El otro día navegando por el foro de AGEOD me llevé un sorpresón, y es que 2012 va a resultar un buen año para los aficionados a AGEOD. No sólo están trabajando para publicar en 2012 un nuevo juego con su motor (probablemente situado en la Roma Antigua, aunque esto es aún especular) y en intentar sacar un wargame del motor de Paradox (el Clausewitz) con Napoleon Campaigns 2... ¡Se están elaborando nuevos escenarios para el Rise of Prussia para publicarlos a lo largo del año!
Los nuevos escenarios, que no será una gran campaña como la del teatro europeo de la Guerra de los 7 Años, sino una colección de escenarios pequeños-medianos situados en los antecendentes de aquella guerra: la Guerra de Sucesión austriaca. Son escenarios de entre 1 y 3 años, así que cabe esperar eso... probablemente 6 escenarios de entre 15 y 40 turnos, representando campañas en ese escenario entre 1740 y 1746.
Supongo que más que una expansión será DLC como los guerras que hicieron para el Pride of Nations, y los escenarios en los que están trabajando son los siguientes (no traduzco, que estoy un poco vago, Google lo hace muy bien y los paradoxeros somos muy ilustrados):
1.- Molwitz 41
Actually the start of the war from dec 15 1740 to end August 1741/early sept41 just before the treaty of Kleinschnellendorf between Prussians and Austrians.
The Prussians invade Silesia and must secure it with 3 Corps, the Austrians must prevent them to reach their goal. Their Army after the disaster of the Austro-Turk war of 1737-39 has lost morale and has been dispersed all over the Empire and will have to concentrate for the counterattack. Brown leads a corps of perhaps (in Silesia)8000 men but reinforcements are on their way. Important decisions have to be taken ; do you try to resist with your initial force gathered or do you fill the important fortresses with troops and retreat back to Moravia to build a new army like history.
It will be a fun small scenario replayable depending of the time the prussians will take to besiege towns like Glogau, Brieg, and Neisse. Like history you will find yourself spread all over Silesia and vulnerable to counterattack by a concentrated Austrian Army as Neipperg did at Molwitz.
2.- Maria Theresa at Bay
The same scenario with a End in march 1742. This scenario is semi-historical because there is no treaty of Kleinschnellendorf thus as the Austrians you will find suddenly the Bavarian and French armies marching on Linz and Vienna whereas another french army arriving at Amberg is going for Prague as well as ...the Saxons coming from Pirna and Freiberg.
Resistance is prepared at Vienna to resit with the Militia, Bürgerwehr, Students etc... and reinforcements from Italy are on their way. Will you be able to defend your beloved Queen and Capital ? and saving Prague ?
3.- The Campaign in Bohemia, Moravia and Bavaria 1741-1742
This scenario starts in september 1741 and will last until december 1742 thus covering the prussian invasion of Moravia, the 2 famous sieges of Prague and the campaign in Bavaria invaded by hordes of ferocious grenzers light troops.
4.- Maria Theresa the Great or King Georg V's War
The Prussian Army invades Silesia but as Maréchal Belle-Isle is coming back to France after promising a support to Fred and Elector of Bavaria to be Emperor all by his own initiative, he finds himself confined to the Bastille as the French King and Cardinal Fleury want peace. All of this against all expectations by Fred II.
KIng Georg V of Britain immediately organizes a coalition under the treaty of 1731 with 12000 british troops, 6000 Hanovrians, 6000 danish, some Hessians and possibly some austrians forces from nederlands.
Maria-Theresa is calling Empress Anna of Russia for a 18-20000 expeditionary corps.
What will happen when the Redcoats will met the blue coated prussians is up to you in this alternative scenario where Fred II like Saddam in Koweit opens a Pandora Box.
5.- The Second Silesian War 1744-1745
The Prussians according to treaty with the french invade Bohemia which is a secondary theater of operations running for Prag (august 1744) and then Pilsen and Wien. The french have the primary theater in germany and especially Bavaria.
The Prussians got the permission to cross Saxony despite knowing that there is talking and treaty with austria and thus risking to have an hostile Saxony in the back.
By an extraordinary bad luck in history, french King Louis XV fell ill with no hope for restablishments and the french army simply becomes idle and stopped.
Lead by the formidable von Traun the austrians escaped toward bohemia which is becoming the main theater of operations. What should have been an easy victory for Prussians could be soon a nightmare as the Saxons joined into the fray.
Despite the taking of Prag and Tabor the prussians will be checked by Traun who avoid battles with fred with a huge screen of lights troops and when Fred is by luck able to offer a battle, the austrian position is so strong that fred retreat and will soon be forced to retire in silesia losing between 10000 and 30000 men depending the sources.
As the prussians you will have options to have replacements with Cantonists, Auslander etc...for the second round. Note that in reality Traun was send to Bavaria leaving Prince Charles against the Prussians at Hohenfriedberg.
The Bavarian theater is not treated for now but a scenario will certainly be done later or if time allows me. The scenario will end early 1746.
6.- 1744 Saxony First
The same Campaign but Fred which hesitated to strike in Saxony first(historically) will indeed strike but instead to have a few troops mobilised (like in 1756) will have all the Saxon Army at Pirna and Freiberg (Dobeln) + Batthyanyi Corps in Observation not far away.
And it seems that Polish succession is receiving some ulterior attention also.
Parece que también están trabajando (aunque para más tarde) en escenarios traídos de sucesión polaca. Me hace especial ilusión porque el ROP fue mi primer juego de AGEOD, y además de gustarme mucho tanto éste como el American Civil War (gracias, alvaro por animarme
) y tener buenas sensaciones del Revolution Under Siege (lo tengo pero hasta ahora sólo he hecho tentativas), resulta que los Felipes me caen bien, así que espero que esto les ayude a ir recuperando gente y recursos para sus proyectos.
La información la posteó en el foro de AGEOD Florent:
http://www.ageod-forum.com/showpost.php?p=228060&postcount=393
