Consolidated Heroes of Stalingrad thread

[Boggit]

maitre bongo is giving ALL HIS LOVE to L'n'L HoS - modded scenarios of all the original modules

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4222442

Since the appearance of this game, my wish was to be able to play all the original modules of Lock'n load that I own with this game engine because of the difficulty of finding human opponents and the time to deploy all the material on my table.

So I created mods that allow me to do this and it works rather well (making some adaptations on the specificities of each module, of course).

It has been several years since this game is no longer really supported by its developers and I think they will never publish a sequel to this episode.

So I decided to post here the mods I made so that the whole community who still plays this game can enjoy it.


The modules I have realized are:

- Heroes of the Blitzkrieg

- In defeat Defiance

- Band of Heroes

- Swift and Bolt

- Noville Bastogne Outpost

- Heroes of the Pacific

- Forgotten Heroes Vietnam

- Heroes of the Gap

- Honneur et Patrie

- A Ring of Hill


It is distressing to note that with a little extra effort, the developers could have arrived at this result (and even much more)... Too bad.

I'm reorganizing the files that make up these modules and make them to fit for a clean installation.
In the coming weeks, I will post them at the top of this topic.

I hope there are still people playing this game.

I may be averse to HoS for various reasons, but the fact that you can use all these modules for free with the game is - in a word - "impressive".

[Tuna]

I'm coming late to the party because this game happens to be on sale right now at Matrix.

What is the concensus about this one?  Is it any good?

I've always had trouble relating to the Tiller tactical games (the way they handle ammunition doesn't ring true and it bothers me that they aren't WEGO), and during my brief stint playing Squad Leader (not even ASL!) I always wished there were more Stalingrad scenarios.

How does it compare to Steel Panthers?  Was it a flash in the pan or is this worth trying?

Did the sale end already or is 39 the sale price?

[Philippe]

$39 is the regular price.  You have to use the sale code to get 30% off.

http://www.matrixgames.com/

[Barthheart]

HoS is nothing like Steel Panthers.

HoS is a direct port of the board game system used in LNLP's Lock 'n Load Tactical System of squad level combat. Right down to using the same art as the board game for maps and counters.
It also uses the same rules as the board game.

I've been playing the LnLT system for more than 10 years now and I worked with Mark Walker's team on the computer game... so that's my bias.

I liked the computer game very much because it plays exactly like the board game. If fact, if you get the computer game a play for a bit, it will teach all the rules for the board game.

If you don't like squad level WWII board games you won't like this.
If you think ASL is the only good squad level WWII board game then you probably won't like this.
If you enjoy different systems of squad level WWII board games you might actually enjoy this.

Yes there are some bugs in the campaigns... but I think they can be worked around.... been awhile since I played. The support of the computer game was dropped when Mark Walker sold LnLP to  David Heath. David is apparently working an a new computer version of the LnLT system. No idea of the progress here.