new place for playtesters

The web site is now accessible. A key feature preventing access to many ISP's has been turned off, allowing almost everyone through. The only requirement for access is that you register. Once you have done so, shoot me an email at gregoryfk@odgw.com, and I will give Battlelines volunteers playtester status.

Battlelines volunteers

We still hold out hope for the web site, which is undergoing repair as I write this. In the meantime, I have completed the first two chapters, and am willing to send them to you, since they are introductory and do not need the meat and potatoes of the actual rules, which start with Chapter 3.

N.B. My writing style is most definitely different than that of the original designer, so if there are jarring syntactical shifts, you'll know why.

Playtesters, please

Now the response from TMP has been most heartening, but the possibility of using the ODGW web site as the venue for discussion seems unlikely. What with its mercurial accessibility, I hold out no hope of using it reliably. This blog, however, is stable and perfectly easy to find. So here may be the gathering place for the Battlelines playtest group. I just knew this electronic space would come in handy some day.

That D*** Web Site, Part II

I wish that the web site would be magically fixed immediately, so that I could have access. But that is just not going to happen. My personal feeling is the software is stable, or at least not the cause, since it is not possible to even get onto the site. That points to a server issue. I would happily jettison the company we use now, for a variety of reasons, some of which are personal. At some point we will get back to having a web presence that is stable and works for everyone.

and the beat goes on

I wish I could speed up the process of Meine Truppen development, but the rules now reside with the ODGW partners to look over and dissect. So, until life events clear up for my esteemed colleagues to review the initial ideas presented, the game is in stasis. The rules I have written do push the MP envelope quite a bit, so we will see what the response is.

All of the rules will be compatible with Mein Panzer, utilizing the Drop-In system for several sections, not just infantry.