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DerBlitzer

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  1. Well, I'll bump this thread and throw my name into the ring, if there's still room (and if the game is still being released).
  2. So when does the next one start? And who can play?
  3. Excellent, I've just started a Polish scenario...what exactly does this include? And does it cover just September 1939? Thanks...
  4. The answer to the original question is NO. You can't use indirect fire with Priests; they must have a direct LOS to the target, which means they last all of about three turns before some enemy tank lines one up and fires a softball to kill it. Keep them well back from the front lines, well hidden, and use them to destroy infantry and buildings.
  5. Still, it's nice to have it all in one place. My hardcopy arrived today (ordered from a used bookstore in England, it's out of print), and I wouldn't call the info generic. Useful for a beginner. You can find much more detailed discussion in this forum and on others, but it takes a while to find what you're looking for. So, sure, get the PDF version if you're new to the game, you'll probably learn a few things. It's also written in an easy-going style, one that many veteran grognards may find too simple, but for newbies is probably right on.
  6. Have you made CM West available yet? Or is it still being tested? If you could remind us newcomers, too, what timeframes and regions that CMETO, CM West, and CM Normandy cover...thanks! Does anyone have a nice spreadsheet scenario list for these versions of the game?
  7. Haha, yes, I considered that he might be questioning the sanity of the request, too, but chose to think otherwise. I ordered from the link. Thanks for that. If anyone has another copy, though, I'd be interested in getting one for myself.
  8. Does anyone have a decent copy of the original printed CMBB Strategy Guide by Mark Walker, and would you be willing to part with it for a reasonable price? I'm interested in giving it as a gift. I know you can purchase a PDF of the guide from Battlefront.com, but I'd prefer to give the printed version. I'd like a copy that's not marked up, and doesn't look too roughed up.
  9. OK, I'm a little confused. An objective third party plays the game hotseat, and then turns it over to two other players, who play it hotseat or PBEM from that point? If so, why can't the setup just start at the point of surprise?
  10. Can you design a scenario so that one side's morale can start at something less than 100%? Or does it always have to start at 100? That might be another way to simulate surprise.
  11. Why does the guy on the lower right seem to have his rifle barrel shoved into his crotch? He does seem to be grimacing a little...
  12. Well, hey, forget ordering the book, there it is online! These Internets are a wonderful thing...
  13. Maybe you know of these, but there's this link: Lorraine Campaign and there's also Hugh M. Cole's book from 1950, The Lorraine Campaign , available on a number of used book sites. Search for it using Bookfinder.com.
  14. Ha ha. Very nice cartooning...perhaps a new method for AARs? Yep, bogging happens in open ground on occasion. Remember, it's only "abstracted" open ground in the game, meaning it could include mud, ruts, leaves, branches, blood, guts, etc....
  15. I took the Norwegians against the AI. At one point, the AI had one German tank try to go down the steep embankment, beneath the bridge. Scratching my head on that one. Still, a good fight for a while, but I ended up winning with a wide margin (I ended up getting all the reinforcements, and I don't remember if I gave the suggested modification to the Axis.) My brother played it the same way, got the all the reinforcements, did use the mod., and also won easily. But as I said in my review of it on the Scenario Depot, it would be much better PBEM. Thanks for the list of scenarios with unconventional objectives. I'll be taking a look...
  16. Ha ha! I'll have to look these up. By the way, Hans, I thoroughly enjoyed your Encounter Norway 1940, even just playing against the (dumb) AI. Great map. Would love to see more Norwegian scenarios...
  17. In my search for scenarios, I've found a few with some inventive objectives. Grabbing the flags can get a little dull, and for those of us who like historical situations, it often feels too abstract. But there's Rearguard at Cheru, for example, which has an interesting twist for the Italians, who are facing a British attack. The Italian objective is to hold off the Brits until Ethiopian reinforcements arrive, at which point the weakened Italian troops are supposed to exit, at the same time trying to prevent Brits from capturing flags. Also, Sigh Bridge 1940. The British are retreating to Dunkirk, with the Blitzkrieg on their tails. There's a bridge blocked by debris and mines. Both the Brits and the Germans want to clear it. The Brits must cross the bridge and exit beyond to win. The Germans must capture flags beyond the bridge, and prevent certain British "signal" trucks from exiting. Very interesting set up. I assume there must be more like these. As for the monastery scenario, I'm not sure how you'd handle the alcohol incentive...capture hidden Italians (representing wine bottles) and march them to a town square, at which point the Canadians' morale rises 10 points?
  18. Yes, Primosole and San Michele both look good. I also found a number of good historical scenarios by a designer called Hans on Scenario Depot. But boy, does he make some crazy ones --- which include the use of a rail gun, a Japanese attack on an airfield, the Korean War, and even an 1881 gunfight! Anybody play any of these?
  19. I'm looking for an interesting scenario in Italy for CMAK, not too large, good for PBEM. I'd prefer historical or semi-historical, reasonably balanced, with a map of mixed terrain, and not winter. I've searched through Boots and Tracks, and the Scenario Depot, but haven't quite found the right one. I know the criteria is somewhat limiting. Anybody have a recommendation or two?
  20. I tend to be pretty aggressive in all games, and CM is no exception. But it's much more difficult to be aggressive if you're commanding American or British tanks against the Germans. If you've got Shermans or Churchills or the useless Wolverine you have to be sneaky in your aggressiveness. I play only historical scenarios because I enjoy working with forced limitations and seeing what I can do. I love sneaky manueuvers, but they're hard to do when both players can see the whole map. Often the map dictates the attack points, i.e. you're not going to advance across open ground, and your opponent of course knows this. Feints I rarely plan, but sometimes they simply happen because one probe just gets wiped out, and it ends up looking like a feint when I send nothing more in that direction. Basically, before I start, I conceive of a loose overall plan, which typically falls apart after a few turns. But I enjoy improvising and adjusting tactics on the fly, responding to the enemy's movements and successes. The loss of a key tank always stings, but it forces you to really concentrate on the goal. I try not to get distracted from reaching the flags (like getting revenge on a Mark IV that's racked up kills, for example) but I never try to force a position when it appears to be failing (like some leaders we know). Having to adjust, and being able to do it, is what makes the game so good. I also love smoke. I use it all the time on the attack with a decent amount of effectiveness, to cover a flank, or hide scurrying infantry, but most players I encounter in PBEM never use it.
  21. Check out this excellent guide to WWII sites in Rome and elsewhere in Italy: Guide to WWII sites in Rome and elsewhere in Italy It led me to see the Museo Storico della Liberazione di Roma (Museum about the Liberation of Rome) at the site of a former Nazi prison. The museum's descriptions are all in Italian, but if you don't speak the language you can still get a sense of the place. It's still frightening. A little off the beaten track. Also, there's a monument to the massacre of Italians at the Ardeatine caves, where the Germans shot 335 Italians in retaliation for a partisan bomb. At Via Ardeatine.
  22. Actually, now that I see the tourney consists of three games to be played at the same time, I think I better withdraw my name. A little too much for me, at the moment. I'd be interested in another, one-game-at-a-time tourney, though.
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