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Is it possible to play head to head by TCP/IP using an ethernet crossover cable as a link between two computers in the same room? I was going to try this over the holiday and wanted to see if anyone had had any success playing in this fashion. It would sure beat playing hot seat style and is a lot cheaper and easier than setting up a LAN with a router, especially since there are only two computers involved.

I remember seeing somewhere that someone had recreated maps for CM from the old Squad Leader scenarios. Being an old Squad Leader player I wanted to revisit some of those scenarios. I recently tried finding these maps but didn't have much luck. A web search came up with nothing and the link from the CM HQ links page is now dead. Anyone know if maps/scenarios for the original Squad Leader scenarios are available? Alan

I did a search on this forum for this question and actually got a hit but the link listed in the topic is now dead. Here is the old link: www.combatmissions.co.uk/bmplist.htm Anyone know where I can get this list now?? Thanks, Alan

I remember seeing somewhere (manual??) that selecting a force size in a QB determines the number of points given to the defender in that battle. Is that correct? If so then what does the attacker get? I am assuming that this is dependent on whether you select "Attack" or "Assault" etc. for the battle type. I'm sure this has been discussed lots in the past but there is a 2nd part tie-in to this question. I usually play 1000-3000 pt battles on small maps just due to time constraints but was recently thinking about the historical accuracy of the available force size/map size values that are available to us. Do the point values/map sizes available to us have any historical underpinning to them at all or are they simply more gamey in nature (number of units on a given size map that the program running on an average computer can handle type thing)? What would you say the average size encounter was in WWII? And what would that be in terms of force size and map size in the game?

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Peaveyyyyyyyy: I can't say I've bothered to check the figures or run any tests, but the above posts might be ignoring something: Surely, in addition to ROF and scatter, we should consider the increased effect of the larger cal stuff. I'm guessing here, but surely these puppies get a lot of 4:1 oddds happeneing when they make contact with the soft infantrymen. You can get a direct hit on a squad with an 81mm mortar, and it might kill 1 or 2, or just make them cower for a bit. Hit 'em with 150mm and you'll panic the squad, possibly rout it, in addition to the casualties (which may indeed be proportionate to the blast). Also, big blatters are MUCH more effective demolishing buildings. (They take less time)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I have to agree with this. I started doing some experimenting along these lines recently. While 105's and 150's have more shells, the effect per turn on the enemy is much greater for the larger guns. Units get suppressed 50 meters or so away when you call in the big guys and one shell can take out whole squads with a good hit and route/break units with a close hit. This just doesn't happen with the 105's or even the 150's to the same degree. This all started when I was given an 8 in. gun spotter in a QB. I thought I got screwed at first due to the low number of shells but then I saw what that baby could do! I was defending a flag with a rag-tag group of partial units and managed to get the spotter in place just as the biggest wave of Germans moved in to storm the position. I thought I was going to loose the flag for sure but then the shells started falling. I had just lost my forward defense (a partial platoon) to close assault by about 7 squads plus support (HQ and MGs). The Germans were all in a wooded region (2 tiles) when ONE treeburst from the 8 in. gun hit the area and killed everyone in the area! That was about a company of Germans! Unfortunately, there were other Germans in the area that were hell bent on taking that flag but the 8 in. shells landing in the area completely suppressed their assault. After a couple turns of shelling all Germans in the assault (several hundred meter wide front contining several companies of men) were running for their lives. Gotta love those big guns!!!!!!! Alan