Campaign Series Vietnam

Jason Petho · November 12, 2023, 08:11:24 PM

We wrapped up the scenario today, it was actually really well. We rocked it! I then started another scenario, a 1964 scenario - Battle of Mo Cay, where I am playing the ARVN against a Viet Cong ambush. In between the two scenarios, we had a chat and I was showing some things that are coming and what I am working on. It's worth a look and you might find it quite interesting. The new battle is, well, a mess, but I'm having fun so far. My reinforcements are now just released - thankfully!

Jason Petho · November 19, 2023, 07:11:10 PM

Seems like it was a good day to play in the Mekong today. The tide turned in the ARVN favour - for once - and I was successful at holding Mo Cay. Well, realistically, I lost nearly two companies of troops to an ambush, but the news won't mention that part. After we finished that, we went to the Ia Drang and landed at LZ X-RAY as it was a fitting session due to the anniversary of the battle this week. We played through the first half, making essential decisions and finding out if they were all for naught.

Jason Petho · November 26, 2023, 05:45:39 PM

We completed the first Ia Drang scenario. Alas, I suffered some serious casualties including a few helicopters and a headquarters. That turned the tides for me suffering a defeat. We were successful in defeating the NVA assaults though, I was pleased with how that went. We started up the 2nd Ia Drang scenario, which we are holding our own thus far. We suffered an intense attack and lost a couple of platoons and leader, but the landing zone is holding. I'm forever grateful for the gunships, those are what is keeping me alive.

Jason Petho · December 03, 2023, 05:39:55 PM

Campaign Series Vietnam: It was an efficient day today! We finished off Broken Arrow, played through the ambush of LZ Albany and then started The Vice. Ia Drang was an intense fight, it is always curious to see how the NVA will attack in LZ Albany, I had some losses, but I held on pretty well. We started The Vice and I have a mixed force of US Marines and South Korean Marines. It looks like it will be a challenging and fun scenario! I'm intrigued how the South Koreans are doing, they are quite fun to play with!

88mmkwk · December 10, 2023, 02:06:37 PM

Quote from: Jason Petho on November 12, 2023, 08:11:24 PMI was showing some things that are coming and what I am working on.

Hi Jason - Do you plan on backfilling the AI mods you reviewed at the start to the other scenarios?

Jason Petho · December 10, 2023, 07:12:45 PM

Quote from: 88mmkwk on December 10, 2023, 02:06:37 PM
Quote from: Jason Petho on November 12, 2023, 08:11:24 PMI was showing some things that are coming and what I am working on.

Hi Jason - Do you plan on backfilling the AI mods you reviewed at the start to the other scenarios?

That is the plan, yes!

Jason Petho · December 10, 2023, 07:13:02 PM

Campaign Series Vietnam: The Vice turned out to be a pretty fun scenario. It's not a large battle, just a couple battalions that one is operating with, but it turned out to be a lot of micro decisions that impacted the entire scenario. That was a blast! It was fascinating to see how just a hiccup or two can throw plans out the window. Small unit tactics were essential for this scenario - and one more praise for all the extra support the US and South Koreans had to help with the battle!

Jason Petho · December 13, 2023, 10:07:43 AM

Bill and I started Campaign Series Vietnam scenario "The Mauling" up. I played as the Americans and he played as the NVA (PAVN). My goal was to advance through a plantation area and root out any opposing forces that I could find. Well, Bill definitely made that a chore and a half. It was touch and go all the way through and a hell of a lot of fun. I was appreciative of all the support I had, but holy, against a capable opponent, one never knows what's going to happen!

Jason Petho · December 17, 2023, 05:10:32 PM

Started off with a brief explanation of a project I'm working on and then we got into the thick of it. We did a playtest of one of the Tet scenarios that I have been working on. It was a first go. Well, holy crap, Murphy was out in full force during today's session. If it could go wrong, it definitely did! I tried my best to survive, and was successful in a couple of places. Next session will be the revenge, that's for sure.

Jason Petho · December 24, 2023, 07:27:19 PM

Alas, I misread my reinforcement schedule. I received some great reinforcements, just not enough of them. The horror, the horror. I did what I could with what I had. I did get lucky in some places of the city, so yay for small miracles. But alas, I was royally defeated. I have some tweaks to do the Event Points for this scenario, as I was trying a new idea and it definitely added up quickly! HA! Otherwise, it was an eye opening scenario on how effective the scripted AI can be. We had some great conversation today about ongoing projects!

Jason Petho · December 31, 2023, 06:06:09 PM

We playtest a new Tet scenario with some Aussies today. The first test went fairly well, although I will tweak it a bit to make things a little more challenging for the ARVN/Australians. Keep in mind that there was a lot of heavy action for most of the scenario, it just dwindled a bit too soon. I will remedy that and will try it again next weekend. This was a lot of fun though, it is always fascinating to see how the attacks pan out - there are so many options for the Viet Cong!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Jason Petho · January 07, 2024, 09:46:35 PM

A second test of the Ba Ria scenario. It was interesting to see how the attack came to fruition and the adjustments made to the ARVN had changed the dynamic of the scenario! I noticed a few more minor errors in the script, but nothing game stopping. I will do a little more tweaking and we should be ready to release. I might try this one more time next week to see how it goes. I hope you're enjoying these testing sessions! Yay for learning!

Jason Petho · January 14, 2024, 07:41:28 PM

A final test of the Ba Ria scenario. There were significant changes made to the lua script, which I go over in detail at the beginning of the session. It's quite fascinating to see how HAL will respond to the changes and what it does. This session played fairly well and I only need a couple of tweaks to finalize the scenario. I also showed some of the work I've been doing on the Iranians Order of Battles for the Iran/Iraq War.

Jason Petho · January 21, 2024, 05:45:59 PM

Here's the very first raw test of this new scenario. This is a good example of why testing is so important. On the bright side, the scripting turned out fairly well. HAL attacked with the Viet Cong in a couple of different ways which made things quite interesting. I will do a couple of modifications for next weeks stream that will, hopefully, finalize this scenario. That will include a few little things like ensuring the Viet Cong don't kill themselves on stacks they just can't take.

Jason Petho · January 28, 2024, 08:01:13 PM

Well then, that was eye opening. I was able to test this scenario twice during this session. I didn't poorly the first run, the second run - I don't even want to talk about it. Looks like I have one more tweak to do and it seems that the scenario is good to go. I'm on the verge of embarrassed to post this video and how HAL absolutely slaughtered me, but hey, that's how we learn!