by Jason Petho | Nov 25, 2024 | CS: Vietnam, Developer Diary, Orders of Battle
North Korea in Campaign Series: Vietnam
The logical progress of the Campaign Series Vietnam game was to include the Korean conflict. Originally it was intended to be a Downloadable Content (DLC) expansion, but since the passing of Berto, CS Legion has decided to forego the DLC route and offer continual updates to the Campaign Series games that will offer additional content.
Considering this, the pending Campaign Series Vietnam 1.40 UPDATE that is scheduled for January will include the North Korean nation for use in the organization editor and in the game. The North Koreans have been painstakingly built over the past year to have comprehensive order of battles that span from 1948 to 1985, the modern theatre standards.
This means that users will be able to create Korean War scenarios using North Korea with the various nations that are already included in Campaign Series Vietnam, including South Korea, China and the United States.
It will also be possible to create hypothetical Korean War scenarios as the order of battles expand completely from 1948-1985. These were created from a variety of sources including of war interviews, CIA reports, US Army summary reports, various journals and books.
Certain time frames were easier to find information than others. The details for the various order of battles for the Korean War in the early 1950’s was quite easy to find, and the organizational changes are broken down into various months as the war progressed and structures changed based on the situation on the ground.
Post war, there were numerous organizational changes that spanned from the 1950’s through the 1980’s. As you progress through the various decades, you will note the regiments as they changed structure and weapon systems. There were numerous indigenous systems that were developed in North Korea, in particular Armoured Personnel Carriers and Self-Propelled Artillery.
You will also note the slow mechanization of the North Korean forces into brigade sized that were eventually organized into special task forces. By the time the 1980’s rolled around, these mechanized groups would be the forces that were intended to exploit any breakthrough that the frontline infantry divisions had successfully achieved.
The order of battles also includes the various Special Corps forces that were destined to operate in South Korea to attack rear areas including assembly areas and supply depots.
You will see their structures development from their initial creation and eventual expansion into numerous specialties.
There is a lot to look at in the organization editor when the January UPDATE is released, I recommend you take a gander and let your imagination wander with scenario design potential and possibilities!
Thank you for interest and stay tuned for more Campaign Series News!
by Jason Petho | Apr 14, 2022 | After Action Report, CS: Vietnam
What is A Week In Binh Long?
It is a scenario that has you commanding a number of units over the course of a week, 7 days. Each day every battalion under your command will be given a task that needs to be completed during the day turns (40 turns in total) while it has the opportunity to rest during the night turns (20 turns in total).
Campaign Series Vietnam – Week in Binh Long Scenario Selection
Your infantry battalions have a primary headquarters and a task force headquarters. It is recommended to leave the primary headquarters with the weapons company in the city described in the instructions and use the task force headquarters to accompany the rest of the battalion in the field and at the firebase being built.
Campaign Series Vietnam – Week in Binh Long Jump Map
Typically, each battalion task force will be assigned an area where they will be securing all the objectives, building a firebase to laager at for the night, secure a supply route to that firebase and ensure the area is clear of any Viet Cong. Additionally, engineer groups will be tasks with clearing primary roads and you will have to move logistics units to ensure that your ammo and arty ammo levels are maintained.
A reminder that while securing all the objectives is important, your primary mission – if you have time – is to perform search and destroy missions within the daily Area of Operations.”,
Campaign Series Vietnam – Week in Binh Long AAR
As you play, you will find your resources are spread thin, there is a lot of management you will have to undertake to ensure all the missions are being completed. Depending on how you manage your resources, you may not complete each mission by the end of every day. If you do not finish the assigned mission, you will have to complete the mission the next day plus the new mission. You will not gain the points if you clear the area on the following day, but, you will prevent the enemy from gaining points.
During the course of a day, you may forget about a helicopter and it will force itself to the ground with 0 moves. You can attempt to recover it by moving a supply truck or headquarters into the same hex. Of course, if it has landed in a hex that you cannot gain access to, it will remain lost for the rest of the scenario.
Campaign Series Vietnam – Week in Binh Long Tactical View
Every night you will be expected to laager your units in specific areas. As a general rule, in order to successfully laager, you must have all your designated units within 1 kilometre (4 hexes) of the described firebase, or 2 kilometres (8 hexes) of the designated cities or bases.
The Forever AAR can be found here.
by Jason Petho | Dec 24, 2021 | Campaign Series Legion, CS: Vietnam
Please join us for live-play sessions on our Twitch channel for the next few Saturdays.
With our game manual now available, I will next do a few live play sessions on our Twitch channel, starting on Saturday Dec 25th. I’ll be happy to answer questions while I play.
Please tune in, please share the link with your friends, let us make this as interactive as possible!
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Jason Petho
by Jason Petho | Dec 21, 2021 | CS: Vietnam, Game Manuals
With a scheduled release for January 20th, 2022, we are busy with putting the final pieces in for what we believe is an exceptional new addition to Campaign Series.
Many of you have asked what is new with CS Vietnam 1.0?
Here is our game manual, please see yourself:
Click at above image to download the manual from CSLegion Dropbox cloud.
This is a living document, any questions or comments please let us know!
Jason Petho
by Jason Petho | Nov 6, 2021 | Campaign Series Legion, CS: Vietnam
It is official, we have been given an official release date for Vietnam 1948-1967: January 20th, 2022!
Matrix Games Release Schedule 2022
We are spending these last couple of months doing some polishing to make our product even better.
Jason Petho
It will also be possible to create hypothetical Korean War scenarios as the order of battles expand completely from 1948-1985. These were created from a variety of sources including of war interviews, CIA reports, US Army summary reports, various journals and books.
Post war, there were numerous organizational changes that spanned from the 1950’s through the 1980’s. As you progress through the various decades, you will note the regiments as they changed structure and weapon systems. There were numerous indigenous systems that were developed in North Korea, in particular Armoured Personnel Carriers and Self-Propelled Artillery.
The order of battles also includes the various Special Corps forces that were destined to operate in South Korea to attack rear areas including assembly areas and supply depots.
