Japanese Infantry Guns

[Jason Petho]

Jason,
You may have misunderstood my intent.

Which is quite possible, I'm running on little sleep at the moment.

I would not have minded playing a game where farce was the intent save for the fact that balance was never considered.
Don't design a scenario so that the Soviets can be beaten up with ease and say it is an exciting recreation of the battle of Kursk. I knew I had a problem fighting with my '39 Soviet infantry on KVI's with the bulk of my armor as T-34/40's, and the crack of an 88 from the Tiger II lit up my advanced armored units!
Another thing interesting was that the premise was a Soviet attack. Huh?

Run away, run away!

I would just like you guys to make every effort to see what your changes will do for the future of this game. Make too many small changes that alter the entire game and you will see a lot of players scrambling to locate their precious nine year old disks?
I'm not part of the process. I'm just a player.

We're making an effort to try not to change anything drastically, but mostly being concerned with dealing with 10 year old problems and dealing with the complaints that have been voiced over the last decade.

Of course, there are a few elements that are added that came from wish lists from here and Matrix. Some will find them useful (a small portion of the new units were created with the von Earlmann campaign in mind - will they be used in most scenarios? probably not - but at least they are available to use.)

Can we please everyone? No. Of course not. Can we try? Hell yes, and trying we are!

I know what I like and know what I do not like. I never ask, or force, anyone to agree with me. But, I am not going to be forced to accept something that is just not right.

Of course not.

Some of the scenarios in the original Matrix release ended up looking like "pretty throw in's". One has 14 game reports where the German attackers have eleven victories, two are minors, and two draws.
I'd be half tempted to think the draws were reported because the winning player thought not to punish the other? Throwing out the extreme reports and the scenario had decisive balance toward the German side and was moderate in the area of entertainment/fun.

As they were, it was rushed out the door due to Matrix commitments. As noted above, we now have a bunch of testers that are trying to release "balanced" and "fun" scenarios.

When I find some time (HA!), I will re-evaluate the initially released scenarios.

I am playing now, another scenario that is full of map and OOB errors.
I also played a few that were designed for The Blitz WF disk that I honestly cannot see when or how they were vetted. As you said, some were not?

Not sure what happened with the WF portion of the Blitz disc.

Sorry, but I do not put designers into any box. That is specious to think that I would? I've tired some from designers that I thought were great and in anticipation of another fun match only found a crappy design and a most un-fun experience.

Yes, we all have, I would imagine.

Doug Bevard designed some of the best and was truly lucky to have so many be good, solid designs that could be played over and over.
A few of his can be deleted from my game folder. But, it is not a "black mark" against him.

Yes, a few can be deleted indeed.

There is a huge difference between any old knucklehead making a scenario and uploading it for others to try and the ones that are released by a game company? :chin:

Of course.

I would hope that any silliness dropped into a scenario by a designer should be noted up front in the scenario description?
If I see a scenario designed using future equipment I'll let you know.

Actually, one of the things I am trying to implement is some standardization. Here is a new template I am hoping to try out for 1.04.

Scenario Introduction Style Format
For the John Tillers Campaign Series
December 18, 2007
Created by Jason Petho

This document serves as a general guideline for filling out the Scenario Information when creating a new scenario for John Tillers Campaign Series. Hopefully this will provide some consistency in the future introductions.

(Designer)
Full Name

(DATE)
14 December, 1944

(INTRODUCTION)
[LOCATION]: [PLAY MODE][SCEN TYPE][DESIGNER]: SCENARIO DESCRIPTION [SPECIAL DESIGNER NOTES]


Style:
[LOCATION]
Akimovka, 20km SW of Melitopol
OR
Odessa, Ukraine
OR
Paris, France
OR
Metz, NW France

Style:
[PLAY MODE]
[H2H]-----------------------Defined as Best Played versus Human Opponent
[AXIS] --------------------Defined as Best Played as AXIS
[ALLIED] ------------------Definied as Best Played as ALLIED
[H2H/AXIS] ---------------Definied as Best Played vs Human Opponent OR as AXIS
[H2H/ALLIED] -------------Definied as Best Played vs Human Opponent OR as ALLIED

Style:
[SCN TYPE]
[HIS] ----------------------Historical - Extra effort in map/oob and scenario as close to history as possible
[HISB]---------------------Historically Based - Scenario based on a particular battle; map and oob can be fictional.
[FIC]-----------------------Fictional
[WIF]-----------------------What If situation.

Style:
[DESIGNER]
[CSL]---------------------Campaign Series Legion Designer
[BB]-----------------------Beta Brigade Member Designer
[GD]----------------------Guest Designer
[TS]-----------------------Talonsoft Original

Style:
[DESIGNER]
SCENARIO DESCRIPTION
Provide a detailed introduction the scenario situation. It is here we you have to "sell" your scenario.

Style:
[SPECIAL DESIGNER NOTES]
[NONE]------------------No special notes
[ ]-----------------------Add any note about special rules or thoughts on the making of your scenario.

Does the Matrix website contain any discussions of the future changes that I would be concerned about?

Not that I am aware of, most of the coming additions have not been released yet. I should get around to it tomorrow night though.

Just let me know if you are doing what Avalon Hill did to Squad Leader? ... ruined it for many of the early players, it did! :(

While I have heard the grumbles, I really don't know what they did (never played), so I can't comment. Sorry.

Jason Petho