Campaign Series Vietnam

[Jason Petho]

We're making excellent progress in the Dien Bien Phu number six scenario. The French are dug in well and are causing mass casualties, but we managed to turn around the victory conditions from a major defeat to a major victory. It's still pretty early yet, so I am curious to see if there will be a mass counter attack. It is a slow grind though, the defences are well set up and interlocking, so it does take some planning to crack open the lines. Exciting times though with lots to learn!

[Jason Petho]

We did a brief overview of the latest news for the Campaign Series. After that we dove back into the Operation Sealion Linked Campaign. We ended wrapping up scenario 7, finished scenario 8 and started scenario 9. Unfortunately we had a minor loss for the scenario 8, it was such a hard scenario which I clearly didn't find the easiest path indeed. It was a concerted effort to overcome the UK random defences, but the losses kept mounting. Scenario 9 is a different affair, we're instructed to attack an artillery position, that appears to be well defended, all in the middle of a counter attack!  C'est la guerre.

[Jason Petho]

Well that was a good session today. Lots of chatting and talking about how things are progressing and lots of good conversation. We went over the latest news about the pending CS Vietnam 2.10 and CS Middle East 3.10 BETA UPDATES before we returned the bloody mess of the Five Fills. We are playing through the Dien Bien Phu scenarios in order that were designed by David Galster. The fighting was brutal today, senseless violence on so many levels. But we are making some slow progress, even though there were a number of failed assaults. I'm glad it is night, as the French artillery is devastating!

[Crossroads]

Public Beta for the Vietnam 2.10 release is now available at the Matrix Games forum. 

If you spot anything, please post here or at the Matrix Vietnam forum. Your participation is appreciated

Edit: We have a couple of weeks before handing off the final files to Matrix for the official 2.10 and 3.10 updates scheduled for November 19. All feedback is greatly appreciated!

[Jason Petho]

We took some time to go talk about the Campaign Series Middle East and Vietnam BETA UPDATES and a reminder about the JTCS 2.05 UPDATE that has been released. We then dove back into the Operation Sealion Linked Campaign Game where we took our parachute battalion and had to destroy a British artillery park and attend to a counter-attack. Fortunately we had some armour which made all the difference. The next scenario has us attacking a ridge line covered in golf courses - and defended British positions to the southeast of Croydon. We are getting closer to London!

[Crossroads]

Public Beta 2.10.1 is now available from the same Matrix Forum link as below. Thank you for your testing and feedback, as always!

Public Beta for the Vietnam 2.10 release is now available at the Matrix Games forum. 

If you spot anything, please post here or at the Matrix Vietnam forum. Your participation is appreciated

Edit: We have a couple of weeks before handing off the final files to Matrix for the official 2.10 and 3.10 updates scheduled for November 19. All feedback is greatly appreciated!

[Jason Petho]

I'm back in action and we went over the latest news in regards to the Campaign Series games. I showed off the latest goodies for Cold War and then discusses some new additions to the new CS Vietnam and CS Middle East BETA's, with the official versions slated to release on November 19th. After all that we dove back into the Dien Bien Phu series of scenarios and tried to make some progress. It's a bloody affair and we're slowly running out of darkness, but so far we're in an excellent position to deal with any French counterattacks. We have a plan to try to flank the positions, but alas, I'm not sure we'll make it by daylight!

[Jason Petho]

After going through the latest news, we dove back into the Operation Sealion Linked Campaign game found in West Front. That was quite the fight for the golf courses, but our tactics were quite sound and we made excellent progress. Unfortunately, the next scenario is attempting to break into Croydon, which is a doozy in itself. Littered with tanks, bunkers, trenches, minefields and British defenders out for blood. Not only that, it's a limited time to complete the mission into urban warfare. Madness, on so many levels!

[Jason Petho]

Here we are getting closer to the official release of the Vietnam and Middle East 2.10 and 3.10 UPDATES for the latest Campaign Series games. We went over the latest news about the Campaign Series games, including where to add your future wishes about the World War 2 game after Cold War. Then we dove back into the madness at Dien Bien Phu and did our best to consolidate our Viet Minh while we are probing and taking out key positions inside the massive fortifications. It's a challenge and a half and the losses are brutal - although evenly matched. Day has broken and the destruction is becoming significantly worse, but we are getting some good kills in!

[Jason Petho]

Wow, what a tense that scenario was. We played through scenario 10 of the Operation Sealion Linked Campaign that is found in West Front. Our forces have struggled so much during this campaign and are nearly fighting on fumes. This fight was a nailbiter to the very end and it was sheer luck I was successful. With that success were able to push into the outskirts of London for Scenario 11. This is a longer and larger scenario, but it will be a mess and a half to punch through the lines we have found already. On the bright side, we have found a hole and are proceeding up flank to find some glory!

[Jason Petho]

We continued to push into the position of the Five Hills. It was a rough go though, let me tell you. Our progress was slow, but we managed to break into the lines and takes out some artillery. That was a glorious moment! We also had a lot of random conversation about the coming Cold War game, thank you to those that participated in that, it really does help. We talked about potential scenario ideas and decades that people are looking forward to playing. After scenario 6, we started up number 7, where we are assaulting another French position. We don't have as many goodies this time, and a lot of less time - so it will be a heck of a challenge.

[Jason Petho]

Back in the saddle and after going some new Order of Battle listings in Cold War, showing off some of the new Warsaw Pact countries, we dove back into the East Front Linked Campaign that deals with Gross Deutschland at Kursk. The first scenario was filled with far too many losses, but we did manage to be successful in our attack and exit off the board. The second scenario looks like more of that beating ourselves against Russian defenders that seem to know how to shoot. It's a bloody affair, but a lot of fun!

[Jason Petho]

We went over all the new goodies coming for the future Cold War game and then dove into the latest Dien Bien Phu scenario. This is a nail biter indeed and the amount of Viet Minh that are falling is horrendous. It's slow and tedious, but there's a time limit so we have to be extremely aggressive and soak up the hail of French bullets attempting to dissuade us from doing so. A few positions have fallen, but we're still well below a Major Defeat threshold. Exciting times, albeit bloody - very bloody.

[Jason Petho]

We dove back in to the Linked Campaign where my core unit is a kampfgruppe of the Gross Deutschland during the Battle of Kursk. It's a doozy of a fight and we're suffering far too man casualties. We burned through two scenarios during this session, successfully, but the last one was a nail biter as there was a massive counter attack by T-34's and KV tanks. Talk about a nightmare and a half! But good fun, setting up ambushes - well, attempting too anyway!

[Crossroads]

We are very happy to announce the 2.10.20 official release is out now!

All Campaign Series games are 50 % off as well - unless you buy the bundle offer, which adds a further 10 % discount into your basket.

I believe this is the first time the Vietnam game is available at half price.

Thank you to all the beta testers, we're a small team, your efforts helped a lot! 

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