BletchleyGeek

You aren't fooling us Steve; we know that's from the CMBN Space Lobsters of Doom module.
What we don't know is why the British MoD is worried about space lobsters. 

CM: Zombie Apocalypse already exists
IA very simple and only headshots are taken into account !!!

As far as I know the Bullingdon Bull****ter purchases his BJs from someone other than Lizzie Saxe-Coburg und Gotha. Of course, I could be wrong. In the meantime any updates on the new RT module are welcome.

Nice pics though...sigh.

I do enjoy Battalion level scraps more than smaller scenarios... my best and fondest H2H gaming memories in CMx2 are for scenarios like "Hot Mustard", "The Forest of the Wild Beasts", "Studienka", "Les Grandes Bonfaits", "The Sheriff of Oosterbek", "Men with Curious Hats", "Counterattack at Son". As @Bil Hardenberger they were hard work, involved sending back and forth literally thousands of files, and I would have loved to have some degree of automation.. but it was rewarding enough that I can recite the scenario titles from memory

Not me either.    I do remember reading about it on the forum.     

Not me but thanks for thinking so . . 😎

For certain. I recall back in the day playing Electronic Arts' NHL '93 on Sega. I loved that game (and NHL '94 even more).  The main issue I had with NHL '93 was the fact that it did not have any sort of season mode. It was single games only. But I really wanted to play a season, and have stats leaders, standings and playoffs, and a Stanley Cup champion.
So I simulated it. Using the actual season schedule and copies of The Hockey News I simulated each and every game that the team I was playing, the Flyers, were not involved in. And then played out each of the Flyers games. I had notebooks where I would track stats and standings, all by hand. It was a massive project, and took a hell of a lot of time.
But that was a long time ago, back when I had the enthusiasm for such endeavors. I've changed, and the gaming industry has too. Season mode is a staple in games now. Hell, in most you can play endless careers, season after season, while the software tracks the damn stats for me. There's zero chance I would attempt a similar thing now.
It's the same with Combat Mission. I desperately want a new campaign system that introduces the chaos we talked about, that provides compelling replayability. While I admire the attempts creative players make to fill the gaps they find --like folks who use other games to simulate the operational side, and then play the battles out in CM -- this isn't the way forward for me. We will see if Grand Tactician offers up this sort of thing, or in the end, it's a static rock-paper-scissors game dressed up in Civil War period costumes.
And in case anyone wonders, The Penguins won the Stanley Cup and Dougie Gilmour won the scoring title

You've told this same story about 5 times now and its still wrong.
Games should always be looking out for the good constructive criticism, there is nothing wrong with changing your game based on it as long as you do it responsibly. I guarantee you Steve doesn't agree with this ridiculous anecdote you drag out whenever someone has a minor criticism or suggestion.

Blemishes aren't a thing I concern myself with. Matter of fact, the drilled-down level of detail of the series isn't important to me. Things like uniforms and accurate OoBs are cool and all, but I would hardly notice if it weren't so meticulous. That's for other players and for them I am happy they get it from Combat Mission.
As to the question of datedness, I'll go against the grain a bit. On the battlefield, Combat Mission for me is excellent. The finest tactical wargame. Ballistics, command and control, spotting and the WEGO system are yet to be surpassed in my view. This game is a fantastic simulator on the field of battle.
Outside of this I have to say that it is dated. The menus, the installation process, the purchasing transaction, how content is created, battlefield feedback, graphics, animations,  debrief information, campaign system and lack of a proper AI all seem outdated to me. I still enjoy it, because the combat is so compelling and fun. But for me, outside of this Combat Mission is in need of an overhaul.
And the forum. This is great forum software :)

Exactly. It's the chaos, as you put it, that makes the games worth coming back to. With many games, once you have 'worked it out', the challenge is mostly gone. You've worked out the correct way to play to achieve the best outcome. But with games like EU IV, Crusader Kings and the like, there's no perfect path, and that is in large part due to what happens with everything you don't control. So it remains compelling because you always need to be able to read the tea leaves, reacting to and trying to predict what happens.
For example in this Grand Tactician game, if the enemy is always deploying in the same places, with the same forces, sooner or later you'll work out a strategy to defeat it. But if you first find a position heavily defended, and the next time completely unoccupied, then the game takes on an element of unpredictability (chaos? which can be defined as behavior so unpredictable as to appear random, owing to great sensitivity to small changes in conditions). This is the thing that gives it nearly unlimited replayability. I wouldn't have mentioned my ridiculous time investment in EU IV other than to show that the randomness of it, as opposed to a much more strict adherence to history, leads to it becoming a game you return to again and again, instead of 'beating it' and moving on, since you would just beat it the same way the next time. And that's not engaging long term.
Frankly, I'd love for Combat Mission to have some of this.
 

