Bud Backer

I played this scenario vs @IanL. I played the US, and he the Germans. It was my impression that I’d usually get the drop on his Panthers (and the initial flock of Lynxes) but that to me was to be expected as I, the defender, was able to either start in positions I wanted to await the enemy, or to move into those positions several minutes before he was anywhere near being able to have LOS. On the other hand, it was rare that I’d get off more than 2 shots before being spotted. And that typically spelled death for my tanks. Some he even spotted before I saw his. In the battle he split his forces into two principal forces. One advanced down the central road and took the brunt of my artillery. That caused a lot more grief than my tanks. The second force, also including Panthers, advanced to the US left (German right) along the edge of the map, so that he was splitting my fire and also obtaining many different angles to my forces. I think that facilitated his ability to spot and react effectively. I had a great deal of trouble spotting HIM there. When I did, the distances were so long that my hits merely scuffed Zimmeritt. Not so for his return fire, which gutted anything they hit. IIRC I eked out a draw, more due to time than any cleverness on my part.

Thanks for the link!

Those overhead views really help (me at least) visualize what is so clear to you on the other maps you’ve posted. Are the sightlines from your positions giving you good view of the approaches? To me it appears that you’d only be able to see to the next hedgerow. Not boring at all, Bil!

Oh, you made my day with this, Bil!

That’s spectacular!

I’ve done COOP play with @IanL in a head to head game against two opposing players, in the manner described by @IICptMillerII. It is easy to do and a lot of fun. While the game doesn’t have a specific mechanism to do it, that is not an impediment to making it work for you. I highly recommend it. You can do this as long as it is turn based and not Real Time. And yes, it should work in a campaign as well.

The Norway scenario calls for a gruelling pace and concentrated forces to defeat the Uk navy. Yeah, fun one, that.

Oh, crap, sorry to hear that. Hopefully it will improve quickly. The PzC campaigns are fabulous. The add-on ones are even better than the stock ones as they go into more detail. Have fun!

See the goodreads review here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10792024-the-third-reich

Yep, I do the same. ^^

oh yes, I remember that too. 4 minutes was a pretty short load time, my recollection was closer to 20. And I don’t think that was the impatience of youth!

Oh man, yeah. And each game had specific requirements, so I made a batch file that let me choose the configuration of drivers, buffers, etc... press 1 for general use 2 for Harpoon, 3 for Windows 3.11.. omg...so glad I don’t have to bother with that crap any more.

OMG, so I’m not alone in loving Flight Commander II! I can’t believe how long ago that was...

Bloody ‘ell! Brilliant!

Love it, George!

Interesting. Picked it up from iBooks for my iPad. Thanks!

I played this with @IanL some time ago. What a well designed scenario indeed. We both struggled greatly, and for different reasons. Which to me is the hallmark of a brilliant design.

Excellent! Glad it worked out!

I was just teasin’

Don’t worry. There was no crew. This is in a gunnery Range.

Nice little AAR.

I have to agree with Sburke. You’re at the point where someone like me will make you muck about and likely result in more frustration. Please use the Helpdesk link I posted earlier in this thread. They can do a lot of things that I can’t to make this a lot easier, as you’re not the first person who’s had problems with this, so for them it’s old hat and I’m still guessing what it might be and how to explain it clearly. I’m always happy to help, but in this case, go to the experts.

I enjoyed them, but it’s a lot of micromanagement. Depends on what you like to do. I’d liken MOW to Company of Heroes. Fun, but not at all like CM for detail and realism.

-27C with wind chill of -38C over here. And it was colder overnight....

That all is correct. If one wants to have no restrictions in purchases, one has to use the Scenario Editor.