JTS Releases East Prussia '14

[Jarhead0331]

East Prussia '14
WWI Campaigns

John Tiller Software is pleased to announce the release Of East Prussia '14, the second title in the First World War Campaigns series which is focused on the Russian invasion of Prussia on the eastern front. The Russians planned a two pronged invasion into East Prussia: one army approaching from the Niemen River to the east and one army approaching from the Narew River to the south, both aimed at outflanking German forces located therein, and the eventual capture of the strategic city of Königsberg. In their way stood a single German army, two resolute commanders, and a well developed rail network. By the time the campaign was over both Russian armies would be almost completely destroyed and thrown out of East Prussia and the campaign itself would go on to become one of the most studied and celebrated victories in warfare.

Further details along with screen shots and multiple file downloads can be found on the product page: http://www.johntillersoftware.com/WWICampaigns/EastPrussia14.html

[Sir Slash]

I happen to be reading this very subject in an excellent book, "Collision of Empires". I wonder how they'll recreate the Russian command ineptitude? What happened to the little 3-D icons? Are they gone completely?

[MengJiao]

I happen to be reading this very subject in an excellent book, "Collision of Empires". I wonder how they'll recreate the Russian command ineptitude? What happened to the little 3-D icons? Are they gone completely?

  Looks fantastic.  a glance at the notes suggests that various layers of Russian Ineptitude (TM?) are simulated at various levels of the system in various ways.  In short -- as always -- DO NOT ATTACK well-deployed first line Russian infantry without heavy artillery support!

   The big picture of the Cossacks being fought mano-a-mano by rag-tag Landwehr defending a forage train is wonderful!

   This game looks even more enlightening than the France 14 game, which is a great game.

[Compass Rose]

East Prussia '14 - First World War Campaigns

Overview

In the middle of August 1914, the world's attention was focused directly on the Western Front where German armies were sweeping into Belgium and France. On the Eastern Front however, the Russians were on the offensive into East Prussia, an important agricultural region of the Prussian homeland, and the gateway to Berlin. The Russians planned a two pronged invasion into East Prussia: one army approaching from the Niemen River to the east and one army approaching from the Narew River to the south, both aimed at outflanking German forces located therein, and the eventual capture of the strategic city of Königsberg. In their way stood a single German army, two resolute commanders, and a well developed rail network. By the time the campaign was over both Russian armies would be almost completely destroyed and thrown out of East Prussia and the campaign itself would go on to become one of the most studied and celebrated victories in warfare.

Scenarios

20 stand alone scenarios, 4 campaigns to choose from, as well as 3 "Grand Campaign" scenarios designed to play with France '14. Battles include:
•Stallupönen
•Gumbinnen
•Lahna-Orlau
•Bischofsburg
•Gross Gardienen
•Tannenberg
•Usdau
•Hohenstein
•Lyck
•1st Masurian Lakes
•Wloclawek
•Chelmno-Dombie
•Kutno
•Lodz (breakout)
•Lodz (withdrawal)
•2nd Masurian Lakes (1915)

Campaign scenarios consist of:
•The Russian invasion of East Prussia up to the end of the 1st Battle of the Masurian Lakes (206 turns)
•Two different hypothetical variants of the Russian invasion of East Prussia (206 turns each)
•The German invasion of Poland in their attempt to capture Lodz and thwart the Russian advance into Silesia (187 turns)
•A bonus small campaign/large battle scenario covering the German winter offensive of the 1915 2nd Battle of the Masurian Lakes, in which they intended to cut off and destroy the Russian 10th Army (118 turns)
•Three Grand Campaign scenarios designed to be played with newly released Grand Campaigns scenarios for France '14, which are intended to establish context and allow the player influence the outcome of the war across many different scenarios (118 to 206 turns)

Features

Game features include:
•Game scale is 1 hex = 1 km, 1 turn = 2 hours, with battalion and company size units.
•Scenario Editor allows players to customize the game and create new scenarios.
•Sub-map feature allows the main map to be "chopped" up into smaller segments for custom scenario creation.
•Multiple play options including play against the computer AI, Play by E-mail (PBEM), LAN & Internet "live" play, and two player hot seat.

Windows XP, Vista, 7, or 8
Processor: 1 GHz
Disk Space: 1 GB
Memory: 1 GB











East Prussia '14 is available for sale at the John Tiller Software Store located here: 

http://john-tiller-software.myshopify.com/products/east-prussia-14

[JC______]

Excellent news ... Just what I was looking forward to. :)

[jomni]

Map graphics is getting better.
Prettiest John Tiller game out of the box.

[panzerde]

Well, I know what I'll be buying tonight...

[Nefaro]

Map graphics is getting better.
Prettiest John Tiller game out of the box.

That is Jison's Map Mod.  Unless JTS finally decided to include the wonderful thing by default.

http://mapmod.hist-sdc.com/download.htm

[panzerde]

They have. Jison is doing map graphics for them. That's not modded, it's the default game map.

[Nefaro]

They have. Jison is doing map graphics for them. That's not modded, it's the default game map.

'Bout Time!

[Al]

Sweet.  This is a nice addition to JT games.  I always thought that France '14 was the best of the bunch.  This could take its place.  Link to designer notes in case you're wondering about the game.

http://www.johntillersoftware.com/WWICampaigns/EastPrussia14/notes.pdf

[Johnnie]

What kind of DRM does JTS use, if any?  Anyone? Thanks.

[jomni]

Serial number online activation

[Staggerwing]

I happen to be reading this very subject in an excellent book, "Collision of Empires".

Surprise, surprise! 'Collision of Empires' is on sale for kindle at Amazon right now- $1.99!

http://www.amazon.com/Collision-Empires-Eastern-General-Military-ebook/dp/B00JI4A6GM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408412622&sr=8-1&keywords=collision+of+empires

[Johnnie]

Jomni:  Thank you.