3 Para Battle Pack for Long War released

Here’s a fine selection of 6 scenarios for the Long War by Abram “Mad Dog” Harrison.  These actions are based on the book 3 Para by Patrick Bishop and take place in Helmand Province in Afghanistan, the location where a large part of the 30,000 troop increase will spend their time.  Go get it here.

70th Anniversary of the Soviet Invasion of Finland.

70 years ago, on November 30th, the Soviet Union invaded its upstart neighbor, Finland, and started the conflict known as The Winter War.  For those not versed in the history of this conflict, I’d recommend a few books/sites to learn more about this fascinating and highly influential part of World War II.  Anyone with other links/books to share, feel free to reply here and I’ll compile a list for the site.

Movie:

The Winter War

Any search of Winter War on YouTube pulls up some interesting documentary footage.

Books.

A Frozen Hell: The Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939-1940

The Winter War: The Soviet Attack on Finland 1939-1940
Finland at War 1939 – 45 (Elite)

TANKS IN THE WINTER WAR: 1939 – 1940 (Operations: Scandinavia 1939)

Web Pages:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War

http://www.kaiku.com/winterwar.html

http://www.winterwar.com/index.htm

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/winter_war.htm

http://www.aroundspb.ru/english/ (thanks to Stepan for the link)

http://www.mannerheim-line.com/ (thanks to Stepan for the link)

Korean War v1.04 Released

The HPS team continues to update their older titles.  This time it’s The Korean War.  v1.04 was released this week.

Get it here.

Spanish Civil War v1.01 Released

Another in the line of SB updates, this time Spanish Civil War.

Get it here.

Dien Bien Phu Update Released

In their continuation of game engine updates, which includes the no-CD check, HPS has released Dien Bien Phu v1.01.

You can get it here.

Advance of the Reich Update Released

The boys at HPS are hard at work updating their games, and the next one to get the latest and greatest modification is Advance of the Reich.

It’s the same engine upgrade as the previous few, and does include the no-CD check feature.

Get it here.

Eagle’s Strike 1.04a

It seems there was a slight issue with some compatibility of the exe files in the 1.04 release, so they fixed them and released a new update.

Changes for Eagles Strike 1.04a
- Update to the editors for compatibility on certain systems.

Go get it here.

Canadian Scenario Pack for Long War

Here’s a nice 4-pack of scenarios from Mad Dog depicting actions of the Canadian military in Afghanistan during the GWOT.  He wanted to thank a few folks who helped out during the scenario design process.  You can read that here.

Go here to get the Scenario Pack, and be sure to have The Long War updated to v2.1 which can also be found on The Long War page.

Eagle’s Strike V1.04 Released

The Boys at HPS have updated Eagle’s Strike to version 1.04.

This update is the same as the TOD update, and includes the no-CD feature of the game.  The ‘magic disc’ will soon be obsolete!

Get it here.

SB Graphics Enchancement Files

I’ve uploaded a folder that contains some of the improved graphics files from IronX’s Red Star over Europe Mod.  Within that folder are several PDF screenshots of what various SB games look like with these files applied to them.  Read the directions carefully and I’d make a copy of the original Map Folder, just in case you don’t like how things look after applying them.

All credit goes to IronX for his stellar graphics work.  I merely played around with applying them to various SB games to see what would happen.  I think they spruce up the game considerably.  Mix and match the files to suit your individual tastes, but even a few applications will give all of your SB games a bit of a graphics ‘refresh’.

Go to the Supply Section to DL the folder.

New TOD scenarios

HPS has officially released a battlepack of new TOD scenarios based on Keith Nolan’s excellent book House to House, dealing with the fighting in Saigon during the ‘mini-Tet’ offensive in May of 1968.

I had the chance to playtest these scenarios during their development and think that they’re quite fun.

DL them here.

A synopsis of the battlepack, written by Mike, can be found here.

Red Star over Europe Sound Patch Released

IronX has released an updated sound file for RSoE to replace the Vietnam background sounds.

You can get it here.

EMAIL updates for Task Force Echo 4

A nice feature added here so that you can receive EMAIL updates whenever content on the site is updated.

Go here or to the link at the bottom right hand side of the site to subscribe.

Tour of Duty Updated

HPS has released an update for Tour of Duty.  You can get it here.

List of the updates includes a no-CD check for this version of the game.

Red Star Over Europe Released

IronX has released another Mod for the SB platform, Red Star over Europe.  The game is a ‘what if’ collection of scenarios covering a Cold War battle in Europe.

Kudos to Andrew for his work.  Go here to DL the program.

Updated Military Site Links

Updated today with some of my favorite ones.

Looking for more content, folks.  Send me your favorite links!

Updated Pages: Arab-Israeli Wars and Long War

The links to download  SB: Arab-Israeli Wars (and its update) as well as the update for The Long War have been added into their respective Combat Ops pages.  Enjoy!

New Content!

Uploaded to the DBP section was a scenario design ‘how to’ article written by SAW and DBP scenario designer Mike Cox.  Go here to get it.