NTW Tactical Battles

NTW Tactical Battles:

We are a new group that has recently formed a site for people interested in setting up and playing games that offer a more realistic and historical approach to the Multiplayer format. .

NTW Tactical Battles is an informal group (not a clan) that organizes online battles that emphasize objectives and a definite attacker/defender (with corresponding decrease in unit strength if defending a strong position).

Our focus is:
1) Fun
2) Realistic Scenarios
3) Learning the game better
4) Treating our fellow players well

Anyone is welcome as long as they share these interests.

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ntwtacticalbattles

Simply post or join a game if you want an invite- I will try as much as possible to set something up around 9pm Eastern Standard (US) Time on a somewhat regular basis or any group member can host a game of course.

If you are interested you can either contact us through this post (with your game name to add you as a friend) or post on the group site on Steam.

Hi

I tried to look you up last night but the group is invite only. Please add me, I am a definite attacker!
game name: Col.KanKrusha

I got your note - just go to my name and add me as your friend - I am Kayaker on steam - i will then take you from my friends list and add you to the group. I hope that is ok - I am out of town so for some reason I could not add you as a friend. this should work - thanks I will check in later today and hopefully that should take care of it - welcome aboard - Nice you are an attacker - we are a pretty relaxed bunch so don't beat us up too much. LOL Kayaker

Hi, great to have actually hooked up. Sorry that the game was unhistorical and crashed. I got so excited about actually seeing a friend on line at the same time that I forgot the point of the exercise (i am gmt +12 h so don't get to see steam friends much)

Anyway, have you considered some guidelines or rules? I would suggest:
- maximum one of any from fixed/unicorn/ howitzer (howies were only a small part of a battery)
- lights/skirmishers in skirmish mode must be deployed "thin and wide" not deep (no light hammer)
- max 4 lights
- possibly a limit on lancers, I am not sure how common they were historically

Will the defender have to have gold left over eg 500 or a 1000?

Just some ideas, looking forward to trying them out

I think they are all great ideas - what I want to do is get in touch with shr speedblade as he is the group leader about this - check to see when he is online as I will also - what I want to do and let me know if this makes sense - is hook everyone by email to blast out notes about game setups,rules, times to play, hosting - passwords etc. If you think that this is not good through regular email I think steam has an email site also.. Whatever you think - I would like your opinion.

By the way-your comment about howitzers was taken in by the guys who made the mod Napoleonic Total War III - you can only procure one howitzer. the rest have to be standard field pieces. I forgot to check on rockets - but I will let you know.

I have been playing the mod NTW3 and my god for single or mp play it is truly incredible. The only thing is unless you are really really good - and go MP right now - they have a lot of the beta testers and clans playing (you won't see much of that because the set up on TS - those are all those games you see on NTW as red and listed under another program.

What I would love to do in the near future is get a bunch of us on that mod - it has all sorts of maps, scenerios, tactical strongpoint games, and if you play SP in Ultra - your armies are 1.5 times as big and the area of the map is huge plus you look for the enemy - most of the time I fight at (if I was in a plane) about 10000 feet - you need to be way up so you can see everybody to make your moves - they are like tiny ants. LOL


Sorry - I got away from myself - get back to me here or at carlbrnnr@yahoo.com

Oh by the way - that old evil looking goat in the picture is me - I actually do smile once in a while LOL

K