Northern Fury - Check out the book based on CMANO scenarios
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Northern Fury - Check out the book based on CMANO scenarios
UPDATE! The book is now available on Amazon! Check it out here
Bart Gauvin and Joel Radunzel are excited to announce that we’ve partnered to write a series of alternate history “Cold War goes-hot” novels. The first novel in the series, Northern Fury: H-Hour, will be available in winter of 2018. Read on for the details!
Welcome to the Northern Fury world. This is a story of what might have happened if the Cold War had continued another five short years; the Warsaw Pact is disintegrating, NATO is fragile, a hardline resurgence in the Soviet Union is feeling strangled by western sanctions and threatened by the continuation of NATO as an alliance. What could possibly go wrong?
Bart Gauvin (AKA Gunner98) and Joel Radunzel (AKA Airborne Rifles) have combined forces to translate a fascinating historical "what if" into a story that is gripping, believable, and compelling. We created Northern Fury: H-Hour, the first in our series of World War III novels, through a unique process. Using Command Modern Air/Naval Operations (CMANO, or simply Command), an excellent game/simulation developed by Warfare Sims and published by Matrix Games, we crafted a series of scenarios that encompass the key engagements of our hypothetical conflict. Then by playing those scenarios and imagining the events through the eyes of the people who would have fought these battles, we were able to discover and write a story of conflict, heroism, sacrifice, and leadership that we are excited to pass on to you.
In addition to the human drama, our alternate history showcases the evolution of military technology and doctrine that was emerging at the end of the Cold War. The Soviet Union was on the brink of crucial improvements in air defense and surface-to-surface missile technology, its ships were as or more capable than many western counterparts and its aircraft were reaching a level of parity with those fielded by the US. On the other side of the coin, the Seawolf class submarine was a major improvement in undersea technologies. The new weapons like the AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missile represented an impressive enhancement in air combat capability.
But the early ‘90s were also a transitional era. Countries retained older equipment as they struggled with the exponential growth in cost of new technologies. Nations who were banking on the "peace dividend" found themselves either short on modern military hardware or had to mortgage huge sums of capital to maintain an edge. The war that was about to come would see the ultra-modern pitted against the obsolete. For both sides, the balance would go to the nation who made the right choices in development, deployment and employment.
The first book in the series, Northern Fury: H-Hour, will be available by winter 2018. In the meantime feel free to peruse the website, play the scenarios and join the discussion!
Click here for more information about the book and the world of CMANO
Bart and Joel have been interviewed by Grogheads too! Check here the podcast
Game on!
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Bart Gauvin and Joel Radunzel are excited to announce that we’ve partnered to write a series of alternate history “Cold War goes-hot” novels. The first novel in the series, Northern Fury: H-Hour, will be available in winter of 2018. Read on for the details!
Welcome to the Northern Fury world. This is a story of what might have happened if the Cold War had continued another five short years; the Warsaw Pact is disintegrating, NATO is fragile, a hardline resurgence in the Soviet Union is feeling strangled by western sanctions and threatened by the continuation of NATO as an alliance. What could possibly go wrong?
Bart Gauvin (AKA Gunner98) and Joel Radunzel (AKA Airborne Rifles) have combined forces to translate a fascinating historical "what if" into a story that is gripping, believable, and compelling. We created Northern Fury: H-Hour, the first in our series of World War III novels, through a unique process. Using Command Modern Air/Naval Operations (CMANO, or simply Command), an excellent game/simulation developed by Warfare Sims and published by Matrix Games, we crafted a series of scenarios that encompass the key engagements of our hypothetical conflict. Then by playing those scenarios and imagining the events through the eyes of the people who would have fought these battles, we were able to discover and write a story of conflict, heroism, sacrifice, and leadership that we are excited to pass on to you.
In addition to the human drama, our alternate history showcases the evolution of military technology and doctrine that was emerging at the end of the Cold War. The Soviet Union was on the brink of crucial improvements in air defense and surface-to-surface missile technology, its ships were as or more capable than many western counterparts and its aircraft were reaching a level of parity with those fielded by the US. On the other side of the coin, the Seawolf class submarine was a major improvement in undersea technologies. The new weapons like the AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missile represented an impressive enhancement in air combat capability.
But the early ‘90s were also a transitional era. Countries retained older equipment as they struggled with the exponential growth in cost of new technologies. Nations who were banking on the "peace dividend" found themselves either short on modern military hardware or had to mortgage huge sums of capital to maintain an edge. The war that was about to come would see the ultra-modern pitted against the obsolete. For both sides, the balance would go to the nation who made the right choices in development, deployment and employment.
The first book in the series, Northern Fury: H-Hour, will be available by winter 2018. In the meantime feel free to peruse the website, play the scenarios and join the discussion!
Click here for more information about the book and the world of CMANO
Bart and Joel have been interviewed by Grogheads too! Check here the podcast
Game on!
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You can also follow progress on the book on Twitter: @NorthernFury94 and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/northernfury/
I want to thank all the forum play-testers who have made the scenarios much better to play, and helped get this project moving.
Much more to come.
Bart Gauvin
I want to thank all the forum play-testers who have made the scenarios much better to play, and helped get this project moving.
Much more to come.
Bart Gauvin
Check out our novel, Northern Fury: H-Hour!: http://northernfury.us/
And our blog: http://northernfury.us/blog/post2/
Twitter: @NorthernFury94 or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/northernfury/
And our blog: http://northernfury.us/blog/post2/
Twitter: @NorthernFury94 or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/northernfury/
RE: Northern Fury - Check out the book based on CMANO scenarios
The new Clancy & Bond, writing a book based on a game? Cool!
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Oh this is fantastic, I can't wait to read it!
