Scheldt 44 comments

[Strela]

Hi all,

This thread reminds me of discussions in the past where people believe a scenario is not winnable, ahistorical etc. We definitely have these when play testing scenarios before release. I wrote up one such conversation and posted it on the WDS blog here: WDS Blog Post

Thanks to Mike for coming on the boards and providing his examples. Like the above Blog post we think that is one of the best ways to explain the how's and whys. Mike & David have done absolutely sterling work across the board. Both in research and applying that to the games systems. There are lots of subtle things added, which fortunately John added optional rules for that allowed the resistance forces to work they way we wanted. As you all play further you will see additional nuances in this title.

Talking of AI scripts, the team have doubled down on trying to make these work as best as possible. I know Bill Peters did a huge amount of work in Japan '46 to up the AI level and Mike has done the same here in Scheldt '44. We know there are more solo than PBEM players and are putting the time in. For those of you that don't own Japan '46, it will be discounted in the sale so now is the time to pick it up. It is quite a different title to Japan '45 and our biggest error was releasing them close together. People didn't understand the differentiation.

Finally a word on upgrading the other PzC titles to the new graphics engine. I will be starting that process soon, but we have time constraints for a range of reasons currently. Just know it is being scheduled and we will provide the new hi-res graphics and the 'legacy' Gold graphics in the next round of updates. 

David