November 2008 Tunis Telegraph
Nov 03, 2008 Other 0 commentsOur latest Tunis Telegraph is now available for download in PDF format. The Telegraph has a whole new look and some titbits on 1.4, as well as information...
The Team
Mare Nostrum is a modification for Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 being developed by Sandstorm Productions, which formed in July 2006 upon the merger of the Burning Sands and Campagna Italiana mod teams. Since the union the team has gone from strength to strength and produced the first public beta version of Mare Nostrum in March 2008.
The Mod
Experience some of the fiercest battles of WWII across North Africa with Mare Nostrum [mah-re nohs-troo
m; Eng.] Building on the realistic, tactical game play that made Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 a fan favourite, Mare Nostrum lets players battle it out in an all new setting. Featuring British, Australian, German and Italian nations, choose from a range of authentic weaponry or crew one of 10 fully realised vehicles. With 8 different battle environments the game play is varied from gritty street to street fighting in urban surroundings to all out tank warfare in the open desert. This is North Africa, but not like you have seen it before.
In the Press
Mare Nostrum has enjoyed wide ranging media exposure and was voted into the top 100 unreleased mods in the ModDB 2007 Mod of the Year awards. On the 17th October 2008, Mare Nostrum became the first third party game MOD to be made available through Steam.
Mare Nostrum has also been featured on Gamepsy, AMD GAME! and IGN.

5 comments by Psycho_Sam on Jul 15th, 2008 digg this super bookmark
Hello Mare Nostrum fans, time for another Tunis Telegraph! As we draw ever closer to Open Beta 1.3 we thought it was time we revealed the second half of our content to be included. Last time we showcased our new armoured vehicles, in this month we reveal the first shots of our brand new Italian content, including our player model, Carcano M91 and MAB 38A.
We also have news on the British 2-Inch Mortar, QF 2 Pounder AT gun and the Enfield No.2 MKI* revolver, which further expands the allied weaponry. However with all this new content we need something to play it in and so I have some sneaky peaks of our lastest map, created by myself (Psycho Sam), Sidi Barrani.
For a full list of the content that will be included in OB 1.3 make sure you check out the Tunis Telegraph. Also why not add us to your watched mods list. Now everytime you visit you will be alerted of any new images, downloads or news from us, so you never need miss anything again!
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Our latest Tunis Telegraph is now available for download in PDF format. The Telegraph has a whole new look and some titbits on 1.4, as well as information...
Grab our fansite pack to get your website up and running and ready to report on future Mare Nostrum news to the community. The pack is free to use on...
This month we bring the highlights of the new Italian weaponry we are bringing in our next patch along with some heavier British firepower in the form...
Our newspaper is back with a vengance after an extended absence! This time we highlight some of the armoured vehicles that are due to hit the deserts...
Teaser trailer showing both the Bren MkII and Thompson M1928-A1 in action around Tobruk.
Yes folks it is finally time for the Mare Nostrum June Media release! Hope you all enjoy, and thanks for all the patience our fans have shown over the...
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Thank you, and thank you to everyone who voted the first time round, but now we need your votes again!
I'll be voting for this mod again, for the second round of the MOTY'S, as it looks just amazing, GOOD LUCK mate.....;)
hey Sam grab me on steam and we can organise those Aussie voices you need.
Just found this on a site , digger's slang.
Digger is a Australian soldier, some of this won't be usefull as we fought mainly against the japanese.
Ack Willy AWL; Absent without leave.
Airships and clouds Sausages with mashed potato
Animal a term of contempt for a man (usually an Officer or NCO)
Armchair commando desk bound soldier, clerk
Atta-boys Atebrin pills for malaria prevention, taken daily under supervision of NCO
Bangers (and mash) sausages (with mashed potato)
Biscuit bombers (or bully beef bombers) Allied planes dropping supplies to forward areas, food and ammo usually.
Betty (also Betties) Japanese bomber of a particular type originally, but later any Jap bomber
Blot bum, arse, posterior, as in "sitting on his blot doing SFA"
Blow (or blow through) leave, go away
Bombo cheap wine, plonk, any low grade alcohol product
Bomb-happy shell shocked
Bull, The Bull the boss, the best, usually the CO
Bull shit (BS) untrue, lies, propaganda, unnecessary
Bumper sniping cleaning up (including or especially cigarette ends, called bumpers)
Burgoo porridge
Bush artillery captured artillery reused against it's former owners, usually by infantry men
Castor good, fine, OK
Charley the Bastard Boyes tank attack rifle; because of the savage recoil it had
Chook chuff powdered egg
Cut lunch Commandos Junior cadets (12 to 14 years old) (school cadets) and Senior Cadets 14 to 18.
