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Yeah, I figured it was something like that. I just wanted to make sure it wasn’t something I was doing wrong. Thanks for your help Jason and Robert.

I’m sorry, you misunderstand me. I’m currently playing an email game with no problems. It’s only the AAR’s from the Robert Hall and Jason McGrody’s Riesburg game that I’ve downloaded from CMHQ which lock things up. Are you following that game? It was the procedure of watching these movies I was wondering about.

Yes I get the Ding of Death every time (That’s a good way to put it). What is supposed to be the procedure? Just click “Done” and the game goes back to the start up screen and you load the next turn or does the game automatically go on to the next player turn?

I’ve downloaded Riesburg AAR’s from CMHQ. I’ve ran the 1st 10 turns but when I click “Done” my machine locks up and I have to use control-alt-delete to end the task. and reload the game again. Sometimes even this doesn’t work and I have to reboot my machine. Has anybody experienced this or have any ideas how to fix it?

Moon, Since you brought it up… Is there or will there be a way to give the command to Pause in the middle of a move. That is to have a unit move for 30sec, pause for 15 then continue for the last 15 seconds of the turn?

Playing the devils advocate… I like SPR. Seeing real Tigers in a movie was pretty cool (10 cool points?). Other than Kelly’s Heroes I’ve never seen it before. As far as the Tiger and Marder are concerned, what if the German commander new he had less than 20 minutes to capture the bridge before what seemed to be the whole American army reached it. Perhaps his men would press for the bridge ignoring or bypassing certain strong points and pushing whatever armor down unswept streets. And, of course, it’s only a movie.

Any chance of a CM Beta Demo in the New York area. I’ll bring the beer, both American and German, depending on which side you play.

I was just thinking about that the other night. I wonder, with the map design editor, will we be able to create the ASL boards, save them, and then add and interlock them in different ways according to what ASL scenario we wanted to recreate.

I just wanted to let everyone know about an excellent web site for rare, hard to find, and out of print military books: http://www.sonic.net/~bstone/eastfront/ These are just a couple of the books that caught my eye: Against The Panzers: United States Infantry Versus German Tanks, 1944-1945, by Vannoy & Karamales, 364pp, photos, 40 maps & diagrams, E,HC,Cloth bound. This title presents eight actual combat experiences in antitank warfare from the perspective of the GI in the foxhole to the panzer commander in the Tiger cupola. The engagements occurred from August 1944 to January 1945 and include The Battle of the Bulge and lesser known places such as Lucherburg, St Barthelmy, Arnaville, and the Dieulourd Bridgehead. $49.95 Battle Group! German Kampfgruppen Action During World War Two, by Lucas, 224pp, 65ph, E. A remarkable study of German Army Kampfgruppen-special units created within the regular army for use against vital targets or to perform special missions. The unique German training routine that allowed each soldier to do the job of his immediate superior meant that in specific battle situations and against important targets or objectives, separate teams of men could be taken from any regiment and directed to fight and act independently of the rest of the battle around them. This is the first history of the tactics and operations of the battle groups, following the course of the war in every theater from Poland in 1939, to the Afrikakorps who made large-scale use of battle groups, to the Eastern Front where the flexible nature of the battle group more than once sealed off and destroyed numerous Russian penetrations, to their use in the final closing stages of the war. (Out of print, limited stock.) $25.00 Panzer Aces, by Kurowski, 265pp, 150ph, L, E. A fantastic collection of biographies, combat careers and first-person accounts of the following panzer aces and Knight's Cross winners of the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS, Michael Wittmann, Von Ribbentrop, Hans Bolter, Albert Ernst, Hermann Bix, and Dr. Hans Bake. Follow the action as you read of Dr. Bake's experiences with the 4th Panzer Army as it tries to break through to the 6th Army at Stalingrad, or as Bake tries to slip through Russian lines at Kursk disguised as a Russian tank column. Hermann Bix as he goes behind Russian lines in his PzKpfw III and takes on Russian KV I's singlehandedly, or in action with his Panther against T-34's at Warsaw and in the Courland pocket, and in East Prussia with the new Jagdpanther facing hordes of Russian tanks. Ride with Rudolph von Ribbentrop as he infiltrates the rear of a Russian tank Brigade in his PzKpfw IV at Kursk and destroys 14 T-34's. The experiences of Hans Bolter and his Tiger I on the Northern Front as he breaks up Russian attacks with the superior gunnery of his crew and the legendary 88mm cannon of the Tiger I. Last but not least Albert Ernst, commander of a Nashorn tank destroyer and a one man "Fire Brigade" on the Eastern Front. Out of print. Limited stock. Price on request. Panzer Battles: A Study of the Employment of Armor in the Second World War, by von Mellenthin, 384pp, 28ph, 61 maps, E, SC. A classic work on the employment and operations of German armor during the Second World War. Every library should own a copy of this title. (Original hardcover copies of this title are generally in stock at any given time for interested parties) $12.95 German Squad Tactics, by Gajkowski, 80pp, SC,E. Extensive study of German squad tactics. Taken from the orginal German regulations and American after action reports also covers the panzergrenadiers. $20.00

