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Nordic module with winter terrain
Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish and more Russian/Warsaw pact forces of course!

Discovering games like Project Stealth Fighter (C64) & Red Storm Rising (C64) was the start of a long journey that has taken me to today, now playing Combat Mission Cold War :) And so many, many games in between!

Warming up while downloading...
We where supposed to be neutral in Sweden when I did my military service in Sweden in 1989 and there where supposedly two different tank recognition books. One with Soviet tanks and one with Nato tanks. We never got a copy of the Nato version (for some reason?) so I only know how to identify Swedish or Soviet tanks. So I got to study up on the US vehicles while the download is running. We got an aircraft recognition book that I still have from the airforce that also included US aircraft but the cover photo kind of gave away who might be the real enemy? The lower aircraft is a Swedish JA-37 Viggen on border patrol over the Baltics in the Cold War...
Browsing it there is an interesting page about the possible F-19 that was actually the F-117 in reality (the book as can be seen is from 1987 and the F-117 was not revealed until 1988)... That old F-19 Stealth Fighter game from one year after this book looks a bit like it... The text translated starts with "Certain information is available about this "invisible" aircraft that is developed using so called stealth technology. The project is protected with great secrecy so very little information is available about it...". 
Getting geared up into Cold War mood now
 

Nordic module with winter terrain
Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish and more Russian/Warsaw pact forces of course!

Nordic module with winter terrain
Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish and more Russian/Warsaw pact forces of course!

Nordic module with winter terrain
Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish and more Russian/Warsaw pact forces of course!

Fightin' 41 ready for action! 😀

Well at least the "Fighting 41" got an honorable mention. Good job boys, and thanks Battlefront and Co.

Quite honestly I haven't been this excited for a CM game since CM battle for Normandy came out many years ago

Have fun with the game guys.. please post your reactions!  Curious if you think its as cool as we do.   

Playing a quick battle 🤪

I think BFCElvis gives the servers an hour or so before he sends out the e-mails.
But yeah, reading and follow instructions is not always easy and I guess most of all everyone is happy and when you show your wife the email and you get a very pitiful look and a nod... you need to share with some who understands!!
 

I think BFCElvis gives the servers an hour or so before he sends out the e-mails.
But yeah, reading and follow instructions is not always easy and I guess most of all everyone is happy and when you show your wife the email and you get a very pitiful look and a nod... you need to share with some who understands!!
 

I'm going for April 30.

Anybody know any more? I'm like a skittish kid on Xmas eve!

The CMSF 2 release is likely to always be the record, but that's cheating.

I'd interpret BFC Elvis' reply as "very very" encouraging. Especially since today is the last day of April!

Cold War - Middle East with new terrain and new forces.
Cold War - Nordic with new terrain, winter and new forces.
Ah, the possibilities
Dreaming!

The signature is from Down in It
Regarding the Stallone movie: That's 10 years in an iso cube!! j/k Some of the movie is ok but Dredd 3D is a lot better.
If you want to read the comics I would recommend the Case Files, start with number 1 : https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/GRN260 
https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/graphic-novels/dredd-case-files

I'd have been 1 or 2 at the time, but I grew up on bands like  Motley Crue! But is your signature from a Motley Crue song, or was that a bit of a tangent thinking about the 80's?! I was thinking of "Down in It" by NIN
Also, regarding Judge Dredd - and please don't be mad with what I'm about to say 😉 - but I got into Judge Dredd with the Stallone movie. While the movie was pretty bad, you could see that there was a huge world to discover in the Judge Dredd universe, and I absolutely stories with rich / complex worlds. I especially like the theory that Judge Dredd is part of the Warhammer 40K universe 😁
I've never actually read the comics though - do you know if there are there any good collections / omnibuses that would be good to start with?

Great song and comic.
Judge Dredd  & Mötley Crüe - Shout at the Devil brings me back to 1984/85 (12-13 years old)
Maybe I'll make early Crüe my soundtrack for CMCW!
So how does it look for a CMCW release this weekend?
If not, I am ok because I am having a lot of fun with CMFR, actually it would mean less stress trying to decide which game to play! (+ Elite Alpha).
Ah... scrap that...  I hope it's released today/tomorrow anyway!

Even if Black Sea's scenario might not be too difficult to predict, they do really seem like modern oracles. Fingers crossed that they aren't right on a very, very late Cold War scenario!
PS. Your signature is from one of my favorite NIN songs, and I also love your avatar. By law we are friends now.

CMSF - Problems in Syria for real
CMBS - Problems in Ukraine for real
CMCW - ???! Hopefully we are safe because it's more like "history"
Still waiting for the game and hoping for an April release.

CMSF - Problems in Syria for real
CMBS - Problems in Ukraine for real
CMCW - ???! Hopefully we are safe because it's more like "history"
Still waiting for the game and hoping for an April release.

CMSF - Problems in Syria for real
CMBS - Problems in Ukraine for real
CMCW - ???! Hopefully we are safe because it's more like "history"
Still waiting for the game and hoping for an April release.