Succession AAR: Battlefield Europe LocA 2022-02
Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2022 5:19 pm
Battlefield Europe by McGuba is one of the great PzC mods and due to it's large main scenario it is uniquely suited for a succession AAR.
In a succession game, each player takes control for a limited amount of time (turns), writes a short AAR about this timeframe and then hands over the savegame to a successor.
The advantages of such a succession type of game are:
a) Every new player needs to deal with the situation left behind by the previous players. That is especially interesting with respect to strategic decisions.
b) No one has to commit for a long playthrough, but everyone can experience a part of it (by playing directly as well as discussing the situation between handovers).
c) Since the savegames are public in the AAR, it is possible for AAR readers to really analyse the situation, instead of being restricted to images and texts of the written AAR.
My proposal for such a succession game:
1. Usage of BE 2.3 with my addon version 2022-02 (will be published in the coming days). The addon updates have slowed down a lot (~2 months) and it is far more balanced than it was at the experimental beginning.
2. Succession at the end of each early scenario (Poland, Norway, France and Mediterranean) and then after 6 turns in the huge Barbarossa scenario (ie end of axis turn 6, end of axis turn 12 and so on).
3. Consensus of the general strategy in the big scenario. Eg no early Sealion and no early retreat from Africa, to stay somewhat historical at the start and to keep all fronts of the scenario interesting.
4. Open discussion about the situation at each transition point. Everyone can consider the situation and provide feedback for the person taking the next term, especially with uploaded savegames at each transition point.
I'm looking forward to this second attempt at a succession game for Panzer Corps, and some feedback for the addon.
It is just too good of a game to have a dead (AAR) forum, but I can't revive it on my own.
Perhaps with several people contributing a bit, we could make this work again.
If you are interested in participating in such a succession game:
Since this sub forum is pretty vacant, I'll go the usual route for succession games and split it into an organizational thread in the main forum and an AAR thread in the AAR forum.
So this one will become the AAR thread.
The organizational thread can be found here:
https://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewto ... 1&t=108475
Potential early plans at the start of Barbarossa, depending on who takes over for that timeframe:
In a succession game, each player takes control for a limited amount of time (turns), writes a short AAR about this timeframe and then hands over the savegame to a successor.
The advantages of such a succession type of game are:
a) Every new player needs to deal with the situation left behind by the previous players. That is especially interesting with respect to strategic decisions.
b) No one has to commit for a long playthrough, but everyone can experience a part of it (by playing directly as well as discussing the situation between handovers).
c) Since the savegames are public in the AAR, it is possible for AAR readers to really analyse the situation, instead of being restricted to images and texts of the written AAR.
My proposal for such a succession game:
1. Usage of BE 2.3 with my addon version 2022-02 (will be published in the coming days). The addon updates have slowed down a lot (~2 months) and it is far more balanced than it was at the experimental beginning.
2. Succession at the end of each early scenario (Poland, Norway, France and Mediterranean) and then after 6 turns in the huge Barbarossa scenario (ie end of axis turn 6, end of axis turn 12 and so on).
3. Consensus of the general strategy in the big scenario. Eg no early Sealion and no early retreat from Africa, to stay somewhat historical at the start and to keep all fronts of the scenario interesting.
4. Open discussion about the situation at each transition point. Everyone can consider the situation and provide feedback for the person taking the next term, especially with uploaded savegames at each transition point.
I'm looking forward to this second attempt at a succession game for Panzer Corps, and some feedback for the addon.
It is just too good of a game to have a dead (AAR) forum, but I can't revive it on my own.
Perhaps with several people contributing a bit, we could make this work again.
If you are interested in participating in such a succession game:
Since this sub forum is pretty vacant, I'll go the usual route for succession games and split it into an organizational thread in the main forum and an AAR thread in the AAR forum.
So this one will become the AAR thread.
The organizational thread can be found here:
https://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewto ... 1&t=108475
Potential early plans at the start of Barbarossa, depending on who takes over for that timeframe: