I have a new
command vacancy in my PBEM Gera campaign.
It is to command the 4th Russian corps, which until now has
been the army reserve. I have not
appointed a player for this command until now, because this corps was too far
from the enemy to have any chance of combat.
I felt it would be boring for a player to have to write orders when
there was no chance of any contact with the enemy.
The campaign
has now reached a critical phase. The
French have suffered two major defeats, and have had to abandon their objective
of crossing the river Saale and taking the city of Gera.
They have
been forced to withdraw to the west bank of the river, and have the difficult
task of holding the river line with just three corps against the Russian four
corps.
The campaign
objective is now for the Russians to cross the river and establish themselves
on the west bank. 1st, 2nd
and 3rd Russian corps have the task of crossing the river. 4th corps is moving up in reserve
to support whichever one is successful.
It is likely
to be three or four campaign moves before 4th corps actually makes contact
with the French, so this is a good time for me, as joint umpire and Russian
CinC, to relinquish command. It will
give the new player plenty of time to get used to the campaign before he has to
make the difficult decisions.
The campaign
has been PBEM for about two years, and is now very user friendly. There is no need for any extensive knowledge
of Napoleonic tactics or history. The
CinC (me) provides the corps commanders with a general objective, and they only
have to decide how they will achieve that.
They also have to ensure that they keep an eye on their supplies.
The only
requirement for a campaign player is that they have the time, and are prepared,
to reply to emails within 48 hours. If
unable to do so they must let me know within the same 48 hours.
I expect
that this campaign will continue for about two to three months. Although it is driven by the players, so it
is quite difficult to be definite about how long it will take to reach a
conclusion.
Orders are
written about once a week, and a report to the CinC about every two or three
weeks. Players are allowed one message
each move to another corps commander in order to keep in touch and try to
coordinate their operations.
You will
find everything about the campaign in the Campaign Diary Blog here:
The campaign
rules are here:
There is
also a campaign forum here:
If you would
like to have a go, or would like more information, send me an email, leave a
message here or contact me on the forum
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