Childress

Yes, no doubt. The author's veracity has been questioned and one doubts Hollywood would appreciate the concept of 'humanizing' German/Nazi soldiers. But done properly, it would be one helluva of a film. I don't recall many atrocities in the book, mostly the heartbreaking suffering and the fish-out-of-water theme: the author, who's still alive, is French. Most engrossing WW2 treatment I ever encountered.

poesel, what are the odds that this book will ever be made into a movie? In Germany? http://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Soldier-Guy-Sajer/dp/1574882864

Prediction: BF is in the process of addressing of gun elevation- and depression- restrictions and will have a rough and ready fix in time for the Market Garden module and Arnhem. Perhaps only for the Human player and not providing discrete values for every single vehicle. But something. Doesn't World of Tanks simulate gun elevation? Of course that's easier to to do in an exclusively MP environment...

Better yet a key, similiar to Alt-T, that cycles through three states for units with Cover Arcs. 1- Show CA for selected unit(s) 2- Show CA for all friendlies 3- Turn off all CAs ... and please reduce the opacity level of CAs.

Another thing: I just fired up CMFI after a hiatus. It struck me, why does this game run so much more smoothly than CMBN? Is it the dense foliage in the former?

Cool! Some of the photos have that atmospheric, desaturated look we've seen in the Gustav previews. My only issue, and this applies to other re-enactments, is that the participants appear too well fed and well shaved. Confederate re-enactors (sp?), I'm talking to you!

Haha, that's great. Sounds like Bill Maudlin. BTW, the Wordscraper 'scrabble' play actually occurred. Are you a member of Facebook?

Emrys discovered this little exploit, if memory serves. With all that spare time the man has to be a trust fund baby.

Don't underestimate eye candy. I believe one reason why players tend to no longer use aircraft is that BF has removed the plane's shadow as it crossed the battlefield. Loved those shadows! They put you in the 'moment'.

Thanks, John. You're my role model! (vocabulary-wise) I used NUGATORY in a Wordscraper game yesterday: 57 points. The 'G' was a blank. I'd rather stick needles in my eye. But thanks for the input! Cheers.

To repeat: the mortar, you tediously located, is behind a church toward the back of the map. What exactly are you going to do about it? The recon value is nugatory. OTOH, you fix the position of an AT gun. There you have an outside chance getting LOS and dropping a bomb on it. If the spot is precise. Somewhat O/T: Does the game simulate smokeless powder?

It's more troublesome that my solitary Scout, hundreds of meters from the nearest unit and lacking a radio, can report back intel on enemy formations. Edit: Or does he just relay generic icons? I forget...

The building is missing a wall, alleviating the air pressure?

You locate the approximate position of the enemy mortar through sound analysis. Then what?

One of the campaigns; this is exceedingy effective writing in my opinion: FOILING FUSTIAN - LUFTWAFFE CAMPAIGN July 13-16, 1943. Primosole Bridge, Sicily. 5 missions long. Take command of the elite Fallschirmjägers as they stop the British cold at Primosole Bridge. The British have launched Operation Fustian, a daring airborne assault to capture and hold the vital Primosole Bridge in preparation for the advance on the Sicilian city of Catania. Fallschirmjägers have parachuted into Sicily to bolster the precarious defenses and prevent the British from rolling up the coast into Messina. Scrapping together any assets they can find, enterprising commanders have marched their paratroopers south to hold Primosole Bridge for as long as they can... Your force will consist of an ad-hoc force of Fallschirmjäger staff, pioneers, flak batteries, riflemen, and Italian Arditi to take back Primosole bridge from British paratroopers. Launch vicious counterattacks among the dense vineyards and orchards to drive the British bridgehead back and buy the defense of Sicily vital time. The rumble of tanks can be heard to the south... will your paratroopers be able to withstand the might of the British advance?

2.10? Perfectly understandable. And a wise marketing strategy at the same time.

Womble, this photo will cheer you. It was taken during the Fustian Operation in Sicily and depicts British paras advancing line abreast. Keep in mind these were highly trained troops, probably meriting a 'Crack' rating in CM nomenclature. It's unknown whether they were under fire at the time. Or contributing a publicity shot to The Times. photo sharing

Yes, it was an odd choice if BF's promotion of the upcoming module was the priority. Bil and GAJ's battle could have been played unaltered, aside from the FJs, in the base game.

Noticed that the British 2" mortar teams automatically deploy at end of movement plot. The unit display shows 19 sec deploy, 14 sec pack up. The first is accurate. But there is no Packing Up delay.

I came across a photo on the net somewhere showing a man playing CMBN wearing a coal scuttle helmet. Hard to tell from the angle, but the guy looked like Steve.

Soporific?

I just thought of another of Cat Molester's qualities, or assets, that's admirable: his kick-*** computer system. Sure, he displays it in his sig, but not in Bold type or anything garish. However, they say he goes through a lot of compressed air cans keeping the keyboard pristine.

Hilts, I hope you're not envisioning the 'up the gut' strategy in this scenario.

Cat Molester gets a bad rap, he's actually a pretty cool guy to hang with. Except for the hairballs. Unfortunately that's true.

I find these two sentences unsettling on multiple levels, Michael.