Warts 'n' all

"You sailors, may have discarded your coats when entering a dock side brothel. But, there's no way I'm taking mine off until we've driven the Krauts back to the Rhine."

Paddy : "Ah Mr Jorrocks Sir. Will yer'se listen to this 'ere fella?. No feckin' mention of how I liberated Rochefort Monastery firing me Sten from the hip outta the open door of me Bedford. Anywayse, we sure did 'ave some craic that night, did we'se not. I found you'se a couple of crates of Gordon's Gin that the monks had stashed away in 1940. And helped me'self to some of their No 10 Ale. When we raised our goblets, you shouted "Go feck yerself Caitlin Summersby", or was that me?"

Why didn't the locals think of that? Those Belgians are so inconsiderate.

@Bulletpoint I think you are making a very valid point. Traffic management does become a chore after a while. This scenario would have been perfect for the old style "Operations" that we had in CMx1 with the front line adjusting across this great map in bite sized pieces.

I think that that problem goes back to CMBN. Shame it didn't get sorted.

Looks like the island in the middle of the Spree to me. But, my eyes are 400 years old, so what do I know?

I've heard of Water Pistols, but never Wine Rifles.

I know that it is a typo, but I like the sound of "Rome to Viscoty". The mystery city.

That was one of my favourites, a great challenge whether you played it as the Axis or the Allies.

Most of the Operations were great fun. Although I seem to remember that there was one set around Oosterbeek, in the 1st battle the Germans were attacking from both the east and west. But when you fired up the 2nd battle the front line adjustment shoved them all over to one side of the map. Ho hum.

It is the case with this gun. I don't own "Rome to Victory". And found out about it's 5 minute pack-up time from Bootie's "Ten Bob" videos.

I know that Bootie posted a video of "Two Crowns", or ten bob as we called them if we were ever lucky enough to have two. I can't remember all the details but you might want to check it out and see what kind of luck he had with the Mountain Gun. It does have a 5 minute pack up time which is something to take into account if you try to move it.

It is only if you want them to move outside of the setup zone during the first turn that you might wish to give them a different command, "Quick" "Hunt" etc. You'll also find the more you play whether you prefer to use your keypad "N" etc or use the command panel. Either way, Happy Gaming!

There is a small section of the Engine Manual pdf that deals with the Setup Phase and explains how it works.

"I'm telling you, there's a fat bloke and a reindeer in that barn."

I was never in favour of seeing anyone's bones. But Charlie the Smug, was asking to have his napper taken off. As for being down on Crimble that was just politics. Once Elizabeth's "Old Noddle Head Extra Stout" started flowing, we were rocking St. James's Palace for 12 nights.

Just bear in mind, that a lot of people who enjoy creating scenarios, need BFC to give 'em the tools to do it with. So stop chafing at the bit, and wait for those guys to give you Chaffee's to play with.

Glad you enjoyed my take on things. And thanks for great screenshots.

I don't anything about Hollywood composers. My boys go into the Ardennes with Basie's "Jumping at the Woodside" to fire 'em up.

The commentator mentions both the Greyhound and the HMC in his preamble. But from that point on when using the name "M8" he clearly means the Greyhound, and obviously knows the difference. Whether the video is accurate isn't for me to say. But according to family legend, Kay said to Ike "Give me one tonight". Ike said to Monty "I'm too busy to sort out the Ardennes, you'll have to do it". Monty said to Jorrocks "I'll be buggered if I'm going to send good Anglican boys down there to help out those non-conformist colonials, who have you got to spare?" Jorrocks said to Paddy "Stop the Jerries on the Meause tonight." Paddy said to John Martins, "Give me five Bedford loads of yer'se strongest Guinness, I need to set it alight and roll it down a bone dry hill in the middle of the desert, so that dumb movie goers in ten years time will think that it is how we beat the Gerry in the middle of a Belgian winter".

It wasn't a bore for the poor ****ers who died there. And your argument for BFC to concentrate future efforts on other theatres might carry more weight if you took that fact into account.

I have had to give up on this. Getting my vehicles through La Gleize proved far more difficult than taking the place. Partly because a knocked out jeep was blocking the main road, and also, I think some of the buildings a too close to the road itself, and my vehicles are veering off all over the place. Hopefully other players are having less trouble than I am.

Only one "like", and that was mine. You deserved more.

Only one "like", and that was mine. You deserved more.