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22 backers with $2140. Come on team. Go Go Go! ***************************** More personal editorial: So, Orville and Wilbur have these plans to build a flying machine but need money. They decide to use kickstarter to raise the money for the wood and canvas and those old time caps they had to wear. Some guy says, "I want to see the plane first..." The money is needed to build the plane dude! Maybe not the best analogy but it is in response to some folks who seem to think we have this fired up beta version with graphics and sounds to show them. Kickstarter has some risk. Please read up on it. But Matt is a commissioned officer in the US Air Force. He is not some real estate scumball who will be in Mexico spending your donation on booze and broads. He has already spent several thousand of his own money on this and volunteers have spent their own time uncompensated. Now we need to escalate up to the paid workers with a contract of what they will do and performance specs. You want polished UI and graphics and advanced AI. Cha-ching. It costs money. I am gonna go and sift through that older thread and track down any folks who WERE interested before and make sure they know we are live. People come and go in the forums. We have hit some other websites as well. But I think the core of our support could be right here at the BFC forums. Anybody who can donate, thank you, please drop a post here if you donate so we can thank you.

More personal editorial: So, Orville and Wilbur have these plans to build a flying machine but need money. They decide to use kickstarter to raise the money for the wood and canvas and those old time caps they had to wear. Some guy says, "I want to see the plane first..." The money is needed to build the plane dude! Maybe not the best analogy but it is in response to some folks who seem to think we have this fired up beta version with graphics and sounds to show them. Kickstarter has some risk. Please read up on it. But Matt is a commissioned officer in the US Air Force. He is not some real estate scumball who will be in Mexico spending your donation on booze and broads. He has already spent several thousand of his own money on this and volunteers have spent their own time uncompensated. Now we need to escalate up to the paid workers with a contract of what they will do and performance specs. You want polished UI and graphics and advanced AI. Cha-ching. It costs money. I am gonna go and sift through that older thread and track down any folks who WERE interested before and make sure they know we are live. People come and go in the forums. We have hit some other websites as well. But I think the core of our support could be right here at the BFC forums. Anybody who can donate, thank you, please drop a post here if you donate so we can thank you.

Thanks. We all appreciate it. ....and so will you when this game is developed!

It is now turn 1b and we will see what moves the axis do and if any assaults... standby-ski!

Awaiting your Turn1B moves and assaults herr general!

Forest Failures. Migojo Victors:

Migojo has fallen. Flak/AT assets arrive:

The brave assault into the Forest was unsuccessful. 6 tanks were lost and the Penal Company has suffered significant loss even with the morale building presence of Starshina Safonov

Forest Battle: The Soviets were repulsed. 6 KO'd tanks litter the battlefield. Around 50 dead enemy soldiers. Axis forces lost 2 AFV's. 24 dead from the Volksdeutsche company.

All turn 1a battles have finished. I will do the processing and get some new op maps here tonight.

All turn 1a battles have finished. I will do the processing and get some new op maps here tonight.

We made our daily goal! Alright. Thank you! Gracias! Garzie! Arigato! Obligado! Spacibo!

I will let Kate take care of me the best she can. Please just stay in Ohio Matt! No offense... GO BUCKEYES!!! << >>

13 backers donated $1395 so far. Almost to our daily goal. Come on one more gamer who can skip a few lattes or stouts! $50 more to make our daily goal.

Hey Matt! Kate's on hold on line 1. She is asking if she has to try on all those "Combat Operations" bikinis... I told her we'd be right over!

My own editorial comments: I bought my first PC (a 486 I think...and a huge CRT monitor) in around '93 or '94 to play Operation Crusader. I was always a sucker for cool box art. <Oh my gosh, that is an analogy to why I married my ex-wife!!!> Many of you will predate me on that first PC date but my point is I delved into the PC aspects of wargaming fairly steadily until 9/11. Then boom! I was in the military and my entire world changed and I just dropped the entire hobby. Really. Like a rock. I think I had just played some of my first online games of Close Combat. It was against a Canadian guy and he expressed his sad feelings and condolences about 9/11 and I think I never even got to respond. I was gone and busy for years. No hobby. The next 8 years went by in a blur and so I missed the entire CMSF, CMC and pre-CMBN era of wargaming. Finally I retired and happily rediscovered my old hobby. So, keypoint, I wasn't around to feel the excitement and hope of CMC on the upswing and then later the sadness and pain when CMC failed.... Am I qualified to do a complete analysis and comparison of CMC versus this new game concept asking for donations to give it life? I wish I was, but I am not. This game is asking to be given life to first be created as a standalone, playable, enjoyable Operational layer game. Maybe on the surface not so unlike several others of the genre. But hidden beneath that thin, glossy veneer is a deadly beast of great potential. Every time I rattle off to Matt something I hope should be in his game, his resistance is all financially based. He really has in his heart the desire for this to evolve into the ultimate OP+TAC lash-up. We need money. Bottomline. Donate and this game can see the light of day and move forward.

All donations are appreciated. Nothing is redeemed unless we hit the goal line! Go Team Go!

We have $1145 right now and need 5 more guys at the $60 level to make our goal for the day! That gets you the base game and 1 DLC pack and full voting access to help guide the game forward. Lieutenant Tier Reward- previous rewards, plus a free copy of the base game. You will also have full voting access (unlike the Sergeant Tier which has limited voting) during initial game development. For a relatively small amount of money you can be a part of this and get exclusive updates. Be a part of this and make a dream come true.

Thank you guys.

We need money but letting you chew on our big bones to get it is illegal.

This game is in development and will include Normandy Front fighting aimed to use CMBN to resolve the tactical layer. The kickstarter is active! Please swing by and make a donation if you evaluate this as a worthy venture! Thank you for your consideration and please spread the word to any other war gaming websites out there. https://www.kickstar...ations/comments

This game is in development and will include Italian Front fighting aimed to use CMFI GL to resolve the tactical layer. The kickstarter is active! Please swing by and make a donation if you evaluate this as a worthy venture! Thank you for your consideration and please spread the word to any other war gaming websites out there. https://www.kickstar...ations/comments

This game is in development and will include Eastern Front fighting aimed to use CMRT to resolve the tactical layer. The kickstarter is active! Please swing by and make a donation if you evaluate this as a worthy venture! Thank you for your consideration and please spread the word to any other war gaming websites out there. https://www.kickstar...ations/comments

The kickstarter is active! Please swing by and make a donation if you evaluate this as a worthy venture! Thank you for your consideration and please spread the word to any other war gaming websites out there. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/490387448/combat-operations/comments