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nikivdd wrote: Wed May 20, 2026 9:53 am Everything will be released at the same time, after which I’ll be taking a recess.
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Campagna d'Abissinia (new mini-campaign for Italy);
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Update for Eagles in the Sand (import player army Campagna d'Abissinia);
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Player feedback update for Das Reich (demo) and Ashes of Empire;
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Soviet Corps 1937-1942 with updated intro-briefings and some unit changes.
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An armory update for Campagna d'Abissinia;
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El Infierno Verde will be continued after recess.
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nikivdd wrote: Wed May 20, 2026 2:39 pm @Bond: no gas, only vapes with a fruit taste
@imp44791: you made an excellent suggestion and i will think about it
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nikivdd wrote: Wed May 20, 2026 6:05 pm Italian_SM.81_Speciale.png
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SM.81 Speciale - Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 Gas Bomber

nikivdd wrote: Wed May 20, 2026 7:39 pm Italian_75-27_Speciale.png
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imp44791 wrote: Wed May 20, 2026 9:19 pm Thanks for considering it. I think you probably need to make Malaga, Guadalajara (perhaps initially as an attack, then as orderly retreat, a little like Frederikus in the Soviet campaign), one (two if you want to be very detailed) scenarios in the North (Bilbao, Santander), one for the counterattack after Teruel (or rushing to help in Teruel and then countering - a bit ahistorical perhaps), and one for the Ebro. And perhaps one more for the mop up in Catalonia, but that's probably on the boring side - you can simply rotate our General back to Italy after the Ebro for his well earned rest. So a total of five or perhaps six maps (seven, tops) of which you probably already have a few.

I am not familiar with the minute details of the operations of army in Ethiopia and the CTV in Spain, but it seems to me you have to plan the build up of the Italian core very carefully in Ethiopia and Spain. You might want to only allow infantry and artillery purchasables, and provide planes and tanks only as auxiliaries like you do in DR. Perhaps ration armoured cars and tankettes as special reinforcements (not elite - just scripted core additions in-scenario). What you don't want is a flood of tanks and planes in Spain, that was one of the things I hated about the PzCII DLC (that, and the infinite AA guns for the Republicans which was even more ahistorical). By the time the player gets to Libya he should have a nice little infantry, artillery and AA/AT core (you need something to face those T-26s and I-16s in Spain), a couple of tankettes, and a couple of planes. Then the player can build up his core in Libya as is allowed now.

This is very exciting. I love early war scenarios (but I still want to see Soviet DLC 43, 44 and 45 one day! ) and the Italians have a fascinating countermix especially if you add Blackshirt infantry and the like (don't just make it weak, give it a benefit, perhaps mobility - not good for the late war, but a decent alternative in 1937).

nikivdd wrote: Sun May 31, 2026 8:27 am I still have a ton of work ahead of me, but at least most of my notes are finally on paper.
*Campagna d'Abissinia* will feature 9 scenarios, while *Avanti per la Vittoria* will have 6. In the end, all of the dynamically linked campaigns should tie together nicely.
I still need to add quite a few Spanish Nationalist and Republican units to the armory, but for the moment I'm focusing on the first campaign.
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nikivdd wrote: Mon Jun 01, 2026 12:18 pm Italian_Colonial_Truck2.png
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