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Originally Posted by Duzmond
Are there any scenarios on this? I couldn't find any.
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I spent almost a year and a half in Baghdad (4th Infantry Division). I found a copy of the Thunder Run book by Zucchino in a pile of donated books, and actually read it where part of the battle happened (I was at FOB Prosperity my first tour, right off Route Aeros). That was when I first got there in '06, and it didn't take me long to lose my taste for all things military.
Anyway, I recently found my government-issued, spiral-bound, unclassified map book of the Baghdad area with grid overlays. I thought it was something special but no doubt can be found on the internet. I ordered the Thunder Run book off Amazon, and with these two tools, I set out to create this campaign.
I had set up a test scenario but apparently overwrote it. I still have the incomplete, 200x160 map of the Baghdad area I made from that map book (I put a few personal touches, like labeling the Karadah Peninsula 'The Donkey Dick." Why? Because that's what everyone called it, and that's what it looks like on a map). Now that my Desert Storm campaign and Civil War mod flops are posted and over with, I need to get back at Thunder Run. The test scenario played pretty close to the descriptions of combat in the book, and it was, at times, a bit hairy. The major let-down was that the technicals didn't seem to want to fight the tanks and Brads.
But anyway, thanks for the inspiration! Back to the drawing board.
Matt