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  1. I've played WWII miniatures for many years.

    FOW has done well due to a brilliant marketing campaign (credit where it is due) but there are many other sets of rules out there which in my opinion do a much better job at putting WWII on your tabletop.

    Which is why FoW is marketed as a GAME, not a SIMULATION.

    It gets historical results, even though the method and mechanics of getting those results is not as realistic as a simulation. FoW was never meant to be a simulation, and it doesn't try to be.

    FoW was also designed as a tournament-capable game system able of being played in 2-3 hours for a typical game.

    And most people know... FoW + TMP = disaster. The grogs on TMP hate FoW with a passion, because they are pure simulation players and cannot get their heads around the idea that FoW is a GAME.

  2. The CM1x series are the closest computer games to Flames of War you will ever find. The Close Combat series is not the same, but CM is. You can literally make your tabletop force in a CM scenario. And CM is a good map-making reference for the tabletop.

    Rob - old-time CM player and Flames of War playtester.

  3. I'm posting this question due to a problem my opponent is having in our PBEM game.

    I am having no problems viewing the movie turns, but when he views them, it jumps in 10 second intervals, so he misses a lot of critical activity.

    EDIT: After a search of the tech support forum, it appears it's most likely related to drivers, so I'll pass than on to my opponent and have him update them.

    [ July 26, 2006, 04:25 PM: Message edited by: Ellros ]

  4. Originally posted by Sir 37mm:

    </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Joe Shaw:

    /QUOTE]Stuka is like that ... he's a non-double blind gamey bastiche and no error.

    You MAY have been talking about someone else but Stuka's that way too.

    Which reminds me Joe … who is this Ellros (bold? Mangle?)?

    He/she is not mentioned in your website you see.

    I know your babble shouldn’t have reminded me of that… but it did… my mind, you see, moves in MYSTERIOUS ways… </font>

  5. Originally posted by f-bomb:

    i ran into a big problem while researching video cards. i discovered that my dell 4600 only has a 250w psu. ive heard that you can only put a dell psu into a dell and not a third party psu. is their any truth to this? if not, can anyone reccomend a psu that may fit my pc, or are they usually about the same size?

    Not sure about the Dell issue, but all the psu's I've used have been pretty much the same size (except my current one, but that's because it's part of the liquid cooling system I use now).
  6. All vehicles are hard-coded into the game. You cannot add any more unless you hack the code (which would be frowned on, even if you could). You'd then have to create the vehicle with wire-drawings, skins, etc.

    Pershings saw actual combat starting in March 1945. I take it you've never seen the film of a Pershing and Panther stalking each other in Cologne, Germany? Pretty common on various documentaries on the History Channel.

    [ June 26, 2006, 06:15 PM: Message edited by: Ellros ]

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