Probus

I've been playing since approximately 2000. I had the first 2 games. Really enjoyed them. Didn't rediscover the franchise until 2020 when looking for instructions on how to reinstall CMBO. I went crazy over CM2 and within a couple months had all the games and DLC (except Afghanistan). Been my #1 goto game ever since.

Thanks @Erwin, I found a cache of weapons with ranges and armor. Its not complete but it covers most of the equipment. I don't know where I got it either, it was just on one of my hard drives. If anyone has a link to these Silhouettes, please post it.

Did Marco Bergman's ever create any Silhouettes (with ranges) for CMFB?

Sorry guys. I got over excited.

The Hungarian President resigned! Here comes Sweden into NATO! Wow! He was pressured to resign after pardoning a child rapist/abuser. Imagine that.

I’m at an event and can’t watch this. What exactly did he say? Is he encouraging Russia to attack NATO to get NATO involved to kick Russia’s butt? Or… did he say something really stupid? Never know with him.

Take my money... Please!!!

I wonder if your right @Erwin. I hope not.

I'm tellin' ya... Wikipedia says 2.5 minutes and as we all know, Wikipedia is always right!

So do you think that Ukrainian generals are running the show or the American/EU generals that are feeding the UA strategic and tactical intelligence?

I'm glad you qualified that. He was kinda in the same position as Yamamoto.

How long did it take to pack up and set up these big guns? EDIT: Wiki says it can be set up in an AT role in 2.5 minutes...

World War II is definitely more forgiving, when you make a mistake, than the modern titles.

Pre-ordered! I'm sure someone has already mentioned it, but when is the planned release of the Downfall DLC?

I would just like to see an expanded ToE. A simple patch that adds modern weapons would be nice. Breathe life back into the game without the risk of being called out as profiteering from the war. Everyone gets to simulate (to an extent) what’s going on over there with little to no risk to BFC. Players could create the maps and scenarios and upload them to FGM. A compromise that might just leave everyone happy and dying for this damn war to be over. Then BFC could release somefink with proper drone warfare and minefields and such.

Yeah. That is messed up but I don’t think it happens on the BFC side. I think that is a problem that Slitherine inadvertently causes. It would be nice if BFC could return a negative score number or something that would trigger the system to give 1/2 points or whatever the rule should be.

Thanks BFC for organizing these tournaments. I really enjoyed all the games save one. I hope you learned a lot of lessons you can roll into future tourneys. Since no-shows are just a way of life with projects like this, may I suggest one thing? Make the first scenario worth the fewest number of points and the last scenario the most. Kinda like some game shows. This way you cull out the no-shows with the fewest number of points at steak. Maybe use somethin’ like ~1000-2000-3000 points for the 1st-2nd-3rd games. Looking forward to more tourneys!

Why is the PzIV's gun pointing towards the ground. That must symbolize something.

These are notes as to where to shoot enemy tanks with your Sherman 75mm. Not sure on all the French to English translations. What does NON mean? Don't shoot it there?

If what this admittedly armchair historian points out is that the Palestinians were offered states at different times and for different reasons they said not acceptable. So they are still at loggerheads.

ISW Iran/Israeli/Houthi update. Its a long one but packed with good info and maps: https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-january-2-2024

More Houthi missile shots. I swear the UK is going to be shutting that down shortly: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/houthi-missiles-target-french-owned-container-ship-in-red-sea

That's not a fair comparison Capt. Most of the fighting was in the country. I would think something like Mosul would be closer. That was closer to 9000 (in a month?). https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/92961/pdf/#:~:text=According to monitoring groups and,more civilians killed at Raqqa. But that is 1.8 million population over 70 square miles. So even that is less populated per sq mile. I could do the math, but I don't think the results would be acceptable as I'm sure war doesn't scale linearly. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosul

I have a few questions: 1. Is Hamas holding civilians as human shields a warcrime? 2. Isn't reducing the length of a war a big factor in the overall reduction in casualties on both sides, or is that just a myth? 3. Would a ceasefire just allow Hamas to dig in deeper? 4. Are combatants that dress in civilian clothes a warcrime or outside the rules of warfare? Makes ROE rather difficult.