Heibis

Now if you look at the http://www.chez.com/barbarossa/his2.html , that's a real story for you all! Jens

Many good suggestions here, I will add one missing: In Stalingrad, the Soviets employed the tactic of staying so close to the enemy that he could not use massed arillery for fear of hitting his own. In wooded or urban environment this tactic will work very well in CMBO. If hit by big artillery, I will sometimes close with the enemy instead of retreating. Works really good if you are using the gamey SMG-squads or Allied paras. Just my 2 European cents, Jens

Well I guess Fate at least gets to play the whole game against me. I have not received any files from Ghost Dog in our game. So Fate will have to start our game as German. Thanks, Treeburst, for acting on this case. I am really looking forwad to the last scenario. Jens

CG, you should listen to the good fellas at this board. We have been reading and posting here since early 1999, so we feel like we own the board. Of course, you have every right to post what you like, but be prepared to be soundly bashed for it I have often felt the need to post something myself to shut someones stupid mouth up, but have never done that. I suggest you follow the same principle. Do not post unless you really feel strongly about something. Political opinions are best reserved for the general forum, anyway... Jens

I have not received any word from the Ghost myself, one can only wonder what he's up to. However, I think we should give him the benefit of doubt for a week or so, christmas is coming up and all... Jens

Well, I have yet to hear from Ghost Dog. Guess he prefer to take on the easier players first! Jens

Sorry, you cannot have maps loaded in a QB. However, you can make a scenario with your map of choice. Problem is that you will know your opponents force selection. Unless you have a third person setting up the scenario, of course... Jens

Mind you, this thing happened to me last night as well. My platoon had just about surrounded a lone enemy squad but refused to open fire. The enemy squad killed a few of my men while my wussy troopers just took cover for the whole turn. Next turn, I gave all units a target order and the enemy squad evaporated in a mere seconds... BTS, fix it or do somefink! Jens

Heibis reporting: I have now finished three games, only one is currently in progress. It bothers me that the last game is yet to start. I urge you, cowardly swede, to send your setup ASAP! Anyway, I would really like to have a look at the map and units a few weeks myself before starting the game. Or could it be that my opponent is scared? Jens

Thank you for your input, I have very little experience using heavy artillery. Berli, if you are right, my spotter did a wonderful job saving valuable rounds. And that is a good testimoy as to how good the CM engine is. Jens

Well I did not target a building, that's for sure. If the battery is supposed to have 6 guns, then I guess this is just a case of slow reload. Damn, I thought the AI did something really smart here... Jens

In a battle fought last night against the AI, I had some elite SS troops, one of which was a 240mm arty spotter. This spotter had only 8 rounds of ammo. Now here's the story: After finding a really juicy target, I let the rounds fall. In just 20 secs. the spotter dropped 6 rounds on target, silencing all enemy activity. But the last two rounds just didn't fall. I waited and waited a whole minute, but appearently the spotter decided it was no use dropping the last two rounds! Any thought on this? Can the tac-AI cancel an ordered arty barrage, or is the 240mm just a slow reload? Anyway, I was very happy to save the rest of my precious ammo. Jens

As a true Norwegian, I will be happy to accept this challenge by my fellow norsemen BTW, should it not be a Nordic Championship (Scandinavia is just Norway, Sweden and Denmark, IIRC)? Thanks for the invitation, hope for some good gaming in the cold wintermonths. Cheers, Jens

Thanks Snake Eyes, I have this thing for big guns, wonder why. Could be the old PE... :eek: Jens

The Gamer's "Black Wednesday" is actually one of my old favorite boardgames. It has 2 1/2 divisions of the Red army (+ armour support) attack one regiment of the Blue Division (250th div official designation). Mind you; the initial defenders vaporated in their trenches by a prep fire lasting 3 hours, consisting of approx 12 battalions of heavy arty. The see-saw fighing for the village of Krasni Bor later on would probably make for a better CM scenario / operation... Regards, Jens