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This is the story of my next door neighbor's kid. Saturday we had a baby shower for my neighbor on the opposite side who just adopted their third child from some lousy drug addict mother who can't seem to remember to use birth control. Emmanuel came walking into the party as if he has had the use of his legs all along. Seeing what this poor kid and his parents have gone though and knowing the progress he has made gave me a better appreciation of costs and benefits.

Okay fair enough. The writing style just grates on me, what can I say. I have seen enough of it that I can't help the gut reaction. Yes it is purely subjective and isn't contributing much if anything, but when I see stuff like that I tend to pass it off as fluff. Unless of course it is St Crispin's Day, then I can't get enough of it.

Okay now that I'd have to go with too.

Depends on the scenario created and the victory conditions set. I do enjoy playing the underdog. I am sure within the overall campaign there has to be some decent last ditch covering force actions that would make an interesting fight. After all, if you look at it only from the big picture you could say - who wants to play the Germans? They take on the countries with the biggest navies and armies with production facilities outside their reach while their own are pummeled by a Bomber armada and have no chance of winning whatsoever. If you check out some of the matrix forums on War in the East, the subject does come up from time to time. (at least it used to, I haven't touched the game now since CMFI came out,- not enough time) The battles are only interesting for a German player until mid to late 1943 and then they fight a losing campaign to stave off the Red Army... being the German player is fraught with issues about knowing you will lose eventually no matter what you do. Getting a German player to continue past the point where they have any offensive capability used to be a problem. From a CM perspective however, we'd fight the war until the fall of Berlin and undoubtedly we will have a scenario on it.

Okay one more time, yes I own the book, I own both the books. (I'll admit I got the second one first as I was more interested in the Bulge fighting at the time I was reading it). I get that there is a quote, I also get that these were young kids indoctrinated in Nazi ideology and their propensity to spout the party line at their faith in their leadership and their cause was absolute. However I take it as a lot of pure idol worship BS that these young men were spouting right before they had their lives thrown away in a meatgrinder of a battle for probably one of the worst causes to fight for in history.

Actually yes, I do have a decent library, but wouldn't really consider myself a grog. I was reacting more to the actual quote not so much as to whether it really reflected on the unit itself. It just comes off as this superficial "we are all comrades" that you get in a lot of "party" publications. I've read enough stuff of similar tone that I have a hard time swallowing it.

when I have seen this it is generally because the AS itself is not in LOS/LOF of the gun, but the infantry unit is once spotted (usually standing but sometimes kneeling). So the tile can not be fired at.

nice work umlaut. I agree, we do need some more really nice urban maps. The amount of work is pretty intensive as flavor objects are hard to manipulate in the confined space. I have some of my own I am working on that may be out around the same time as yours. Now you just need to bash up that town a bit. It is too pristine.

Never thought to hear myself say it, but now you have me curious. Lord knows when I'll ever get to Edinburgh, but if I do...

Honestly, change the names and the timing and it sounds like some propaganda from the Chinese Communist party of Mao during the long march. The reality is the old goat was probably assaulting some farmer's daughter and eating all the poor guys food while his soldiers marched and starved.

One of my buddies is Argentinian. He would stop inviting me over if I get too picky and he grills like nobody I have ever known. Good times sitting around his place near Napa with a bottle of wine from some local winery grilling skirt steak and eating it right off the grill as we stand around talking shop or sailing. Most of the organ meats (or sweetmeats I guess they are called) are not particularly to my liking, but I do like liverwurst and fish liver (kimo in Japanese). An kimo is Monkfish and you will typically see it on your local sushi place menu, Kinky no Kimo though is much better and pretty much impossible to get in the states. Tastes like cheddar. My wife is teaching me to be a little less picky as well, but yeah Americans are generally funny about meats, but it is by no means uniform. Lots and lots of cultural variations.

hmm time to go to some other thread...any other thread. I think there is one by Martha Stewart on how to make a proper combined arms assault. Think I'll stroll over there. It's a good thing.

Just so long as it is Emry's house you are referring to and not mine.

Hey, I started this with beef cheeks, it isn't a left ponder problem. Just the squeamish.

Night or day, he's flagged. Sorry buddy, who is your designated driver? We are taking your keys. If you have no driver, we'll call you a cab. You are a Cab, now get the hell outta my bar.

I can't say I have ever seen it actually injure, but it definitely suppresses. Any infantry exposed is usually easy pickings for the assault team. I just had a small team do this, when they entered the structure, one guy resisted and they shot him, the others surrendered.

yeah that is really the preferred method. Make your own door.

4 weeks for chicken wings, and you have to pre-order? Hell with the barmaid, I'd get surly waiting that long.. oh sorry, that OTHER topic.

Somewhere there is a DAR going on we were here to discuss...oh wait some numbnuts authorized Bil's vacation.

Correction - sounds good for map design. You can apply that for Scenario or QB maps. Scenario design is a whole other headache.

geez, stop tossing chicken bones at the barmaid. The proper method is to ASK for another order of chicken wngs. The proper way to ask for another beer on the other hand is to toss your empties.

I look at it this way, it takes me a good 5-6 months just to appreciate a release. Any faster and they would just sit on my shelf longer and not have as much time for BF to polish them. Don't get me wrong, I LIKE looking at them on the shelf. Still it is better for us all that they are properly baked before BF turns us loose on them or we will spend more time on patches and less time on releases.

+1 on that. The only objection so far I'd have to agree with is the lack of armor for Japan, though if the fighting in China were included I think folks would see a surprising amount of variation. It seems everyone has discounted even the view of trying to game those engagements.

No meat. Beef cheek on the other hand stewed for a few hours is like eating osso buco without having to dig for the meat. Absolute heaven man. If you haven't had it, you don't know what you are missing. Thanks Buzz, yeah right off the vine, damn I love summer.

I can't imagine how difficult it would be to play that way. Time consuming, confusing and no way could you run a large scale battle like that in a normal lifetime. Aren't you also propounding huge maps with sweeping armor engagements? Wouldn't that give you a migraine headache doing both of these. It is giving me one just to think about it.