Well, so far, no joy from Frank Hunter on an update that makes CotD anything more than "abandonware." So where does that leave us for a campaign engine to use now?
That
murat.ca site seems great, but it's massively MP and supports only one big organized campaign at a time. Plus, since LG doesn't have all the Napoleonic powers represented yet, LG wouldn't work for fighting all those battles.
I've been exploring a bit among the old classic campaign boardgames (like Kevin Zucker's OSG ones, 1809, Sun of Austerlitz, etc.) Now that there's a way to PBEM those games on computers using a utility like Aide de Camp II, perhaps that's a way to go. Also, it's easier to "pause" a boardgame campaign for resolution of the battles using LG (just note where the counters are on the campaign map, tally up the strength points and the initial OOBs, generate the LG battle map, and off you go), then restart the campaign after adjusting the situation based on the battle results.
Has anyone tried ADCII with the old classics like these? My understanding is that you first have to own the board game, then you have to buy ADCII (which costs as much as a game itself), and then find, buy or create an ADCII "module" for your chosen games you can play it digitally. I see many modules are out there for download, and that means the counters, maps, etc., are all created for you, so all you need to do is play. But it's hard to tell which games would work well as campaign engines for LG.
Ideas?
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