The map clip covers a critical part of Finland and the northern approaches to Leningrad. Gamers will note the presence of the Salpa defensive line. Built by the Finns after the conclusion of the Winter War and the destruction of the Mannerheim fortifications, it was the last hope of stopping a Soviet drive on Helsinki. In 1944, the line became part of the reason the Soviets called off their offensive in Finland. Memories of the massive casualties in breaching the Mannerheim line were still vivid.
We are much closer to having a publishing schedule for Total War. The last of the redone maps will be finished and reviewed by Monday, March 14th. We will send these files to the printer the same day. The printer usually takes about 4 days to print and express mail proof copies for our approval. We will need two days to proof the maps and send them back. Once the printer receives the approved maps, they will give us a slot when they can complete the printing. All of the printing there will be done in the same slot and includes sixteen counter sheets, box tops and bottoms and the eight maps. While this is entirely up to the printers, in the past it has usually been 4 to 6 weeks. We will let you know as soon as we are given the slot.
Nice, good to see that Kronstadt is finally fixed!
The detail here is very good, right down to the islands in the Gulf of Finland.
Well, Finland map looks nice. But you have misspellt the City of Viipuri. Its other name is Viborg (not Vyborg) which is Swedish in the same manor as the name Helsingfors. Viborg was founded by the Swedes when Finland was an integral part of the swedish kingdom. Hence, you should change the name on the map
Gary Stagliano would have been impressed with these maps
What can we said more ? It”s beautiful and rich…A good map for a great pleasure to play TOTAL WAR
Felicitations
Maps look Great ! I have a request, can you put up East Prussa in the next Map clip. looking forward to playing Total War.
Thanks Jeff
If its going to be around 6 weeks for the printers to get everything done and then more time for postage (especially to Australia) how about planning for 4 more map clips at 1-2 week inervals to cover the border areas for AGN, AGC, AGS & Bessarabia respectively? That way we can start looking over the terrain to plan avenues of advance etc.
Vyborg – not Viborg – is the correct transliteration for the Russian name of the city – and from the beginning of the 19th century to 1918, the city and the rest of Finland was a Russian Grand Duchy. It makes sense to use that form since this is a simulation of the Second World War, not the Great Northern War of the early 18th century when Sweden actually played a starring role in the area.
+1 for East Prussia on next map
“The last of the redone maps will be finished and reviewed by Monday, March 14th. We will send these files to the printer the same day. The printer usually takes about 4 days to print and express mail proof copies for our approval. We will need two days to proof the maps and send them back.”
That would put us at about March 25. Has this all happened as planned?
Well Greg, I think GRD should use the Finnish names (Viipuri/Viborg) since the city is part of Finland when the game starts in 1939 – and hopefully also when the game ends ;-). It should be mentioned that there has never been a Russian-speaking minority in that city prior to 1945. The dominant minorities in the city were Finns, Swedes and Germans – most were evacuated other parts of Finland in 1944. The principle of names seems to apply to the other parts of the Europa maps (Bessarabia – rather than Moldavia, Königsberg rather than Kaliningrad, etc.). Finally in all international matters (maps, treaties, etc) the geographical area is called Gulf of Viborg and Viborg as an alternate spelling to Vyborg. Just check Google Earth today.
Oh, and another thing… The town Käkisalmi (hex 0302) is spellt Кексгольм in russian. That would translate to Kexholm or Keksholm rather than the suggested Keksgolm