06-12-2015, 08:55 AM,
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mwalbion
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RE: It's official
(06-12-2015, 08:22 AM)Shad Wrote: (06-12-2015, 05:02 AM)larry marak Wrote: Dr. B. declared that the PG version of the Long War for Second World War at Sea will see the light of day.
This might as well be a foreign language. I don't understand a word. Can you post a link, or go into a bit of detail regarding what exactly this all is?
From todays alternate history article for the Plan Z book....
The first project in The Long War is Second World War at Sea: Plan Z, our massive supplement for Second World War at Sea: Bismarck. The Long War is a “crossover event,” as they call it in the world of superhero comics, and it will eventually include both Second World War at Sea and Panzer Grenadier items in its lineup.
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06-12-2015, 10:29 AM,
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Matt W
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RE: It's official
The "need" for alternate history timelines in the naval series is relatively obvious. With only a few hundred battle and operational scenarios the historical engagements in both world wars have been virtually exhausted. For GWAS and SWWAS fans those ships have to have multiple flags, countries need to switch sides, unbuilt ships need to be put into operation, etc., etc...
For PG, with over 2,000 scenarios and a number of campaigns which remain untouched (Market-Garden, Bagration, Kharkov, Sicily, Balkans/Greece, CHINA, etc., etc.) there is no need to go into fantasy land to find ways to add to the fun. Certainly the Iron Curtain scenarios are fun and Iron Wolves was a blast BUT, if there is a choice between reality and fantasy I will vote for reality every time. It is hard to imagine an ahistorical timeline that could match the variation between Conquest of Ethiopia and the large tank battles in Road to Berlin.
Having said that I would probably buy the darn things but only because I own all of the products that have ever been produced already and my OCD will probably kick in. That is, however, a symptom of a sickness rather than a rational choice
No "minor" country left behind...
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06-12-2015, 12:45 PM,
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plloyd1010
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RE: It's official
(06-12-2015, 11:04 AM)Shad Wrote: There was a little something going on in Asia well before 1939. If the war in Europe is delayed one can assume Pearl Harbor is also delayed or never happens, leaving the Japanese with literally no reason to declare on the Soviet Union.
I'm not so sure about either of those points forcing the European issue. Firstly the Japanese army was pretty well done messing with the Soviet Union. Even after the Nazi invasion of June 1941, the Japanese still were not into taking them on. Secondly even though Roosevelt & Churchill agreed Germany was the main threat, Roosevelt did not believe, even after Pearl Harbor, that he could get a declaration of war against the European Axis. He had to wait until December 11th for Hitler to declare war on the U.S.
... More and more, people around the world are coming to realize that the world is flat!
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