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I had Rise of the Luftwaffe years ago. Great game, wish I still had it. It's essentially a card game, so no tactical map is used.

Can't wait! I have the Polish, French and early war German mods. Been waiting for the Pacific one to reappear. "And there was much rejoicing..."

Nah, I can't figure out how it's supposed to work.

I have to agree. I actually purchased CMBB first, when I saw the Special Edition version on sale for $19.99. I hadn't really paid too much attention to the Combat Mission games before, as I was under the impression that they were "real-time strategy" games. While I suppose there's nothing wrong with RTS, it's not one of my favorite genres. I bought CMBB anyway, due to the subject matter. I have some intrest in the Eastern Front, and thought the game would be an interesting diversion, if nothing else. Once I got it home and began reading the manual, I was stunned to find that the game was indeed a true wargame, not RTS. I was thrilled by the concept, having been a "traditional" wargamer for some 25 years. Finally, someone had gotten computer wargames right! Well, naturally once I learned this I had to go find a copy of CMBO. Since I got it about a month ago, it's nearly all I play. Yes, someday I'll get CMAK, and someday I'll go back to CMBB, but for now, CMBO is my favorite wargame.

Wow, that's outstanding! Unfortunately, I don't have CMAK yet, just CMBO and CMBB. I'm looking forward to trying it out when I do get CMAK, though. Good job!

The other day I was playing a QB allied assault. I had to get around this patch of woods that was full of Germans, so I started shelling it with 60mm mortars. All the sudden, the whole area burst into flame! It didn't exactly make me feel like a tactical genius, but it did make me laugh out loud watching all those Germans come running out of the forest fire. (I'm still new to the CM games and although I had read that fires can start when the conditions are right, this was the first time I'd seen it happen. It was quite a sight!)

Not yet, I'm still trying to figure it out too. I think it was originally designed as an aid to PBEM play.

I was surfing the web and came across this. I dunno if it works yet... http://home.worldnet.att.net/%7Ekyleneet/CMMovie/ CM: Movie Viewer

I just played an Axis Attack scenario vs the ai in which I was the Germans. The Russians had no fewer than 6 flamethrowers, all of which I managed to kill. The only one that had any significant effect was one that took a shot at my Pz II (it was a 1941 scenario), and caused the crew to bail out. I guess it got hot in there. Surprisingly, the crew continued to fight successfully on foot, and aided in taking one of the objective flags by the end of the game. So... my experience from this game is that flamethrowers are a high profile target. If you don't use them successfully the first time, you probably won't get a second.

Dave, I think your idea is pretty cool. Being able to watch an entire battle would be neat. That wouldn't be a hard feature to add, really. Just make it possible to save turns, then add some kind of player where you could load them for future viewing. Load all the turns from a battle one after the other, and play 'em. Maybe it's something thay could add to the new game engine.

Oops, nevermind. I found the .bmp's hiding in the BMP folder.

If it's true that the developers are primarily interested in armored combat and that the Pacific theatre is highly unlikely, I doubt theres much chance for Vietnam. Korea, on the other hand, would be very do-able.

Does anyone know where I can get an OD green uniform mod? The Khaki jacket/brown trousers is nice, but I'd like my Americans to be in OD green. Like this......

True enough. Nevertheless, it's sad.

Well, that's really very sad. I only recently learned about the CM games, and have really come to love them. I've been a wargamer for 25+ years, starting with board games, then evolving to miniatures games, but there have been so few good computer wargames. Especially now, the emphasis is on 1st person shooters and RTS, neither of which is a true wargame. CM games broke the computer wargame mold for me. They harken back to SSI's great wargames from the '80's like Kampfgruppe, Typhoon of Steel and Overrun. To have such a great game system (and an even better one in the works) and not use it to cover a full half of the worlds most important conflict for no better reason than "they have little intrest", is very sad indeed.

Wow, I'm astonished that no one has requested the most obvious and needed CM version.. WWII Asian and Pacific theater. Arab Israeli wars and cold war would be nice, but to skip over the entire Pacific theater would be a major shame. All Leathernecks, Chindits and Imperial Army Soldiers, voice your opinion! CM needs the Far East! Btw, couldn't they do the "Early War" era (Poland, France, 1939-1941) as an expansion pack to, say, CMAK?