Pike and Shot

[jomni]

On a related note to P&S...has anyone tried the new content, tercio and salvo?

I have it, but haven't played many of the scenarios yet. Jomni is right on; it looks like more of the same with different armies and time periods. That's a good thing, IMHO.

I've actually spent more time with the recently released Community Scenarios that can be downloaded from within the game. The ones I've played so far are definitely superior to any included in the game, with better maps and more historical OOBs.

Here's a list of community scenarios for those who have and don't have Pike and Shot:
http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=299&t=55562

[jomni]

[jomni]

I can't believe I missed this.
http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=299&t=65198&p=557481#p557481

Key words: persistent campaign, strategic map, resources, sieges.

[Sir Slash]

My loins are moistening at the thought.

[Nefaro]

I can't believe I missed this.
http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=299&t=65198&p=557481#p557481

Key words: persistent campaign, strategic map, resources, sieges.

..Beta of Pike and Shot Gold..

Gold?

I suppose we'll be buying a full version once again? 

[jomni]

I can't believe I missed this.
http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=299&t=65198&p=557481#p557481

Key words: persistent campaign, strategic map, resources, sieges.

..Beta of Pike and Shot Gold..

Gold?

I suppose we'll be buying a full version once again?

Beats me.  But they said the new features will not make its way to the iPad version.  Since Apple will stop accepting 32bit programs.
So it seems to be a separate product.  Hope there's an upgrade path.

[steve58]

Pike and Shot: Campaigns announced

Pike and Shot: Campaigns is a brand new all-in-one package. It includes the Pike and Shot base game and the Tercio to Salvo expansion, plus 21 new skirmish army lists for the rest of Europe during the period of the Italian Wars (1494-1559) covering the armies of England, Scotland, Denmark, Sweden, German States, Austria, Hungary, Transylvania, the Ottoman Empire, Poland-Lithuania and Russia!

But the main new feature is the strategic map system, implemented to allow you to lead your armies to victory over an entire theatre of operations, taking into account strategic considerations such as terrain, available manpower, supply, attrition, sieges and economic damage.

Pike and Shot: Campaigns includes 4 campaigns:

• Gustavus Adolphus, set in the "Swedish phase" of the Thirty Years War, allows you to play as Swedes or Imperialists.
• English Civil War allows you to play as Royalists or Parliamentarians.
• Great Turkish War, set in the period of the famous Siege and Battle of Vienna in 1683, allows you to play as Austria and Poland or as the Ottoman Empire.
• Pike and Shot allows you to match any two armies from 1494 to 1648 in a struggle for dominance.

If you already own Pike and Shot and Tercio to Salvo, prepare for a great promotion. The game launches on August 13th!

[Boggit]

What with AGEOD's Thirty Years War in development, and this coming out soon, I'm in renaissance heaven.

[jomni]

Here's Pike and Shot Campaigns in action.

[panzerde]

I have to say, as much as I love the era I think I'm giving this a miss. The campaign layer is far too coarse with the focus being on regions and not cities/towns. There's not really much there. It also looks like there's no attempt at historical units in the campaigns. When I see stuff like "Royalist 4th Pike & Shot" as a unit name that sucks an awful lot of the enjoyment out of the game for me.

So, since this looks to be a pretty simplistic campaign layer that doesn't have much relationship to the realities of campaigning in the era, I'll stick with the original game. I'm hoping the new AGEOD title will be more historical.

[jomni]

Basically, the campaign is a just a way to tie together the skirmish battles.
You can't have historical unit names when the units are actually raised by the player "skirmish style".
But if you raise units from a fixed set of OOB, then that can be done in a historical way.
Agree, that the "4th" naming convention is quite funny and off-era.

[tgb]

The lack of a cohesive campaign was the only thing keeping me from getting the original.  I've got my eye on this one.

[jomni]

My campaign AAR has been published by Slitherine.  Hope you get a picture of how the campaign works.

http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=299&t=66598&sid=b829655e168003b9f3a7f1de6e3fe0a0

[Sir Slash]

I'm liking what I'm seeing here. Is this the only area of the campaign, central Germany?

[glen55]

I've been on the verge of buying this game for a while.  If the campaign layer adds anything at all, I am going to finally take the plunge.