PanzerMiller

Back on topic...
 
I am amazed at the ways in which a digital wargame can bring so many people together over a common interest...people that are separated by such vast geographic distances.
 
Global concern over the current condition of Michael Emrys is case in point. 
 
Pretty cool, I say...

Outstanding experiment, MOS -- alot of information to digest here. And I'm with Lt. Bull in admitting that I'm learning alot about C2 when studying this thread!
 
And Bil: I suspect that adopting your suggested mode of play would be a fantastic watch for us AAR-viewers AND a brutal exercise in discipline for the actual players. Yes, Ian -- some kind of pre-determined force plan would need to be recorded and adhered to until the proper information is gathered through the proper C2 pathways. Yes, games played this way would unfold at a considerably slower -- and I suspect much more suspenseful -- pace.
 
I'm almost embarrassed to admit how carefully I've roamed the virtual battlefield in previous games, searching for the spot where those invisible mortars are most likely to be firing at me...I'm glad to know I'm not the only one doing this!!
 
And MOS: I assume you're conducting your experiment in Iron mode?
 
Great stuff everyone...

Yes, that would be an amazing thing to simulate.
 
Reminds me of the Band of Brothers episode during Market Garden ("Replacements"?) when Easy Coy identifies the Tiger(Jagdpanther?) lying in ambush next to a farmhouse and sends a runner back to the approaching British armored column to alert them. The lead tank commander, not seeing the German tank, replies with something like "Well, boy -- I can't fire on him if I can't bloody well see him, now can I??!!" As I'm sure you remember, he continues to blunder forward, sees the tank too late, and quickly burns.
 
Talk about two friendly units in the same C2 link!!

Ouch...that's a bit harsh, don't you think?
Yes, you acknowledge the "geekery" niche in which you seek greater realism, but...ouch. I think it's pretty darn amazing as it is now.

As the "PM" that JoMc67 refers to...
 
Truth be told, I personally prefer Bil's more analytical approach to putting together an AAR. That's just my own style. But I saw that you were going with a more narrative-based form of storytelling with your own AAR, so I went with it and made some suggestions for how I thought you could improve it. I think you've done a really great job of it, and am really enjoying the story -- and the battle -- as it unfolds. Well done!!
 
JoMc67 -- it was clear that Bud was going for a comic-style narrative from the beginning, and we here on the forum have been giving him some suggestions on how to improve on that style. Different strokes, y'know?