Patrocles

I, too, have an unreviewed CMBB Battle at The Scenario Depot. You can find it using the title "Assault Guns Forward!" It takes place in a Soviet armor attack set in July 1941.

Thanks for the info! I emailed the battle to The Scenario Depot at the same time (~Dec. 12) but it hasn't been posted as of this morning. Once I hear or see that the Battle is posted at TSD I will remove the link. -Patrick

Ha! I figured out how to link my battle at The Proving Grounds to the The Scenario Depot site! The CMBB battle is titled: Assault Guns Forward! http://www.dragonlair.net/combatmission/ Thanks for the review GJK! I appreciate your time and words. [ December 15, 2003, 08:25 PM: Message edited by: Patrocles ]

Wow! I like the idea of a discussion thread at TPG for submitted battles. I will make changes once a few recommendation are given and then repost to TPG and SD (assuming I can overwrite my previous version...is that possible at TPG and SD?)

Thanks for the info!

I submitted my first battle design titled "Assault Guns Forward!" to The Proving Grounds and The Scenario Depot. I couldn't find a spot on the submission form for uploading my battle to teh scenario depot(did I miss something?)...so I ended up emailing the site and including my battle as an attachment. A colleague and I playtested the battle and had some fun matches! However, we are both 'conscript level' CMBB players so I'm sure we are not utilizing optimum tactics. Try it out and let me know what you think!

Your idea sounds brilliant!

I had the Panzer IV tank area fire at soviet icon (behind a stone wall) in hopes of suppressing the once visible soviet squad. During the turn the Squad reappeared about 50m behind the wall and was seen to retreat. My Panzer IV continued to area fire at my original designated point. I read in the book that the Area Fire can suppress units over a larger area and I assume this is what the tank was doing to the soviet squad. But it would have been nice if the Panzer IV switched back to direct fire at the retreating soviet squad in the hope of inflicting casaulties. Is there any way to have a tank "monitor" a target even when it disappears and reappears? Is this idea too powerful (all-knowing player stuff)?

Good point! The last serious wargame I played was the Advanced Squad Leader. I got used to merely looking at the scenario OOB to determine what forces I was up against...guess I need a bit of weaning from that aspect! (Though I did manage to wrangle two ASL friends for a few games of Double-blind ASL! what a blast.) I recall looking at some army manuals with examples of briefings for battle planning. These enemy intel straddled the line well usually saying, "expect 2-3 platoons of heavy enemy armor supported by engineers at company strength..." etc.

Good question! I'm having a go at my first battle designs and it depends on the particular battle how much intel I will give the two sides. I would be curious to know what other people do with this part of the battle design.

The Proving Grounds sounds Amazing and intimidating! I'll drop them off as soon as I think they are done! Thanks for the info.

Page 162 of the CMBB manual - SHIFT is the key Martin KEWL! Man, didn't even see that! Did I tell you i'm a daft bloke?...oh yes, I did tell you! [ October 20, 2003, 04:32 PM: Message edited by: Patrocles ]

I'm having a go at designing battles for CMBB. When I reduce the width of a map it always deletes from the "east" portion. Is there anyway to delete the "west" portion instead of the "east." I looked through the manual but the answer escapes this daft bloke! Thanks.

I was thinking the same thing when I read the archive posted by Winecape!

That would explain why so few survived. Did the filmmakers cover this in the documentary?

From the Wargamer site In Stores : November Release for Afrika Korps Likely Posted by Chris 'Pie4Foo' Abele @ 17:27 Indirect comments from both CDV and Battlefront indicate a November release is likely for both US and European customers. Gaming news site Blue's News highlighted a posting from a CDV representative revealing the German publisher's plans to release Combat Mission: Afrika Korps (after action review) to Europe in late November. CDV owns the rights to publish Battlefront.com's titles in the European market, including the Combat Mission series of 3D, turn-based World War II wargames. In addition to this revelation, Battlefront seems to be hinting at its plans to release Afrika Korps in North America on or around November 15th. As part of their announcement of a new Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord and Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin combo pack earlier this week, Battlefront revealed a new combo pack would become available on November 15th containing both Barborossa to Berlin and Afrika Korps. To date, Afrika Korps has not yet gone on sale but will likely only be available to North American customers via web orders through Battlefront.com.

thanks for the info! This documentary sounds worthy of viewing. I, too, am surprised by the comment about the Germans who comment on the decent treatment they received as POWs. I thought I read somewhere that out of ~150,000 prisoners only a small fraction ~5000 survived the POW camps. Does anyone know anything about this?

Hear hear!! I, too, prefer the small battles (low unit numbers)! I appreciate the points being listed on the CMBB battles. Thanks for the info.

From a bloke with not too much time on his hands for CM in general I would love to see low unit density battles. Other than that anything goes!

Nice article! A few maps would have helped me understand the situation better. Was the British attack at El Alamein Montgomery's plan? IIRC someone on this forum said the plan was forumulated by the previous general and that Montgomery merely put his "stamp of approval" on it. Is this true?

Great thread title! There is no debate, no debate, no debate!

Yeah, this game does have some micro-management. Check out Steiner14's post. A lot of interesting comments on SOPs for units! http://www.battlefront.com/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=23;t=008342

Out of extreme curiousity...what is the problem with the poster? His advice doesn't seem any better or worse than most general tactic postings please tell us!

If this is your WORST mistake in CMBB you must have been born with a copy of an army tactical instruction manual! WTG

yet another heard from National Guard: "suppressive fire never suppresses the enemy"