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Now that brings back memories of the New Orleans mardi gras I visited many moons ago. I never realised that beads were such an excellent currency

I am glad to see there are still WEGO fans like me out there, it definitely bring out everything good about the game for me, plan -> execute -> review. Real time i can just about cope with for small battles but wego is the future

This has all the makings of a bloodbath!! Can't wait to see what you are up against.

Great tip

"On Christmas Eve, the Allies experienced the first ever attack by jet bombers. Sixteen German Me-262’s attacked rail yards in an attempt to upset the ability of the Allies to supply themselves." Looks like they were in the air but not used in close air support.

I like the sound of that, dispite the fact that we would not see it and I can't remember ever playing a game on the western front with Axis air support - it would still be a nice addition.

Steve, always interesting to see how some of the game mechanics work in the game. I wonder if some of these explanations/game mechanic insights should be added to the manual or held somewhere as a bring up guide for newbies. The learning curve is steep so might stop some of the early frustrations of "why did that happen", "why does that not work".

I seem to recall when this was discussed a long time a go, that the mg fire rate/effectiveness was reduced slightly to simulate the occasional jams that would happen over the course of a battle. I would prefer to have the gun stop occasionally but I think this was the work around.

I think Steve has confirmed that the price will be the same as previous CM titles $55.

Fallout 4 is a classic, I have high hopes for XCOM2 so add the battlepack into the mix - roll on Feb.

A nice little teaser for CM Final Blitzkrieg: a Jadgtiger with the barrel of a Sturmtiger in the foreground.

Thats great news, sounds close (barring any gremlins being found at the last minute)!!

Asked my son if he would rather go to see star wars or tanks this weekend. He chose tanks so we are off to Bovington tank museum - result!!

Any news JonS, are we close?

My sixth sense is telling me the scenario pack is coming out today (that was always planned before CMFB)

I Loved this feature, but it does not sound like it will ever make a comeback. Gun jamming is the other feature i miss.

End of the battle already, must mean the game is ready to release

Well done an interesting battle, I was surprised by both sides troop choices (I thought you would be more mobile and Bill less so).

I think with this game series there is an element of supporting its future by buying the latest release, as it helps to fund future development work, and we know that there are a lot of new features the team want to add to the game. The short term view is quite acceptable "don't buy the game as it is not delivering what i want" or there is the longer term view "buy the game as it secures the future game development work for the next releases" (and will be plenty to enjoy with the new Battle of the Buldge environment, maps, campaigns and units while you are waiting)

Yes i jst re-watched the video, the JT took the best part of 30 secs between shots so 2 round per min looks about right. (This is painfully slow to me, especially when you have a target there right in your sights)!! The 10 - 15 mins is just unbelieveable some of my battles do not last that long

That seems very fast, i remember on Chris' Youtube demo of the JT it seemed painfully slow to reload. Maybe experience is a factor or the time has changed in the game for the JT to reload since the clip was made, but i would still expect it to be longer than that! If this is as fast as 14 secs you are right to pull back, however if it is longer i would say charge, now you know he cannot fire back and flank him.

For those struggling with slow frame rates, it is work checking out some of the old tech support posts about NVIDIA cards. I changed some settings in the NVIDIA control panel specifically for CMBN and it made a world of difference. It was a long time ago now but there are instructions out there.

Great to see they are still in use after all these years. http://www.janes.com/article/56911/paraguay-keeping-m3-stuart-m4-sherman-tanks-in-service?utm_campaign=%5bPMP%5d_PC5308_J360%2030.12.15_KV_Deployment&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua

I have not played BN for ages, send me a mail if you are up for starting another game