Slitherine

Let me extend a attaboy and some applause to the creators of this newest extension of the Commander design.

I have greatly enjoyed the CEAW design and I am glad to see it has done well enough to generate a follow up offering.

Nappy is not normally my thing, but who knows, maybe it might become one with this design.

I was really surprised by the choice of Napolenic wars, never saw it coming. There is tons of Napoleonic games that came out recentrly, Empire-arms, Napoleon in Italy, Napoleon campaigns etc...That the devs decided to go back that far in time from WW2 opens the door for very interesting possibilities in the future of the series.

The screens on Lordz site shows that gamplay and interface will be the same as CEAW which is a good thing. I noticed on one screen that the Ottomans are there, are they going to be playable?

syagrius wrote:I was really surprised by the choice of Napolenic wars, never saw it coming. There is tons of Napoleonic games that came out recentrly, Empire-arms, Napoleon in Italy, Napoleon campaigns etc...That the devs decided to go back that far in time from WW2 opens the door for very interesting possibilities in the future of the series.

The screens on Lordz site shows that gamplay and interface will be the same as CEAW which is a good thing. I noticed on one screen that the Ottomans are there, are they going to be playable?

The Ottomans are a Major nation in CNAW yes

Nice! Always enjoyed playing the Ottomans

Another question: on the Lordz site it is said that there is going to be 8 campaigns, does it include a Grand campaign 1805-1815 like CEAW has the whole war and shorter campaigns?

So? Is there a grand campaign or just smaller campaigns???

Thanks

Sure yes - I think we'll have them all as grand campaigns - we're referring to the start conditions. After that things can go any way you choose. Maybe Johan's thinking of making cut down maps for some scenarios but I don't it's necessary.

Johan has indicated that the Ottomans will be playable, but that there will also only be two playable sides (which of course is the best format for pbem, but TcpIP does not need to be so limited). Anyway, there is a real question buried in here

If there are only two playable sides, with the French being one and everyone else (minus Turks) being the other, how do the Turks get into this as a playable side? If a human is playing as the Turks/Ottomans, and the AI is handling the French, does the AI also handle the British and their allies? That sounds like three sides to me. What am I missing here?

Thanks.

p.s. the Ottomans would be unlikely to align themselves with either of the non-Muslim alliances, right? They would presumably have their own agenda, which would be picking off whatever they could while the rest of Europe is preoccupied with beating each other up.

p.s. the Ottomans would be unlikely to align themselves with either of the non-Muslim alliances, right?

They had to be sort of nominaly allied to the Brits whilst the Brits kicked the French out of Egypt and Syria. Ohterwise the Austrians and the Russians took turns kicking them around I think. But this was all more in the Revolutionary and Consul period.

p.s. the Ottomans would be unlikely to align themselves with either of the non-Muslim alliances, right?

although the French occupation of Egypt caused some regilious inspired rebellions, religion wasn't a big factor anymore during the Napoleonic era. Nothing like the fanatic middle ages anyway. Ottoman armies were supported by the british in their attempt to repell the french. And after defeating them in the battle of the pyramids Napoleon recruited his own squadron of Mamluks. Just some examples of how there was no significant christian VS muslim tension any more.

Will there be a reply function when you are playing PBEM,- a function that are deeply missed in CEaW although it's been common in games since the 90's?

Cheers,

adherbal wrote:

p.s. the Ottomans would be unlikely to align themselves with either of the non-Muslim alliances, right?

although the French occupation of Egypt caused some regilious inspired rebellions, religion wasn't a big factor anymore during the Napoleonic era. Nothing like the fanatic middle ages anyway. Ottoman armies were supported by the british in their attempt to repell the french. And after defeating them in the battle of the pyramids Napoleon recruited his own squadron of Mamluks. Just some examples of how there was no significant christian VS muslim tension any more.

The Ottomans and Bourbons had common enemies in the Hapsburgs. So most of the time during the centuries of French monarchy the Ottomans and France were allies.