Modern Campaigns for the Win!

[Kool Kat]

Gents:  

I am thoroughly enjoying the Modern Campaign Series!   

I own all the titles:

Middle East '67
Fulda Gap '85
Korea '85
North German Plain '85
Danube Front '85

As a gamer who previously only played WW2 titles, I was initially leery of investing my time and effort into a primarily hypothetical "Cold War goes hot" series that depicts a Warsaw Pact invasion of Western Europe in the mid-1980's.

But after my initial purchase of Fulda Gap '85 nearly two years ago... and 19 recorded Modern Campaign games on the TOC ladder later, I have become a true believer!   

The Modern Campaign Series forces players to think about the battlefield in a whole new way from PzC WW2 fronts! 

• Weapons are more lethal. Tank companies and infantry battalions can be rendered combat ineffective in just a few hours of deployment.
  

• Artillery loads are more varied (Air drop mines, persistent chemicals, regular bombardments) Players can interdict road networks with artillery deployed mines and chemical rounds make hexes very "nasty" for any enemy or friendly units that enter the chemical infected spaces.
  

• Vertical deployment. The use of helos (scouts, troop carrying, and attack) that can range far and wide in the battlefield makes even rear positions vulnerable to attack. Gone are the days that rear positioned units (HQ, artillery) are nearly invulnerable (or at least not detectable) by the enemy.
  

• Air power.  Jet recon and day / night equipped attack bombers allow players to deliver lethal payloads to enemy targets anywhere on the battlefield.   
  

• Specialized units / capabilities. Many of the Warsaw Pact infantry battalions and recon units are amphibious - allowing river crossings without the need for bridges. Enemy HQs can be detected, based on their radio traffic without the need for an adjacent spotting unit. 
  

The Modern Campaign Series plays fast and can be deadly lethal. It rewards the players who can "think on their feet," understand how to minimize the vertical deployment threats, and who can adjust their tactics accordingly as the battle conditions change. It also punishes the player who only thinks in one dimension (e.g. static front lines, does not guard against vertical deployment threats, and who can't alter their battle plans).


(1.) Here is a link to a Modern Campaigns tactics and strategies article I wrote:

https://www.theblitz.club/message_boards...?tid=70525


(2.) Here is a link to my Modern Campaigns feedback on various scenarios:

https://www.theblitz.club/message_boards...?tid=71758 

(Copy and paste the #2 link in your browser)


So... if you have not tried the Modern Campaign Series and you have an interest in modern warfare... I encourage you to give these under rated (IMHO) game titles a go. I think you will be glad you did!