samurai man

Overall game, strong YES. I am currently into the second battle of the campaign, quite good. Quick battles, no. Need bigger maps, more troop and map import options for creating battles.

I just want to add my two cents. First, this is a great game - awsome in fact. As I prefer WWII scenarios, I did not expect to enjoy this game but after trying the demo I knew I had to buy it and am happy I did so. The scenarios are excellent - and lot's of fun. I realy enjoyed Factory Outlet. Graphics, scenery, and effects are great. Playability, strategy and tactics also good. Improvements? Bigger maps!!! It seems the largest possible map has gotten smaller since CMAK/BB rather than larger. This means my Abrams can cross the largest map in just a couple of turns, thus limiting playability in my view. Next, gone is the ability to save a map and troops at the end of a battle and import them into another battle with the same battle-worn map and troops. Thus what I'd like is to be able to take a scenario like Factory Outlet and expand the map size - say as big as possible (multiple kilometers, 6x4 in CMBB), play the battle, and then load the map and troops into a second battle featuring a Syrian counter attack - for example. So I hope you will expand map size, and map/troop import features. Thanks.

I'd happily pay $50-$100 for a CMAK upgrade to ETO with king tigers, M36 jacksons, etc, larger maps, follow the leader command.

Well, I'd still be happy with an upgraded CMBO but I know we've been over that before.

McAulife, regarding Pied Peiper, I started a game against a friend and made it only into the second battle before his computer crashed. I've revised the OP somewhat and will propably give it another go sometime. I'm frustrated with the reinforcements - that it's a painstaking task to place them all and they can only be placed behind the AI - designated frontline. I look forward to seeing your new maps.

Come to think of it, Richie's maps ain't so bad either.

My vote would be for McAuliffe... His Ardenne's map work is some of the best you'll find IMO! </font>

Also, anyone familiar with this Paperless Campaign Tool (PCT) here: http://www.pyes-ct.de/cm.html

Anyone who likes making maps want to make the giant map of the Stavelot - Trois Ponts - La Gleize - Stoumont - Targnon - Oufni area in Mapping Mission?

Bravo McAuliffe. So I'm gathering that such software tools don't already exist? I believe I read somewhere in these forums of some campaign tools made for CMBB (besides Battlefront's CMC currently in design), I don't know about CMAK. So if one were to make a gigantic map in Mapping Mission (MM) of the Ambleve area - Stavelot to Trois Ponts to Stoumont Station to Oufni etc... Could one currently track a campaign - importing the appropriate map sections from MM as the campaign warrents? Or would such a thing still require new software? Ops are limmited to 4 X 8km maps and basically East/West confrontation - while a campaign can have a whole battlegroup advancing 15k then getting cut off and attacked from all sides, etc... [ February 22, 2006, 09:39 AM: Message edited by: samurai man ]

I've read about making the maps but is there a way to string them into a campaign? For example - playing a battle say in Stavelot and then transfering the surviving German units onto the next battle map say Trois Ponts - and then being able to go back to the same Stavelot map with battle damage for US counterattacks against German reinforcements from different directions???

I understand that with Mapping Mission it's possible to make huge maps - up to 20k by 20k - which can be broken down into smaller battle maps - say 3k by 3k for importation into the CMBB editor. I'm familiar with Pyewacket's Map Converter to bring CMBB maps into CMAK. My question: are there tools available to build an Ardennes campaign in CMAK using a huge map in Mapping Mission to piece together a series of continuous battles like an operation - say following KG Peiper for several days - from taking the Stavelot bridge to Stoumont Station to the US counterattacks and ultimate defeat of KG Peiper? OR would such a thing only be possible in CMBB pending CM Campaigns?

That's true and I'm not trying to minimize the Iranian statement, but Robertson's is reflected by many in the current Administration which alledgedly backed the failed coup against Chavez a couple years ago. A lot of oil and politics here - that's one reason why I prefer WWII ETO gaming - it's easy to view it as simple good vs. evil and we know the good guys won.

Saying Israel should be "wiped of the map" is not a threat of war but a statement of opinion (reckless and inflamatory it may be)- like Pat Robertson saying Chavez should be assassinated. Notice many Jews share Ahmadinejad's opinion at least according to these guys: http://www.jewsagainstzionism.com/ In any case Iran had a democratically elected government overthrown by the CIA in the 1950s and suffered a brutal 10 year war after Saddam invaded in the 1980s - backed by the CIA - so the idea of desiring nukes when their neighbor Israel has them and almost 200,000 US/UK troops surround them on 2 borders is not entirely without understanding. Though we are getting political now.

My apologies but we ronin samurai are known to be a stubborn lot. I've not had time to read the threads, but if my points are already addressed I'm glad.