I've already bought the game but I'll try March 8th, Ash Wednesday.

Excellent Post. Well Done. With regards to going everywhere fast, in Chance Encounter, I found that to often the bloody tanks bog down in the damp ground.

I’m like Boris, 2 years ago maybe more, looking through Avalon Hill Squad Leader stuff. When PanzerBlitz came out I thought that was just the ultimate game and it couldn’t get any better. Then Squad Leader came out. Ah, I thought, if only they could do this on the computer. Well, it’s been awhile, but I believe it’s almost here.

I think they called the A26 (A for Assault) the “Havoc” I just read in Aviation History that the BF109 was changed to the ME109 with the E version (nicknamed Emil by it’s pilots) after Willy Messerscmidt bought up all the stock of BFW (Bayerische Flugzeugwerke Allgemeine Gesellschaft). The Me109E-1 came out in early 1939. The ME109F went into production in January of ’41. The G series which came out in the summer of’42 was the most numerous. Didn’t they call the P-47 Thunderbolt the “Jug” because it looked like a Milk Jug lying on it’s side? I know the Germans had a nickname for the P38 wasn’t it the Fork Tailed Devil or something like that?

Sorry that last post was a cut and paste error. What it should have said was: One of the best Airborne books I've read is "Night Drop, The American Airborne Invasion Of Normandy" By S.L.A Marshall. Marshall was an official historian for the Army and "collected information on this book by direct interviews with the men in the field within days after the action took place June 1944." Marshall was an official historian for the Army in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. Although his books aren't easy to find, I would highly recommend any of his books to get feel for the real face of battle.

By S.L.A Marshall. Marshall was an official historian for the Army and "collected information on this book by direct interviews with the men in the field within days after the action took place June 1944." Marshall was an official historian for the Army in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. Although his books aren't easy to find, I would highly recommend any of his books to get feel for the real face of battle.

I'm 43. I've been playing war games since '67. Does anybody remember "Blitzkrieg' with Big Red playing against Great Blue. One of the tactical features was the "Great Sandy Kofax Desert".

Speaking of controlling flags, I’ve played both sides at the same time using the HotSeat in Chance Encounter just to be able to see what the other guy can see. I’ve found that when the U.S. is in the woods approaching the crest of the “Ridge” I see the Victory flag as an American Flag but the next German turn, the Germans while waiting at the top of the Ridge, still see it as the German Flag. This can happen for a few turns, the U.S. sees it as U.S. the Germans see it as German. If the game ended like this would it be a tie? Has anybody else noticed this?

One of my favorites: "It Never Snows in September" The the German View of Market-Garden and the Battle of Arnhem, September 1944 by Robert J. Kershaw. Finding books from the German point of view are hard to find.

Sorry I'm late Sarge, I had to look through some books to get ideas. Right now I'm reading "Drop Zone" Sicily by William Breuer it's short but excellent detail on the planning and execution. Before that I read another book by Breuer called "Operation Dragoon" which is the invasion of Southern France, which as it turns out was mostly an airborne operation. By the time the three landing divisions got into the fight Hitler already gave the order to evacuate France. "Night Drop" by S.L.A. Marshall, in my opinion, is about the best account of the Airborne Operation on D-Day. Is there any other aspect of the European Theater you like to read about? On the West Front there's the breakout, the drive to the Rhine, the closing battles. I was in the Air Force too. I was stationed in the Azores back in '76 and then Norton AFB in Southern California. Now that was good duty.

What Theater of Operations are you interested in?