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  1. So... Not knowing the personalities, I have no idea if this is serious or not.
  2. I'm deployed but am on my way home. Most gaming websites are blocked and I haven't been able to access battlefront.com for nine months. One site I just read hinted at a new SC in the works. Any truth to that?
  3. BRO, JD

    Pbem Cmb

    Looking for just about anything. I'm fairly new to CMBN so I'm easy pickings. Just send me a PM -- hopefully I'll check every couple of days.
  4. I'm still fairly new at the game and am having the biggest problem attacking with my infantry. The squads don't have the firepower to fight defending forces, especially MGs. So of course I need to use my own .30 cal MGs and 60mm mortars. But with the short sighting distances on the most of the battlefields, I have a hard time keeping the MGs and mortars close enough to use, but far enough back to stay safe. And I'm also struggling figuring out how to keep the mortars under command and control with the radios -- where should my PL be?
  5. A bit better tonight -- after daydreaming about this scenario through training today. Went very slow and deliberate. A lot of massed firepower; not much fire and maneuver. I basically lined my two platoons up on the first bocage line, poured some fire on the Ostrfronttruppen, and then moved one platoon up through the farm. My Shermans sat in the back and took potshots when they could see, but they didn't provide much. I did take a lot of casualties -- most to artillery. And even though I killed all of the baddies in the farm and occupied it at the end (or at least had a unit inside the hedges there -- maybe that was the problem), the scenario didn't give me credit at the end for holding it.
  6. Any suggestions? Or am I just in over my head? I think I'm using most of my capabilities (even popped some smoke). The AT guns keep knocking out my Shermans and I can't maneuver my infantry close enough to support without them getting pinned down and wiped out. And I did play the old CM games (BO, BB, and AK), so I've got some feel of the usual tactics.
  7. Any chance of a demo being released soon?
  8. Any possible release dates? I need to know when to let my World of Warcraft subscription lapse so I can concentrate on a real game!
  9. It's early 2009. Any dates for a demo or release for those of us dying to try this one out?
  10. What difficulty levels would you recommend to make things even in a PBEM game against a novice (about a half-dozen SC games) and a complete beginner?
  11. Zukkov and Scarhead--Thanks, I think I'm tracking now. I'll give it a try when I get some free time, but since my wife is home from work now...
  12. Do I also use BiltAid to create the first battle? Then just add those forces at the bottom to my Battle Group?
  13. The BCR looks great--a great way to get a better feel for the whole campaign and to give you more of an incentive to preserve your forces instead of making last-ditch suicide attacks as the time runs out on a normal scenario. But I haven't gotten started yet. I keep thinking that I have a grasp of the paper rules, even though I'm using BiltAid. Still, every time I try to start a battle, I hit another stumbling block that gives me a headache and tells me it's time to go to bed instead. A few questions: 1) BiltAid rolled up an INFANTRY force mix battle for me. But if I enter that into the QB, I won't be allowed to purchase my organic 3 tanks, right? How do I handle that? 2) Latest battle was a 700-point Axis Assault. However, there weren't enough points included for me to buy my 3 organic tanks. Do I fight sans my Panzer II? 3) One time I rolled up a SECURITY division. No Aussklarung infantry company (isn't that the one I'm supposed to use?). What to do? 4) Hungarian, Romanian, Italian forces? Will I be able to keep my regular inf. company, three tanks, etc., if play a battle as those forces? How does that work? Thanks for any help. I've read the rules and these posts, but am probably overlooking a lot of this.
  14. "Forgotten Soldier" is an unforgettable book, but many scholars out there don't believe that "Guy Sajer" was actually an Eastern Front veteran. This book is probably, at best, quasi-autobiographical. "When Titans Clashed" is by David Glantz, the current preeminent western historian of the Eastern Front.
  15. Where is this FAQ? I can't seem to find it. Thanks!
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