WarPlan -- new game announced from Matrix Games

[al_infierno]

http://www.matrixgames.com/news/2841/Take.WWII.into.your.hands.and.create.your.best.WarPlan!

This looks very promising -- like a nice bridge to the gap between Gary Grigsby and Strategic Command games.  Beta signups are open!

[IronX]

Looks promising indeed. Thanks for sharing.

[W8taminute]

I'm definitely interested.  Looks like the map only covers the European theatre?  No Pacific/Asia campaign then.

[-budd-]

The dev commented in the form when asked about that and replied they wanted to shake out the concept  before going the whole world war route.

[Steelgrave]

Sweet.  O0

[Toonces]

Alright!  Another WW2 wargame! 

::)

[Hofstadter]

Hopefully they can distinguish themselves, it looks super bland.

[Huw the Poo]

Hopefully they can distinguish themselves, it looks super bland.

This is a hilarious comment to me because I can't tell any of these games apart! :D

They all look awful, it's probably the main reason I haven't seriously dived into any of them.  Ironically enough I was thinking this might be the game I buy to take the plunge.

[Wolfe1759]

Hopefully they can distinguish themselves, it looks super bland.

This is a hilarious comment to me because I can't tell any of these games apart! :D

They all look awful, it's probably the main reason I haven't seriously dived into any of them.  Ironically enough I was thinking this might be the game I buy to take the plunge.

It will look better when IronX does a counter and map mod for it, something like this http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4584600  :)

[Jarhead0331]

^Wow. Those are beautiful!

[Grim.Reaper]

release on october 24th....not sure if buying, but by then I should have my matrix coupon in hand:)

[solops]

After reading some of the Matrix forum I am less than optimistic about this game. I am ready to be wrong. I really want something deeper than Strategic Command.

[al_infierno]

I got into the beta and never really sunk my teeth into this one.  Something about it didn't grab me.  It felt a bit deeper than the SC series in terms of HOI-style alt history research and production, but not a whole lot else -- not that 30-40 minutes of dicking around in the menu can really tell you that...

[MOS:96B2P]

Matrix WarPlan looks like an interesting game.  After reading this thread I watched a few u-tube videos of the Beta version of the game.  As I looked at the map and counters it reminded me of the Avalon Hill board game Rise and Decline of the Third Reich.  I eventually found and read the developer diaries for the game.  On the very first post of Dev. Diary #1 was a big screenshot of the old Avalon Hill game box for Rise and Decline.  The developer goes on to explain how he played the Avalon Hill board game as a kid.  It seems some of the inspiration for WarPlan came from the board game.  As a kid I also spent many hours playing the board game with the game map sections, counters, manual and a notebook spread out on the dining room table.  It was a fun board game.  Now with a computer handling the record keeping, number crunching etc. (instead of my notebook) it should, in theory, be even more fun.  :)     

Granted, my judgment is biased and clouded with nostalgia for a favorite old board game but still ..........  I'll follow this one with interest.           

[Huw the Poo]

This will probably be released on Steam, right?  I've decided I need this game.