[Some Syrian music -to get you in the mood]

Hey Hans would a tad of Lebanese music be ok.

[England makes last payment on WW II Loan]

Well the mortgage is paid. Does Great Britian own itself now?

[Anyone here from the "south" of Sweden?]

Well on my mothers side of the family - they immigrated to the US from Denmark. Thats sort of Sweden "south" right? But live in San Francisco now.

[CMAK 1.02 possible bug!]

Tried to do a turn on a pbem game after upgrading to 1.02 and did my move portion of a pbem game but then the game launched into the action phase without allowing a save and after that took me to my opponents turn. Definitely broken.

[Question on frequency of CM Quick battle play]

Use to play QB's virtually every day. Lately do QB's a couple of times a week. Don't care for scenarios with a few specific exceptions.

[Inspired by the topic "Greatest Submachine gun of WWII"]

I don't know. What was the greatest tire in WWII?

[Five really bad ideas to ruin the next CMX2]

Some of these ideas don't sound so bad. More like reality.

[So how many of you are going to redo your CMBO scenarios in CMAK?]

Hans you should get to work on converting some of those CMBO scenarios. Haven't even tried in a long long time to play CMBO . Think I will give it a try in a few minutes just to remind myself what it looked like.

[How do most peolple play this game?]

I like IP but rarely do it. Usually its a great fight and a lot of fun. Playing against the AI is useful and good training ,but it does become somewhat predictable. Still fun though, especially if you give the AI some advantages to make your life on the battlefield more exciting. Do a lot of PBEM with my brother who although a better CM player than I am is defeated a fair amount of the time. Prefer QB's to most scenarios although I must admit that a good scenario can be superior to a QB.

[Our Military backgrounds]

1974-1977 Pirmasens Germany. Officers Club manager and some similiar jobs.

1977-1978 Ft. Bragg ,NC. Class I (Food) officer 1st Support Command

1979-1981 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Commissary (Food) Officer with operations in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and such.

1982-1984 Ft Lee ,Virginia. Commissary and subsistence course instructor and special staff officer to the commanding general.

1985-1986 Bayonne, New Jersey. Director of a subsistence buying, storing and shipping operation supporting Europe and many other areas.

1987-1988 Tegue, Korea. 19th Support Command, Food Advisor (dealing with dining facilities primarily).

1989-1994 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Instructor with the Command and General Staff College and Supply officer.

So 20 years in the US Army, Quartermaster Corps. Retired in 1994 as a Major, regular army.

[Lili Marlene CMAK Intro Music]

Visit this site for some interesting military music:

http://www.gridcogames.com/HOI%20Stuff/military_music.htm

[Lili Marlene CMAK Intro Music]

Visit this site for some interesting military music:

http://www.gridcogames.com/HOI%20Stuff/military_music.htm

[Merry Christmas]

Merry Christmas to all and wishing that everyone receives gift games as truly great (big time wish) as Combat Mission: Afrika Korps.

[Who's got all three CM's on their hard drive still?]

Still have all three in residence on my hard drive. Must say however, that CMBO has not gotten much play in recent times.

[A 7th armoured link of some interest.]

Interesting site.

[CMBB-SE...nice job!]

Sounds like a good product for many gamers.

[Description of SCW armour - for those who like early armour]

Good reading on the AFV's in Spain. I shall have to try out some of the SCW scenarios.

[Does size count?]

I also prefer the smaller battles. Having a large map for moving on is fine but having too many units becomes "work".

[Help needed on French OOB of Djibouti in 1940-41]

Huh?

[What games do you play besides Combat Misson?]

CMBB is my favorite game but do like to play others just for variety. Especially like to do PBEM games. Currently playing these other games:

Space Empires IV gold

Civilization III -Play the World

Medieval Total War - Viking Invasion

Uncommon Valor

Hearts of Iron

I also like the following games but have not played them much lately:

Master of Orion II - forget MOO III

Europa Universallis II

Star Wars Rebellion

Age of Wonders II

Empire Deluxe

[I met a T-34 driver, still alive and very talkative]

Thanks Hans, yes I had meant to ask where he was currently living but somehow the word "where" did not make it into the sentence. The restaurant story is also quite interesting.

[I met a T-34 driver, still alive and very talkative]

Hey Hans, very interesting story. That restaurant in France that he worked in is one of the very best. Does he live now?

[recommended ideas for CM3 fords and bridges]

Sounds interesting and much more realistic to me. Too bad items such as pontoon bridges and such are not included in Cmbb.

[Changes I DON'T want in the next CM]

Reference the Hindi music option. I must say I would favor the inclusion of such an enjoyable option in the next CMBB patch. Even better would be an Arabic music option as I find Arabic music quite soothing.

[Bridge suggestion for CMIII and bridge grog question]

What about trying some rocks at one or both ends of the bridge - it could represent damage to the road and or bridge and would prevent vehicles crossing but the inf could press on.