kzucker
07-22-2004, 09:53 PM
OPERATIONAL STUDIES GROUP REPORT FOR JULY 2004
Contents: Page 1) Seven Days of 1809 Production Progress
Page 2) French Translation of OSG Games
Page 3) MHP Book Update
Page 4) Letters
Page 5) Questions & Answers: Highway to the Kremlin
Page 6) Special Offers
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Operational Studies Group Report July 24th, 2004 Page One
SEVEN DAYS OF 1809 PRODUCTION PROGRESS
Map and Counters Printed
Press check on 7/7/04 at Westland Printers. They were kind enough to run several trial sheets until the map was dark enough. OSG's new printer have done great work. Remaining color (box & counters) will be printed by Friday, delivered to die-cutter on Monday. The counters and box were printed on the 12th, and everything was received by Monday the 19th. We are hoping for about a two-week turn around, which would be the week of Monday, August 2nd. With luck we will have some copies at WBC.
Rules Completed
The rules, which are now fairly finished, are posted on the web. They were converted to PDF, zipped and placed on the OSG website. The link is http://www.napoleongames.com/Rules/7D09_Rules_3_14.zip
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Operational Studies Group Report July 24th, 2004 Page Two
FRENCH TRANSLATIONS OF OSG GAMES
37% of OSG's corelist live overseas, many of them in Belgium, Canada, France and other places where the French language is spoken. The latest OSG translation is the compendium of rules in The Campaigns of Napoleon Series, which was prepared in English by Dick Vohlers and translated by Michel Lepetit. The translation of Seven Days of 1809 will begin in about two weeks.
From: "Ludistratege" <david@ludistratege.net>
1/ we are ready to translate your next game, don't hesitate to send to me files and games when they are ready !
2/ "we work well, we work fast, we work all days", the compendium for 1x series games is translated, you can find it on www.ludistratege.net with The Eagles Turn East or Bonaparte in Italy for example.
David Pernot
From: "michel.lepetit" <michel.lepetit2@wanadoo.fr>
The compendium French translation is now available on the ludistratege web site. Here is the link :
http://www.ludistratege.net/fichierstrads/osg1xgames.doc
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Operational Studies Group Report July 24th, 2004 Page Three
MHP BOOK UPDATE
[Ed sez: Dana tells us below that the Davout book will not reach our hands until October - about a year later than its original publication date. Sounds familiar? (The same thing happened to our Sun of Austerlitz.) Please email me directly if you have pre-ordered the book and you are feeling dissatisfied with the delay... kzucker@charm.net]
From: Dana Lombardy <DLombardy@aol.com>
Unfortunately, we won't be able to finish the Davout book until the end of July. If we send the book to the printer in August, we should receive copies in October. In a week, I hope to send off the near-final, edited manuscript to John Gallaher (author of "The Iron Marshal") and to Scott Bowden (who translated Journal of the 3rd Corps). When Matt and I return at the end of July, we plan to incorporate any changes they want and do the final layout of "Napoleon's Finest" and send the book to the printer. Eight weeks later we should have finished books in our warehouse.
The uniform book "Napoleon's Last Grande Armee" will also be going through final edit by two uniform experts, Rene Chartrand and Guy Dempsey, in July. It should be possible to do the final layout of this book immediately after we finish "Napoleon's Finest" in August.
I realize that this will be disappointing news, but I hope everyone can be patient a little longer while we complete the work this summer on these two Napoleonic books.
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Operational Studies Group Report July 24th, 2004 Page Four
LETTERS
From:"Euan Grant" <Euan.Grant@octas.com>
I have recently been in Vienna where the airport is located essentially on
the Aspern -Essling battlefield. Perhaps you describe that. Austria is much
more tourist friendly to English speakers now and language should not be a
problem and transport is very good without some of the frantic driving in
other parts of Europe.
Vienna is expensive but not ridiculously so even at current dollar levels
and Bratislava is a cheap alternative both for the battlefield, the airport
and Austerlitz. I imagine Brno will also be a good deal cheaper.
No frills flights are increasingly being operated from the UK and Germany to
Vienna and Budapest and I suspect soon to Bratislava where Austrian Airlines
already fly from London, Paris and Brussels.
I very much look forward to a longer visit to see Vienna fully and visit the
fields, and perhaps Bavaria too with your material in hand. I am working
in Bosnia in Sarajevo and will try and interest the significant
international community military members about your work.
From: "Didier Rouy"<didier.rouy@free.fr>
Yes, I am right in the middle of the Ligne Maginot: Thionville was the most fortified area, because it protected the iron mines, the steel factories and the coal mines of Lorraine. What remains of the line is really impressive, a series of forts, most of them taken care of by passionated amateurs, but many forts can be visited. They look like the Verdun forts but much more modern, large (miles of galeries inside), technically very advanced. A central barrack, a network of galeries going to the guns, well organized. For example, they took the experience from world war one to fight against the toxic gaz, huge filters are included. Actually I understant why the German did not even attack them. It would have been too costly for them. For instance, the artillery from the forts was so accurate and the observation network so thick that whatever 100m on 100m zone could be "treated" by shells, two per second (yes, 2 per second), all along the line. The Germans were aware of that...I think they tried only on one spot, close to Strasbourg, to break the line, and they had to use many air support and a lot of big guns. In that way, by pushing the Germans to pass north of the line, the "Maginot" has fullfiled its job. Very interesting, even for a "napoleonic guy" like me...
