Firefly

I bow to Mr Picky . Thanks, for the info John, I didn't realise that all British Tanks had an 'A' designation.

Don't be be silly it's a Yeknod, he did volunteer after all. I always wondered what you looked like, though, Michael.

Yes, that's right, early war British doctrine divided tanks into cruisers (the A series) and infantry tanks (Matildas, Valentines and Churchills). The cruisers were supposed to engage enemy armour and were deemed to require speed and at first weren't equiped with HE rounds, whereas the infantry tanks only needed to keep up with the PBI, so speed wasn't important. The British employed Lees (Grants), Honeys (Stuarts) and Shermans as cruisers. One person who didn't underestimate the Lees was Rommel, who described the first encounter with them as 'an unpleasant surprise'.

Oh, I read it enough to know the Justicar is going to have you up for soliciting again.

In honour of the gallant Aussie defenders of Tobruk, control of the board is being given to Mace, Noba, Speedy and Stuka. The Four Horsemen of the Eucalyptus.

That might be your tradition, mine is to play the first scenario on the list. QBs against the AI are for wimps .

As I understand it, there will be a European version published by CDV, available in shops, but this time there will be no ban on Europeans ordering direct from BFC or US shops importing the CDV version. I'm sure Moon will put me right if I've got it wrong . [ October 11, 2003, 05:39 AM: Message edited by: Firefly ]

Most of the scenarios give recommendations about which way to play, vs. the AI or two player, in the initial briefing.

That's probably why I like it. I want tanks like the ones I drew during double Latin.

That's probably why I like it. I want tanks like the ones I drew during double Latin.

No problem Dave, I always crave flattery.

Unlike the modest 11,000 plus guys, eh Michael .

Erm you can click on your own profile you know, it's the first icon above one of your posts.

COG, the number of posts is in your profile, you've currently got 458. The problem with making it more apparent is that you get idiots posting tripe just to up their score. The idiots on this board are quite capable of posting tripe without any incentive.

An old college friend, Peng? </font>

I've got used to people using 'RTS' to describe any game that uses a real-time system, I suppose it was only a matter of time before it was applied to any gsme that could be loosely described as a 'stategy' game.

Leave my private life out of this .

Are you by any chance referring to Sgt Fury and His Howling Commandos? </font>

Bah! I had nothing to do with that. Who is William Amos? </font>

You don't understand how it works do you? The minimum requirement will be the video card that came out two weeks after you'd bought a new one.

You don't understand how it works do you? The minimum requirement will be the video card that came out two weeks after you'd bought a new one.

It's certainly a bad week for the BFC forums, first we lose the unnamed one and now I find that william amos is leaving for similar reasons. Mark my words, future historians will look back on this week as the start of the end times. BTW Seanachai, did you get that set-up I sent? We'd better get a move on, what with the Apocalypse being just around the corner and all. Unless you're hoping that the Four Horsemen will take pity and stay their hand until we're finished. [ October 07, 2003, 01:03 AM: Message edited by: Firefly ]

Well they are selling CMBO as this link shows. While they don't actually claim that they developed the game, they don't mention BFC/BTS either. It could be a deal that BFC set up to distribute the reduced price version of CMBO in Australia, but I'm surprised that there was no announcement about it, unless I missed it.

Well Kafka and Sassoon, along with Owen, Graves and Remarque, accurately reflected the feelings of the troops at the front toward their senior commanders. Keegan in The Mask of Command argues that the Chateau General mentality was a least a contributory factor to the mutinies that all armies (apart from the US) in the war suffered from and makes the point that many of the senior commanders of WW2, themselves junior officers in WW1, actively rejected it. 'No more Sommes' was virtually a mantra in the British senior command in WW2. Carlo D'Este tells the story of how an American officer, involved in the planning of D-Day and exasperated by what he saw as British intransigence was told by a British colleague 'It's not just British intransigence you're up against, it's also the ghosts of the Somme' (quoted from memory, so probably not word perfect).