"Scenario Book for Great War Spearhead II" Topic

We are rapidly closing in on the finished product of our first scenario book for Great War Spearhead II. All the scenarios are in the first month of the war, we will follow up with a book specifically on the First Battle of the Marne. For now here is the list of the scenarios that will be presented.

BATTLE OF MULHOUSE
BATTLE OF HAELEN
BATTLE OF TIRLEMONT
ACTION AT MONT SAINT ANDRE
BATTLE OF MORHANGE
BATTLE OF HAMIPRE – LONGLIER
CROSSING OF THE SAMBRE
BATTLE OF ROSSIGNOL
BATTLE OF NEUFCHATEAU
BATTLE OF VIRTON
MONS CANAL
LE CATEAU (RIGHT FLANK)
LE CATEAU (CENTER)
LE CATEAU (LEFT FLANK)
ACTION AT WASSIGNY
BATTLE OF GUISE

We are hoping to have the book done and ready for 1 August.

We are also on the way to doing our Eastern Front Scenario book and here are the list of scenarios contain in that book. Still work to be done for this to be ready but we are pushing hard.

BATTLE OF CER – NIGHT ATTACK
BATTLE OF CER – ASSAULT ON SABAC
BATTLE OF CER – DEFEAT OF AUSTRIAN IV KORPS
BATTLE OF CER – DESTRUCTION OF AUSTRIAN 5th ARMY
BATTLE OF DRINA – AUSTRIA STRIKES BACK
BATTLE OF DRINA – SERBIA RETREATS
BATTLE OF KOLUBARA – AUSTRIA ATTACKS
BATTLE OF KOLUBARA – SERBIA COUNTER-ATTACKS
GALICIA – BATTLE OF KRASNIK
GALICIA – BATTLE OF KOMAROW
GALICIA – BATTLE OF GNILA LIPA
GALICIA – BATTLE OF RAWA
TANNEBERG – SEEBURG
TANNENBERG – GERMAN I KORPS COMMENCES THE ATTACK
TANNENBERG – CENTER IS COMPROMISED
TANNENBERG – FROGENAU DESTRUCTION OF RUSSIAN 1st ARMY

All these battles take place in Aug/Sep of 1914. Again more to follow on scenarios from all fronts and years for Great War Spearhead II.

Shawn

intersting
which scale/ratio? Btg /regiment ?
just to impagine if those scenarios could be played with other rulesysthems..ex Rapid Fire
thanks

1 stand=1 company.

Great War Spearhead is as Tgunner said, 1 stand is a company and you really are commanding at least a division and often more. A division would normally have 36 to 48 infantry stands, supported by 4 to 16 mgs, 6 to 9 artillery as well as 1 to 4 cavalry and engineers. Later war would include trench mortars as well amongst other bits and pieces of course.

Shawn

Shawn, will these scenarios work for the 1st ed of GWS?

Yes they will Rob, GWSH and GWSH II play almost identical, just that II is now stand alone so you don't need Spearhead to play it.

Shawn

An excellent list of scenarios.

Excellent, I'll look forward to seeing those.

Looking forward to this too, and getting into it with the new 3mm WWI line from Oddzial Osmy (hopefully some infantry come out this summer!).

There is a third scenario book underway as well. It covers the major battles between the German First & Second Armies and the French Fifth, Sixth and Ninth Armies plus the BEF in the First Battle of the Marne. Details to follow.

Robert

Yes you can Kyote, as long as the basing is all the same there things are not overly difficult, the one area you may need to modify is the artillery template too be more suited to those bases.

An FoW base would now represent a company. This isn't a problem in itself. I use Crossfire bases as companies in GWSH. The width of FoW bases will make it harder to compress forces together. For the upcoming scenarios this won't matter as the terrain is rolling and there is considerable room for manoeuvre. A few battles will be very hard to represent though. Neuve Chapelle is an example, from March 1915. Not a big deal though.

Robert

What is the latest on the availability of these?

Duncan

Duncan, real life has delayed the process a bit but we are still progressing. Will let you know when we are ready.

Sorry for the delay.
Shawn

Are these available? If not, soon?

Duncan

Duncan you can find the first book – Marching to War here:

lulu.com/spotlight/GWSHII

The Marne book is nearing completion and the third book has been changed up because of some very good source documents. This will mean the East Front will look like this:
Austria's Guns of August – Serbia and Galicia
East Prussia – Gummbinen and Tannenberg

The Austrian book is proving to have some very interesting scenarios and covers a lot combat not well known by many.

There is a lot more cooking on the back burners as well, we have not forgotten 1915 and follow on years. But there is only so much one can do at a time.

Shawn