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Operational Studies Group Report July 24th, 2004 Page Five
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS: HIGHWAY TO THE KREMLIN
From: "Brian Asklev Laursen" <dvaergen_brian@hotmail.com>
Have OSG considered reprinting the older CoN games and bring them up to current standards rules and graphics vise?*Do OSG even have the rights to*1809: Napoleon on the Danube, 1807: The Eagles turn East and*The Emperor Returns? I would love to see these (mostly)out of print games I am starting to learn the rules to HttK and noticed to ammount of errata. Have OSG considered*posting living rules on their website? It would make it a lot easier, especially for players who do not own the newest game of a given series. * In HttK does garrisons check for attrition? Can they go into quarters ? Are there any errata for SoA or NaB? * Could you make a list on the website with the exact rule differences between the 1x and 5x series, so players can find the rules to learn/unlearn easily? * Will the games discussion part of the website be up and running shortly? It would be nice to be able to see, and track,the progress of the new games when consimworld becomes smaller/dissapearswith the newsubscriptions system which I can not join because I have no paypal account.
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Operational Studies Group Report July 24th, 2004 Page Six
SPECIAL OFFERS
YOU CAN STILL GET A DISCOUNT ON SEVEN DAYS OF 1809 (through August 2nd, 2004, only!)
If you haven't yet pre-ordered you can still save $11 on Seven Days of 1809.
If you have pre-ordered your order must be paid before the game appears in print (est. August 3rd)...
If you pre-ordered OSG's Abensberg/ Eckmühl game and you want the 30% discount you must let us know your payment and shipping preferences, either by email, phone or fax. You can send a check, money order, or credit card number - or confirm now via PayPal at OSG's store order form.
* If you have a pre-order on file, please confirm payment method in the coming days. We have extended the deadline as much as we can, to give everyone a chance to respond. If you got a letter from OSG re: Your Seven Days of 1809 pre-order, please Please SELECT your SHIPPING and PAYMENT options …
If you're not sure whether you have pre-ordered or paid, check the .pdf file showing all orders as of July 1st: http://www.napoleongames.com/preorders_20040701.pdf
or, to CANCEL your order-
cut and paste the following, and email to: kzucker@charm.net
[ ] Please cancel my pre-order for the Seven Days of 1809.
Contents: Page 1) Seven Days of 1809 Production Progress
Page 2) French Translation of OSG Games
Page 3) MHP Book Update
Page 4) Letters
Page 5) Questions & Answers: Highway to the Kremlin
Page 6) Special Offers
_ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ _ ... _ .
Operational Studies Group Report July 24th, 2004 Page One
SEVEN DAYS OF 1809 PRODUCTION PROGRESS
Map and Counters Printed
Press check on 7/7/04 at Westland Printers. They were kind enough to run several trial sheets until the map was dark enough. OSG's new printer have done great work. Remaining color (box & counters) will be printed by Friday, delivered to die-cutter on Monday. The counters and box were printed on the 12th, and everything was received by Monday the 19th. We are hoping for about a two-week turn around, which would be the week of Monday, August 2nd. With luck we will have some copies at WBC.
Rules Completed
The rules, which are now fairly finished, are posted on the web. They were converted to PDF, zipped and placed on the OSG website. The link is http://www.napoleongames.com/Rules/7D09_Rules_3_14.zip
_ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ _ ... _ .
Operational Studies Group Report July 24th, 2004 Page Two
FRENCH TRANSLATIONS OF OSG GAMES
37% of OSG's corelist live overseas, many of them in Belgium, Canada, France and other places where the French language is spoken. The latest OSG translation is the compendium of rules in The Campaigns of Napoleon Series, which was prepared in English by Dick Vohlers and translated by Michel Lepetit. The translation of Seven Days of 1809 will begin in about two weeks.
From: "Ludistratege" <david@ludistratege.net>
1/ we are ready to translate your next game, don't hesitate to send to me files and games when they are ready !
2/ "we work well, we work fast, we work all days", the compendium for 1x series games is translated, you can find it on www.ludistratege.net with The Eagles Turn East or Bonaparte in Italy for example.
David Pernot
From: "michel.lepetit" <michel.lepetit2@wanadoo.fr>
The compendium French translation is now available on the ludistratege web site. Here is the link :
http://www.ludistratege.net/fichierstrads/osg1xgames.doc
_ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ _ ... _ .
Operational Studies Group Report July 24th, 2004 Page Three
MHP BOOK UPDATE
[Ed sez: Dana tells us below that the Davout book will not reach our hands until October - about a year later than its original publication date. Sounds familiar? (The same thing happened to our Sun of Austerlitz.) Please email me directly if you have pre-ordered the book and you are feeling dissatisfied with the delay... kzucker@charm.net]
From: Dana Lombardy <DLombardy@aol.com>
Unfortunately, we won't be able to finish the Davout book until the end of July. If we send the book to the printer in August, we should receive copies in October. In a week, I hope to send off the near-final, edited manuscript to John Gallaher (author of "The Iron Marshal") and to Scott Bowden (who translated Journal of the 3rd Corps). When Matt and I return at the end of July, we plan to incorporate any changes they want and do the final layout of "Napoleon's Finest" and send the book to the printer. Eight weeks later we should have finished books in our warehouse.
