PCScipio

You beat me to it, Thomas. My guess is that something changed post the manual going to press. Sure makes it tough on the Yanks. Let's see what the pros say.

Muchas gracia from the American Southwest.

I've seen them in Normandy.

Thank you. It's not competition if you're a Mac gamer!

What's PCO? Google was no help.

I guess I should have used Sgt. Steiner as my handle when I registered. That PCScipio thing is out of place, but when your name is Skip.... So does Cross of Iron meet the specs as a classic war movie?

Thanks, LemoN. As my favorite pol says, "you bet'cha." Really. It's important to take/make the time to smell the flowers, even if they have to be mod'ed in. I'm glad I've returned after all the years; still appears to be a great bunch of guys here. cheers skip

I believe it was generic WWII because I seem to remember playing a "jungle" scenario where the tanks were confined to a single road, but it was a long time and many games ago. I'm really looking forward to CM:BN. How well my iMac's 256MB Radeon HD2600 handles the demo will be key. I realize scenario size will likely make a big difference in this regard, but at least I can get going with small stuff. Then, who knows, the iMac may accidently fall on the floor.

From what I can glean without any actual hands-on, it looks like a winner. And I'm a very jaded grognard.

I'm not waiting 8 months to play this!

BTW, BB, I like retired Msgt's, self-righteous or not. My uncle was one; landed at Utah and missed Malmedy by the skin of his teeth, many of which he lost to a German riflebutt.

The synapses just fired: Kampfpanzer

Well, she did breakup with me, so I'm certain she must have been at least a little gay.

No, BB, that's not it. Does Tank ring a bell? Not sure, though. You had to plot the moves beforehand and execute in baby steps. It was a bookkeeping nightmare.

In an effort to set the bar high: In 1975 I got my then girlfriend hooked on France 1940 and that first tactical si-move game SPI produced, the name of which escapes me at the moment. Her long suffering did not pay off.