I tend to agree with that @Erwin: strategic wargaming does require some sort of economic simulation (even Axis and Allies does), and usually is where things get wild. On the AGEOD Civil War II game I remember literally steamrolling the Confederacy in mid 1863 after mobilizing the Union economy in a way that would have made green with envy Roosevelt's advisors. 
Yet
this is mainly the reason I come back to these kind of games. I certainly prefer Paradox organic approach to generate historical chaos, in contrast with half baked economic minigames that you can minmax easily. It is a bit like knowing that I am just punching through a flimsy fame mechanic steals the fun from coming up with a weird, bemusing alt history situation. EU IV is indeed great for that.
 

From 29: A "Mooncalf" is a foolish person. Term is derived from aborted/miscarried cow fetuses, which are obviously viscerally unpleasant and apparently random events, so obviously ascribed to the moon, being witchy and such.

e.g., Stephano to Caliban in the Tempest:
 

With the help of @sPA505 I have posted a full translation with some commentary of the German pamphlet:  Tactically Correct Driving Armored Personnel Carrier (Shützenpanzerwagon (SPW) .  Enjoy!  And thanks for the translation Holger!  

 

It looks like, the blast blown his helmet off.

I wonder if Mick Jones plays CM.

Probably got a heap off the Israelis.

In 1976 the US Army estimated the first shot hit probability for a Soviet RPG-7.

Panzerschrecks and Bazookas were fairly accurate weapons. The US Ordinance manual lists the dispersion for the M6A3 Bazooka rocket as 6 mils, which comes out to about 1.6 meters at 300 yards (274 meters), so accuracy was dependent on the operator. Real world combat accuracy is anyone's guess, but the in-game results don't strike me as unbelievable.

Well they have arrived at the final destination and Bootie has cleared some space...
Hopefully won't get into trouble posting the link he gave me for his YouTube Channel...
It does mean you get to see who Bootie is....
My Wife is already plotting what she will do with the free shelf space...
 

Updated dropbox link to beta v2 - I would appreciate any feedback on this thanks.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9utcncif8j73y8v/AADD-i2_aRAkij-35ovFMGR1a?dl=0
Cheery!
 

Here's the summary from the entry on the Amazon website - FYI:
As director of the elite Foreign Counterintelligence Activity, author Stuart Herrington was the U.S. Army's top counterintelligence officer. In this thrilling and informative account he details one of the most damaging and delicate cases of espionage ever committed against the United States. Between 1972 and 1988, thousands of highly classified documents were sold to the Soviet Union and her Warsaw pact surrogates. They were secrets so sensitive that had war broken out in Central Europe, our ability to defend our NATO allies would have been seriously compromised. It was up to Herrington and his team to root out the elusive spy ring responsible for this treachery. An intriguing page-turner with more twists and turns than a spy novel, Traitors Among Us guides us through the intricate spy catcher's world of Cold War Berlin, showing us how the "game" was played when the stakes were as high as national survival.

A report that might have some bearing on this:
http://www.tankarchives.ca/2018/02/dp-in-combat.html

Been looking at this document in particular, and it seems a bit strange.  The number of "squad leader assistants" is tied to the number of LMGs, not the number of squads.  The standard has Dec 42 org has 2 squads with 2x Зам. командиров отделений - наводчиков, but 2 squads with just 1.  It seems this designation is more directly tied to the LMG than squad leadership.

I believe this is a test using standard AP, but not sure:
http://www.tankarchives.ca/2013/07/soviet-57-mm-guns.html

Garth Ennis found a way to combine Warsaw, Blitzkrieg and Israeli tankers. 😂


If you haven't read War Stories, or Battlefields, check them out! Garth Ennis is obviously a history buff. He also wrote a series about the Tuskegee Airmen.