The uniform book "Napoleon's Last Grande Armee" will also be going through final edit by two uniform experts, Rene Chartrand and Guy Dempsey, in July. It should be possible to do the final layout of this book immediately after we finish "Napoleon's Finest" in August.
I realize that this will be disappointing news, but I hope everyone can be patient a little longer while we complete the work this summer on these two Napoleonic books.
_ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ _ ... _ .
Operational Studies Group Report July 24th, 2004 Page Four
LETTERS
From:"Euan Grant" <Euan.Grant@octas.com>
I have recently been in Vienna where the airport is located essentially on
the Aspern -Essling battlefield. Perhaps you describe that. Austria is much
more tourist friendly to English speakers now and language should not be a
problem and transport is very good without some of the frantic driving in
other parts of Europe.
Vienna is expensive but not ridiculously so even at current dollar levels
and Bratislava is a cheap alternative both for the battlefield, the airport
and Austerlitz. I imagine Brno will also be a good deal cheaper.
No frills flights are increasingly being operated from the UK and Germany to
Vienna and Budapest and I suspect soon to Bratislava where Austrian Airlines
already fly from London, Paris and Brussels.
I very much look forward to a longer visit to see Vienna fully and visit the
fields, and perhaps Bavaria too with your material in hand. I am working
in Bosnia in Sarajevo and will try and interest the significant
international community military members about your work.
From: "Didier Rouy"<didier.rouy@free.fr>
Yes, I am right in the middle of the Ligne Maginot: Thionville was the most fortified area, because it protected the iron mines, the steel factories and the coal mines of Lorraine. What remains of the line is really impressive, a series of forts, most of them taken care of by passionated amateurs, but many forts can be visited. They look like the Verdun forts but much more modern, large (miles of galeries inside), technically very advanced. A central barrack, a network of galeries going to the guns, well organized. For example, they took the experience from world war one to fight against the toxic gaz, huge filters are included. Actually I understant why the German did not even attack them. It would have been too costly for them. For instance, the artillery from the forts was so accurate and the observation network so thick that whatever 100m on 100m zone could be "treated" by shells, two per second (yes, 2 per second), all along the line. The Germans were aware of that...I think they tried only on one spot, close to Strasbourg, to break the line, and they had to use many air support and a lot of big guns. In that way, by pushing the Germans to pass north of the line, the "Maginot" has fullfiled its job. Very interesting, even for a "napoleonic guy" like me...
_ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ _ ... _ .
Operational Studies Group Report July 24th, 2004 Page Five
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS: HIGHWAY TO THE KREMLIN
From: "Brian Asklev Laursen" <dvaergen_brian@hotmail.com>
Have OSG considered reprinting the older CoN games and bring them up to current standards rules and graphics vise?*Do OSG even have the rights to*1809: Napoleon on the Danube, 1807: The Eagles turn East and*The Emperor Returns? I would love to see these (mostly)out of print games I am starting to learn the rules to HttK and noticed to ammount of errata. Have OSG considered*posting living rules on their website? It would make it a lot easier, especially for players who do not own the newest game of a given series. * In HttK does garrisons check for attrition? Can they go into quarters ? Are there any errata for SoA or NaB? * Could you make a list on the website with the exact rule differences between the 1x and 5x series, so players can find the rules to learn/unlearn easily? * Will the games discussion part of the website be up and running shortly? It would be nice to be able to see, and track,the progress of the new games when consimworld becomes smaller/dissapearswith the newsubscriptions system which I can not join because I have no paypal account.
_ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ _ ... _ .
Operational Studies Group Report July 24th, 2004 Page Six
SPECIAL OFFERS
YOU CAN STILL GET A DISCOUNT ON SEVEN DAYS OF 1809 (through August 2nd, 2004, only!)
If you haven't yet pre-ordered you can still save $11 on Seven Days of 1809.
If you have pre-ordered your order must be paid before the game appears in print (est. August 3rd)...
If you pre-ordered OSG's Abensberg/ Eckmühl game and you want the 30% discount you must let us know your payment and shipping preferences, either by email, phone or fax. You can send a check, money order, or credit card number - or confirm now via PayPal at OSG's store order form.
* If you have a pre-order on file, please confirm payment method in the coming days. We have extended the deadline as much as we can, to give everyone a chance to respond. If you got a letter from OSG re: Your Seven Days of 1809 pre-order, please Please SELECT your SHIPPING and PAYMENT options …
If you're not sure whether you have pre-ordered or paid, check the .pdf file showing all orders as of July 1st: http://www.napoleongames.com/preorders_20040701.pdf
or, to CANCEL your order-
cut and paste the following, and email to: kzucker@charm.net
[ ] Please cancel my pre-order for the Seven Days of 1809.