Dead meat tickets identity disks; one to be left in the mouth of the corpse, one returned proving death
Done over wounded, tired, exhausted, beaten
Doughboy/s American soldier, originally (from WWI); dough as in soft, puffy, unbaked, not yet put to the fire but later in WWII to refer to the amount of money the Yanks had. The complaint was that they were "over-paid, over-sexed and over here"
The Deuce The Unit Second in Command OR 2 i/c, second only to the Trump (CO). Both are card game names.
Emu parade (Emu bob) line of soldiers, under the control of a junior NCO, side by side, almost shoulder to shoulder, walking slowly forwards cleaning up an area, therefore bobbing up and down to pick up litter.
February the Commanding Officer (CO), as he can inflict 28 days punishment or detention
Fart-arse about to waste time
Free chewing gum chin strap on hat
Fruit salad medal ribbons
Front the Bull be paraded in front of the CO, usually for a misdemeanor of some sort
Fuzzy wuzzy or fuzzy wuzzy angels Papuan native litter carrier or bearer who carried supplies up to the front line and wounded men back to base. Did great work and were paid almost nothing.
Get your finger out stop loafing, get busy, hurry
Get off my back leave me alone, go away, ease up on me
GI (or Gi), gee eye American fighting soldier (Gii or G2 was intelligence corps) The I, or i, was actually from the roman numeral i meaning one. So Gi was really G one (fighting corps) and GII was G two (intelligence section).
Giggle-suit army fatigue suit, loose untidy looking work dress
Give us a break ease up, give me a chance, stop pushing me
Give the game away 1 stop, leave, give up
Give the game away 2 prematurely expose a plan
Gong/s medal/s
Gyrene American marine (USMC) from Gi + marine
Homer serious wound (bad enough to get you sent home)
Jungle juice home made wine, usually very high in alcohol content
Lance jack Lance corporal (L/Cpl), the first rank above Private (Pte).
Lurk men loafers, bludgers, men constantly trying to avoid work
Mad mile (minute) bayonet assault course
Mandrakes waterproof capes, after Mandrake the Magician, a popular comic hero who always wore one.
Nip, nips (also Japs) Japanese
On the nose unpleasant, disagreeable, bad, smelly
Panic hat steel helmet
Panic artist excitable or unstable person, particularly if an officer or NCO
Piss-pocket crawler, insincere person, flatterer (also 'pissing in my pocket'; insincerely flattering or misleading me ) and ('don't piss in my pocket'; don't try to get your way by flattering me)
Pull your head in shut up, be quiet, back off, stop bothering me
Perve artist soldier with more than a normal interest in women
RHIP Rank has it's privileges (also Rank Hath It's Privileges)
Rose bowl urinal placed between tent lines
SFA Sweet Fanny Adams (or Sweet F**k All); nothing, zip, zero
Short arm parade inspection of soldiers genitals to discover any VD infection
Shark bait disliked NCO or officer who might fall overboard from a troop ship
Shark-shit any sailor also any Digger about to go on a boat
SNAFU (snafoo) (snafu) Situation normal, all fouled up (sometimes another "F" word was used)
Snorkers, snags sausages
Stick-it (or shove it) I refuse. No. As in "stick it up your arse"
The two icky The 2 i/c, Second in Command, The Deuce
The Trump the Commanding Officer
Three striper Sergeant, from his badges of rank
Tile (Anzac wafer) army biscuit, very hard and difficult to eat.
Tin tank, Tin tanks American/s (rhymes with Yank/s)
Tojo Any Japanese. From the name of the Japanese Prime Minister and Minister for War who had worked hard to push Japan into the war against former allies.
Up shit creek in bad trouble (sometimes "up shit creek without a paddle") also ("up shit creek in a barbed wire rowboat")
Weekend Warriors CMF (before they were mobilized) from the fact that they did mostly weekend only training
Woodpecker Japanese machine gun, from the distinctive noise they made
Yank, Yankee American
Zebra Non Commissioned Officer (NCO) because of the stripes of rank
We should have another update shortly. Posted on bigpond in regards to voice comms, have a look if you get time. :)
How's all the hard work going?
Only asking as FH2 may be coming out soon and it may pinch some players from ro.
Personally I don't think it looks as good as the work you guy's have produced.
Ok here are a few suggestions from one of our guys.
Help
"Aussie, Aussie here!"
"Get your arse over here"
Yes
"No worries mate."
"Righto"
No
"Bugger off"
Thankyou
"Good onya mate"
Follow Me
Come on lads.
Friendly Fire
"Oi fuck off ya drongo!"
Are you crazy
"Bollocks!"
"Ah go tickle your arse with a feather" - this could probably go under insults or taunts as well.
Kill Confirm
"Got the bastard!"
Engage
"Kill the bastards!"
Do you need a coder or a mapper.Cause i can do that :):)
You can check my profile.Im working on a Postal 2 mod Lost Island (check it its urneal engine )
Plus i can code a shitload of new effects!
hey guy's how's it going , just pestering you on what's the latest on this mod?
How's the mod coming along guys?
Any new updates on it's status?