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RE: Badge idea
Peter,
First of all I thought "Get the badge when you play all their scenarios" but it came to me pretty quickly that these are far to varied in numbers. Some might only get 1 appearance and others 20 or 30 ? So that would not be fair.
Then I was thinking, possibly 10 plays with the same Division would be more realistic and would thus remove the need for badge creation art for those Divisions with less than 10 scenarios (cos thats gotta be a research chore in itself). To 'enhance' a badge from 10 plays, perhaps a 'outlining' with blue or red or whatever after 15 plays and a gold outline after 20 plays ?
Thanks for the badges shown Peter. Under my own rules above, I'd only qualify for the 9th Hohenstaufen so far. I knew of the 9th Hohenstaufen and 12th Wild Buffaloes badges, but had not seen the 277th VG badge. It must pertain to a cathedral in a German City somewhere. Certainly not Koln and I don't think its Ulm (although that is a black cathedral but the spire does not look long and pointy enough). It must have something to do with the city they were formed in but wikipidia credits their creation in Hungary? Not so sure on that entirely as they were one of the Divisions announced in Goebbels speech referencing the Volksgrenadier inception (don't confuse them with Volksturm units folks).
The old Wild Buffaloes are pretty cool in name and badge. If one didn't pre-reference 'The Wild Buffaloes' with 'German', you'd think it was a US division being named.
I'm currently looking to see who would be brave enough to take on the BN Hohenstaufen scenarios with me. They'd be pretty bloody games in that the 9th have a 9/8 morale in these particular scenarios, but this seems to be in place to compensate for the absolutely voluminous amounts of OBA that will be piled down on them. I'm pleased with my record with them so far, the 9th SS Hohenstaufen under my command have Fought 10, Won 7, Drawn 2, Lost 1. (thats better than World Series qualification win numbers heh heh).
277th Volksgrenadier are Fought 3 Won 3 and the 12th Wild Buffaloes are Fought 6, Won 4, Drawn 2.
I'm earning these badges with results and not just being there !!! LOL
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