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Thats what Ive been doing, but I have to do it for every turn. Just had a thought that it could be the naming convention, we're not using the 3 digit number at the end but rather have been renaming it depending on whose turn it is, is that screwing it up?

The guides were good, but I still have a question. How do I get PBEM Helper to remember my password so I dont have to enter it manually every turn?

Another way to wear the crotch protector.... here

What is the difference between this version and the version for VASSAL? Other than the price lol.

A comment on the multiplayer communication posts here about who can speak to who, you guys really think folks wont be using Teamspeak or the equivalent? As for vehicle crews, I would be fine with the idea that if their vehicle is a smoking wreck they are removed from the battle. While there may be limited examples to the contrary, I think most crews that survived a brew up were more interested in getting the hell outta Dodge.

While its a good read, one of my old favorites from school days, I am curious why y'all are recommending Keegan's Face of Battle? It covers Agincourt, Waterloo and The Somme quite well but isnt really about WW2 at all..... For WW2 reading I HIGHLY recommend the Spike Milligan quartet if you can find it. Paul Fussel's new book The Boys Crusade was pretty good, if a little short. Doubler is good as well. Bill Mauldin's books are also a fine read and give a slightly different perspective as well as some damn funny cartoons. On To Berlin by Gen. James Gavin also comes to mind. Oh yeah, for OOBs ya simply cant beat George Nafziger.... Nafziger Collection

Thanks for the book tip John, will give it a read:)

One possible approach would be that used by GDW in their "Over the Top" rules in the Command Decision line. They figured that late war Western Front WW1 would end up a rather dull miniatures game so you get scenarios like: The 1914 campaign Tsintau -Brits and Japs vs Germans in China Western Desert- Brits vs Libyans 1st Ypres Tanga, East Africa Samakh on the Sea of Galilee- ANZACs vs Turks Some thoughts by Frank Chadwick: "We often forget the arrival of the tactical radio system during WW2 had a major impact on the ability of a commander to control his troops on the battlefield. True, during WW1 one could use such modes of communication as telegraph, telephone etc. Other modes of communication existed but all these basically required both ends of a communication line remain tied to a fixed point and not move." " For artillery much of the war was a waste. The seige-like nature of the war meant that more and heavier weapons could be used, but to what purpose? As the war progressed, gunners found that they could destroy an enemy trench line if they really wanted to, as at Verdun, but to what avail?...... If one massed ones artillery to destroy a section of the front, one telegraphed the location of the assault. If one spread out the artillery, one might not have any effect on the area being attacked. The spread of trench lines pushed the arty back further from the front....this often meant if a breakthrough occured, ones own artillery would be unable to support it for some time, while the enemy was able to use any and all of his." "Chemical warfare is an excellent example of an idea that seemed good at the time it was thought of, but never quite worked out in reality as on paper. As noted, the first attempts to use chemical warfare failed- the Germans used it against the British in 1914 during the "Race to the Sea" and then on the Eastern Front in 1914-15. The concentrations used against the British were too light to be noticed, while the use of agents in sub zero weather negated their effect. Only in 1915 were they first used effectively and then the problem was how to follow up an attack successfully. The Germans created a major breach in the line but were unable to exploit it. The use of cylinders ended when it became clear that any wind shifts could negate the effects of the planned attack..... The Livens system was an excellent means of hitting an area quickly and quietly but it took time to set up and prepare. The use of mustard gas solved the problems of drifting gas clouds and made gas a defensive weapon for the first time..... By 1918 the British and French units did not mind being shelled with mustard gas in that the Germans would not use that agent on any sector they planned to attack in the next 72 hours.... " "As a gamer, the sideshows of WW1 are far more interesting... trench warfare, while the rules do cover it is damned dull and boring until you get the use of StossTruppen on a wide scale basis......The sideshows on the other hand, have always been more fun to game....the troops tend to be more interesting......" Im not sure the company level action portrayed in CM would do much justice to the trench warfare side of the Great War. Would be fun gamig out some of the "sideshow" operations though.

Hehe, well if I can find em the next time I get home Ill let ya know JoMc, theyre in a box....somewhere... Think I was in yer dads shop a few times, definitely have been in the Little Wars shop in Fairfax, and I think there was a Little Soldier on King St in Alexandria if I recall correctly, run by a chap named Dennis. Knew some of the NOVAG folks, I was very active in the Potomac Wargamers on the other side of the Beltway for a number of years and used to go to alot of the HMGS cons held in the metro area. Havent seen a decent gaming shop in years, though sometimes I have dreams about them lol. Found one on a trip to Lexington KY that doubled as a TV repair place, and I guess there are one or two in Atlanta but when Im there Im working and never seem to find time to check em out. All I can find locally is a comic shop that carries Games Workshop stuff.....ewww.

Ah, Tractics on the basement floor.... That was my introduction to microarmour if not miniatures gaming as a whole. I still have two copies back home in storage. We left Tractics behind when we got our first copy of Panzer by Yaquinto, it seemed made for miniatures, and perhaps it was originally. Still have alot of those old TSR rulesets, Tractics, Tricolor, Chainmail and the American Rev War one that I cant recall the name of. Also have a huge box full of Airfix figures that served a 12 year old's budget until I could buy lead

JoMc67, just curious what shop your father owned? I spent a lot of my formative gaming years in the DC metro area.....

I sold mine this winter for over $700.....go figure.

I like Arty Conliffe's rules alot, Tactica, Armati and Spearhead were all a lot of fun. Been tryin to figure out how to play em on the computer. If I could get Rodney over at VASSAL to make me a LOS thread that doubles as a tape measure Id be in bidness.... anyone know Java?

I think the board is same scale, 4 hex Switzerland and all that. Gameplay is very diff though. Like a weird cross between Axis and Allies and 3rd Reich. Mike D, did ya read the other articles on Costikyans site? Some interesting stuff there....this is badinfo btw, glad to see ya still have my Blanco #3 skin up hehe.

I thought Hasbro killed ASL I had pretty much drifted away from board wargames long before CM came out. I had hundreds of them and my best friend and gaming buddy had even more. He unfortunately killed himself the year before CM came out, he would have loved it and driven everyone here nuts with his posts lol. Lack of opponents, time, space all helped me drift away from boardgames, I still have around a hundred or so in storage, but Ebay has been helping me thin that out to some extent. Would prolly do the same with my miniatures but I love the little guys too much. CM does FOW better than any boardgame could, even double blind refereed games. The only thing ASL has over CM is the ability to use any units from any theatre/time frame together and the Pacific Oh and horses I lived in College Park MD during my gaming heyday so I went to E Read St some too, we had a TRS-80 carrying case FULL of ASL counters at one point lol. Couldnt find Rex's article but I found a similar one by Greg Costikyan...... http://www.costik.com/spisins.html

Been too busy playing CM!

Lord Harmes did not read the title

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The paintjobs on the tanks at Aberdeen, at least the 7-8 times I went there are NOT historically accurate, I was told by one of the folks working the museum that they were painted with whatever paint was available. Indeed, I have some pics from trips there that have some pretty funny paint jobs in evidence. Perhaps, and hopefully, that has changed, but my visits to Aberdeen were somewhat dissappointing, they have let most of their collection go to hell. Its definitely not Bovington .......