GG,

Well if every PIR has say 40 points assigned to it. It still gives the player options as to how s/he wants to diversify there forces. Maybe you would want lots of little crapy units farther ahead and more valuable units in Groesbeek Heights where they have the safety of the city to surround them. I picked those landing sites based on how the 82nd historically landed. They deployed as PIRs. As far as the 325 goes maybe we would allow it to be the only unit to have vehicles. The others can only have INF and ART units that fit into the soldier category. Then I would have to say XXX Corps could have what ever the player wanted.

-LT04

Yeah, I think 100 points is just to get you started. Likeall the other A&A games you can elvolve it to fit your needs.

-LT04

I like that idea but at the same time I don’t. (If that makes any sense.) I like the idea of having a predetermined army b/c you can see before you start what you’re going to combat and through this can set up strategies for what you would do next time, like we do with other A&A games.  I don’t like it because it takes away from the player’s freedom to choose what units s/he likes best. I don’t think I’ll incorporate that into the game b/c this is one of the fundamentals that makes AAM unique. Not only that I'm not going to go out of my way to collect every unit there is to make this happen, I'm going to use what I have.

-LT04

Oooh, A movie I'll make popcorn.
 
-LT04

It’s hard to prove something like that any way. You can’t easily see emotional scars. I can also see why the accused churches (not just Catholics) would like to just make the problem go away. I would think it’s for the bad publicity. I would think you could get some good publicity out of it if you avidly pursued after these creeps and put them behind bars.

   I wonder if the state thinks it better to just to award money then to take away the clergymen. To some degree I think ‘they’ feel that is the state crossing into church aspect. That’s very touchy for some. So this way is just easier and dollar justice is served.

Just my thoughts on the matter,

-LT04

I got a secret. he he 

-LT04

I think 100 points is good for getting started. The operation market garden map I’m working on I’m imagining will be around 900 points for the allies and more or less the same for the Germans. Then again the map for this is 4’ by 8’ so we’ll have a lot more room to move around on.

-LT04 

Hey guys,

   By no way am I a computer programmer. That’s my dads business. Any way I had a question for you fine folks.

   Do you think it would be feasible to make a hex grid like a A&A Mini’s map and cut and paste the desired terrain features from a ‘palate’ off to the side of the viewing window?

   I big thing would be to set it up so when you went to print it, it came out the desired size. (I know that’s the easy part, right.)

   Just curious about your thoughts on this, thanks.

-LT04

GG,

   How you suggest that be handled? Do to the scale being so much larger than a normal AAM map do you think we could go from platoons to regiments? I think this would be easier. This is kinda how it would work for the 82nd:

508th deploys in and/or around Groesbeek Heights,
505th deploys just south of there.
504th would land on the other side of the canal from Nijmegen. South of the Waal river, North of the Maas river.
325 (reinforcements) would land East of Groesbeek Heights.

   I think it would be feasible to break them down this way. I’m not sure how you would figure out how many units belong to each group if you didn’t use points. The reason I say this is take the US resourceful hero set him next to the BAR gunner and the Bazooka and they equal the same amount point wise.

I just really need more info on your idea. I think it could work don’t get me wrong I just don’t understand how you would pull it off yet.

-LT04

I think the UK or the US would benefit from a Norway IC the most. Russia already has two nearby, what better way to keep from getting crushed then letting your allies take some of the heat. Plus they can get into the battle faster and more consistently.

-LT04

Form what I have gathered from research and from here air support isn’t an issue. I won’t restrict ether side from incorporating them into their armies but I won’t add any bonuses.

Any idea as to how many points I should award a division? I would say lets start with the 82nd here. We know that each allied division was about the same size. We also know that the 9th and 10th Panzer were about the same size as one allied division.

How does this sound for the point set up?

Arnhem Area:

Axis:

100 points Soldier
50 points ARM

Allies:

75 points Soldier first wave (turn one)
40 points soldier 52nd INF (turn three)*
50 points soldier Polish reinforcements (turn five)
30 points ARM XXX Corps (turn six)
*If the allies hold this objective mark at the end of the second turn beginning of the third tern they get the additional reinforcements.
   
Nijegen Area:

Axis:

100 points soldier
50 points ARM

Allies:

   75 points soldier first wave (turn one)
   25 points soldier second wave (turn two)
   70 points ARM XXX Corps (turn 3)

Eindhoven Area:

   Axis:
   
   75 points soldier (due to hospital orderlies and so forth)
   50 points Arm

   Allies:

   75 points soldier first wave (turn one)
   25 points soldier second wave (turn two)
70 points ARM XXX Corps (turn 2) (due to the fact they are so close they would have had larger numbers)

I’m hoping that if the allies do well enough here they will move up to Nijegen to aid 82nd.

Let me know if you agree or disagree on these numbers I just threw these out to get the ball rolling.

-LT04

I would like to hear a reason, too.

-LT04

Hey,

I know the 9th and 10th Panzer DIV were combating the British 1st. That leaves the following units in the mix yet unaccounted for as far as starting locations and strength goes:
19th SS Grenadier DIV,
85th INF DIV,
719th INF DIV,
The 59th INF was also involved in Op MG but they were in or near Eindhoven combating the 101st.

Here are my 82nd questions:

Did 82nd have any air support?

Where and when did the 325 gliders of the 82nd land if at all?

Groesbeek Heights:

I was thinking of placing mountain terrain all around the city 1 space away like a mote to give the 82nd cover unless the Germans were to move onto the mountain space or closer. If they moved into the space between the mountains and the city this would leave them sitting ducks wile the ABN would have a cover role from the protection of the city. What do you think as far as that goes?

Although the 82nd was vastly outnumbered does any one have a proposal for how to compensate them for the inexperience of the training units and hospital orderlies?

Also the 20th (or turn 3) was a big day for the 82nd they both took the south side of the bridge and the 504th of the 82nd met up with XXX Corps. What happened 1st? It would be easier to take the bridge with the aid of XXX Corps, but if they met up later maybe we could make it so they don’t get the XXX Corps reinforcements until they take the south end of the bridge.

Your thoughts on this would be appreciated.

-LT04    

Hey,

Alright I got al kinds of information about the British 1st. So now I want to shift focus onto 82nd specifically.

-LT04

I suppose you could they are a lot bigger some are almost 2’’ around. That’s a big INF unit though. I don’t know how familiar you are with AAM but they are very different then the other A&A games. For example some mortar INF can drop shells 16 spaces away. So from Tokyo you could shell all three allied capitals.

The individual stats are also very different than the other A&A games. For example a US BAR gunner is better combating other INF and a US Bazooka is better vs. ARM.

I could go on and on like this, maybe I misunderstood what you meant.

-LT04