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RE: Northern Fury - Check out the book based on CMANO scenarios
Hey guys, for a sample of one of our chapters, check out our blog!
Check out our novel, Northern Fury: H-Hour!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1733838503?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
And our web site:
http://northernfury.us/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1733838503?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
And our web site:
http://northernfury.us/
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RE: Northern Fury - Check out the book based on CMANO scenarios
Sweet, and it looks like I'm the first to like the FB page haha.
I've not played any of Northern Fury yet, mainly because I'm a bit intimidated by it, but is the campaign still in development, or is NF done?
The only progress I know of it is from the status of it in the CSP.
I'm definitely looking forward to reading this, and certainly a Cold War continuing into the 1990s is a very interesting premise indeed.
I've not played any of Northern Fury yet, mainly because I'm a bit intimidated by it, but is the campaign still in development, or is NF done?
The only progress I know of it is from the status of it in the CSP.
I'm definitely looking forward to reading this, and certainly a Cold War continuing into the 1990s is a very interesting premise indeed.
RE: Northern Fury - Check out the book based on CMANO scenarios
Scenarios are still being developed - for Northern Fury they are about 2/3 done. Carib, Med, Balt, IO and Pac are still very much in development [X(]
A few more to go..
A few more to go..
Check out our novel, Northern Fury: H-Hour!: http://northernfury.us/
And our blog: http://northernfury.us/blog/post2/
Twitter: @NorthernFury94 or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/northernfury/
And our blog: http://northernfury.us/blog/post2/
Twitter: @NorthernFury94 or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/northernfury/
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ORIGINAL: Gunner98
Scenarios are still being developed - for Northern Fury they are about 2/3 done. Carib, Med, Balt, IO and Pac are still very much in development [X(]
A few more to go..
Wow, still quite a ways to go!
I've got to build up my own skills some more before hoping to really tackle the Fury Campaigns
RE: Northern Fury - Check out the book based on CMANO scenarios
This is too cool!!
RE: Northern Fury - Check out the book based on CMANO scenarios
Ah, some one is about to learn what 'force multiplier' means!
RE: Northern Fury - Check out the book based on CMANO scenarios
+1
if possible give us approximate scenario times or scenario events (but no spoilers)
up to which point we should play and which book chapter we should read next or vice versa.
if possible give us approximate scenario times or scenario events (but no spoilers)
up to which point we should play and which book chapter we should read next or vice versa.
RE: Northern Fury - Check out the book based on CMANO scenarios
Wow!!! I knew you two were planning something big, but this is awesome! Can't wait!
RE: Northern Fury - Check out the book based on CMANO scenarios
As Joel said in the grogcast - H-Hr covers the first 24 hrs of the war and the three years that lead up to that.
A perusal of the scenarios (available also in the Northern Fury Background Document in the CSP) listing on the web page http://northernfury.bhgdesigns.com/scenarios.php and you can narrow it down to the first three scenarios... lots of material to cover in the next books [8D]
A perusal of the scenarios (available also in the Northern Fury Background Document in the CSP) listing on the web page http://northernfury.bhgdesigns.com/scenarios.php and you can narrow it down to the first three scenarios... lots of material to cover in the next books [8D]
Check out our novel, Northern Fury: H-Hour!: http://northernfury.us/
And our blog: http://northernfury.us/blog/post2/
Twitter: @NorthernFury94 or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/northernfury/
And our blog: http://northernfury.us/blog/post2/
Twitter: @NorthernFury94 or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/northernfury/
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I take it we've gotten a sneak peek at this book from Airborne Rifles' AARs? Or is the book not based off of his playthrough?
RE: Northern Fury - Check out the book based on CMANO scenarios
I take it we've gotten a sneak peek at this book from Airborne Rifles' AARs? Or is the book not based off of his playthrough?
Sort of. The book is not a copy of the AARs, but they are both inspired by the same scenarios. AR shared a snipit earlier: http://northernfury.bhgdesigns.com/blog ... &id_post=3
We discuss the relationship a bit in the podcast as well.
B
Check out our novel, Northern Fury: H-Hour!: http://northernfury.us/
And our blog: http://northernfury.us/blog/post2/
Twitter: @NorthernFury94 or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/northernfury/
And our blog: http://northernfury.us/blog/post2/
Twitter: @NorthernFury94 or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/northernfury/
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I take it we've gotten a sneak peek at this book from Airborne Rifles' AARs? Or is the book not based off of his playthrough?
The scenarios and the novel are definitely linked, but as Gunner said, the book is an entirely new and distinct from the AARs. We'll be posting more down the road about our process for creating the story. Suffice it to say that cool things that happened in the simulation do make it into the story, and Command is complex enough that different players will achieve very different outcomes with the Northern Fury scenarios.
Check out our novel, Northern Fury: H-Hour!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1733838503?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
And our web site:
http://northernfury.us/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1733838503?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
And our web site:
http://northernfury.us/
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RE: Northern Fury - Check out the book based on CMANO scenarios
Usually the book inspires the game/movie. [:D]
Michael
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Question on the scenarios - are the ones at the Northern Fury site different from the ones in the Community Pack?
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Eggstor
They are exactly the same. I'm debating the requirement to have them on the NF website but it seems to complete the picture. I will try to make sure the CSP and the website remain in sync.
B
They are exactly the same. I'm debating the requirement to have them on the NF website but it seems to complete the picture. I will try to make sure the CSP and the website remain in sync.
B
Check out our novel, Northern Fury: H-Hour!: http://northernfury.us/
And our blog: http://northernfury.us/blog/post2/
Twitter: @NorthernFury94 or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/northernfury/
And our blog: http://northernfury.us/blog/post2/
Twitter: @NorthernFury94 or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/northernfury/