimaa LWM 1.1a - (Hist.) Elements of Finnish Jgr Bde encircling German 218th Mtn Rgt. October 1944
** Enforcing The Line LWM 1.1a - (What-if) The Anglo-French Expeditionary force making their way into D.Bevard 'Cracking The Line' scenario. Feb 1940.

I would not like to add any scenarios to Dbase before they are properly tested. And what a better way to test than having fun while doing it?

I propose a Mirror tournament for going through the scenarios in an alphabetical order. Depending on how many players we get, it can either be everyone playing everyone, or a group stage with ranking determined by a play-off. Winners would be determined by comparing Victory Points from the mirrored scenario.

For ladder purposes, I would propose after each scenario has been played, we create a consensus for proper victory levels (plus possible enhancemments) to the particular scenario just played. I would then add the enhanced, balanced versions to Dbase, and given LWM has been given a Ladder status the games could be then logged in based on the new, agreed victory levels, albeit with scores every one got.

Other way is of course to use the generic EF placeholders for reporting a game not in the Ladders.

Which ever way, it does not really matter if a scenario turns to be a bit unbalanced first, as the pairs play a mirror game with each having a chance to plays as Axis and as Allied. All the battles balance themselves in this manner.

To quote Mr KK: a Win-Win-Win?

- The tournament players win by having a fun tournament,
- The LW Mod wins by getting its scenarios thoroughly tested, and finally
- The community wins by getting new, balanced scenarios to Dbase.

Meanwhile, go have a look at the scenarios, if you have any doubts about the initial setup do make a comment to a thread dedicated for that scenario, and once we have the players ready we can start.

=> I will come up with tournament badges, one for the Winner (and there will be only one), one for the Runner-ups (2-4), and a participant medal for rest of the good folks who took part in this.

This would, of course, be just Round One. With the three major western forces now available to EF, I am sure we will get new What-if and other types of LWM EF scenarios to be tested once we are done with this one.

What do you think?

Please join in!

Comments and suggestions for as how to set up the tournament welcomed as always.

Sounds great, I am in.

[Crossroads]

Great, thanks Ashley!

Now, we still need a few more...

Guys, if you haven't yet tried the Modification, I have made the installation really really easy, the Mod is available literally in 60 seconds.

Have a look, the link is available in my signature.

As I've put the download into Dropbox I have no idea how many have downloaded it, so please feel free to drop a line there that you've done so and how everything looks so far.

Thanks!

[Otto von Blotto]

I'll give it a shot, sign me up...

[Crossroads]

Great, that's three of us then! Three more, and we can start up?

I am in the process of creating a Soviet vs US scenario, that would be available within the tournament as well to have more variety to the battles.

Get in!

[Warhorse]

I'm in dude!

[Crossroads]

Great news,

Now we are four!

Let us wait say until next weekend to see if anyone else founds out this to be their cup of tea as well.

I now added a version a3 of the Vuoksi scenario for downloading. Please have a look at it.

Based on the playtesting going on, the Axis player will have to walk a highwire, choosing whether to defend all areas or concentrate on some of it only, and to ensuring any river crossings not considered are destroyed - while not allowing themselves to be trapped and annihilated.

The Allied player has a strict schedule to follow, and it can get a bit chaotic at time. Extreme Assault is a very powerful utility here, with lots of units available for repeated assaults, having had bombers, artillery, and tanks soften the target first. And once they reach the strategic high ground of the southern shores, I was really intrigued to find out what a significant advantage it indeed provides for river crossing - just like the history books told me.

So meanwhile, new players please join in!

Across River Vuoksi is a short and brutal river crossing that I believe has potential to be a really fun scenario as we get the balance & points tested via this tournament.

I'd really like to see six players here before starting this up! Two more needed. Anyone?

Edit: here's the completed medal set for the Tourney:



- Liberty Cross 3rd Class with Swords, Oak Leaf for winner, and (decided to be generous here!) for runner-up as well
- Liberty Cross 3rd Class with Swords for participants

[Death~Dealer]

Petri, I have loaded your MODS and would like to join also-

[Crossroads]

Great, now we are five!

Ashcloud
Battle Kat
Otto von Blotto
RD_DeathDealer
Warhorse

One more and we can start, three more and that would be super! Anyone?

I started a tournament thread: https://www.theblitz.club/message_boards...?tid=62026

I hope we can start during next weekend...

Your thoughts on tournament rules etc appreciated

[Crossroads]

Aww come on! One more player needed! They are fun scenarios, promise!