Warts 'n' all

If Bulletpoint had written "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", it would have been called "Lucy Sat at her Desk moaning".

This looks like a great piece of work. I look forward to losing it very soon.

Personally "I'd like to see" an end to the Final Blitzkrieg forum being cluttered up with posts that have Sweet Fanny Adams to do with CMFB.

A great picture, and "a swift kick to the melon" is enough to bring water to the eyes.

Personally I'd prefer Steve and the boys in the band to ignore all of these, and concentrate on giving us more great WW2 stuff.

i'm not sure about Percy Horbart's views on the stiletto heel, after all it didn't really come back into fashion until the '50s. But, he knew a thing or two about vehicle weight distribution thankfully.

I have to say that WEGO was what attracted me to CM back in the days of Beyond Overlord. A simple idea, but a great deal of work to put into practice. CMx2 just makes it so much better.

Brilliant!

Haha.. Lord Reith would be spinning in his grave. Although I doubt he'd approve of "fekkers" either.

Sgt. Fitzsimmons :- "Field Marshall, yerz fairther wassa Donegal man was he not?" .. Monty :- "Indeed, he was". Sgt. Fitzsimmons :- "And I'm a Meath man meself. So why for the love of Mary, Joseph, and the beby Jeezus, do the fekkers keep ons calling uz Brits?"

Using "Light" or "Harass" is something I do quite often if the F.O. is unsighted during the Set-up Phrase as it gives him plenty of time to find a better position.

"artillery" ... "DENIED" .. "nine times out of ten".... Sounds just a tad unrealistic. Unless you are really that bad at managing your assets.

The obvious answer to the question "I have no idea what to buy" is... "Mines a pint." Although I suspect that might be regarded as just a tad flippant.

A shame that you missed it. That would have been a fun replay.

Thanks a lot for these. They look great!

I have to say that it is my favourite RT battle. An excellent piece of work by the designer.

That sounds a bit smaller than "Gog and Magog", where you have 11 King Tigers, 13 Panthers, and 8 Pz IVs. But, it might be that you couldn't remember the exact numbers. I think the advice that other people above have given should stand you in good stead in any battle involving enemy AT guns. I would just like to add that in regards to that particular battle. I kept my full force together on one flank, leading slowly with my KTs. Giving them a hull down position. They dealt with the Russian tanks and assault guns. I think only one or two had their optics damaged by AT gun fire. The Panthers join them to engage any suspected AT targets, clumps of trees, foxholes etc Then the infantry mounted on PzIVs close in. Just bear in mind, you don't need to see an AT gun to knock it out. If a HE round lands close enough it will do the job nicely.

Would I be correct in assuming that you are describing the battle "Gog and Magog"?

Both of the above could be correct. It's about 6 or 7 years since I played the original game.

Give it time.

WP = White Phosphorus. Nasty stuff.

I'm not sure if it is the game per se, that is unrealistic. Perhaps designers feel that not too many of us would want to fight as the Allies in the slightly more open countryside around Caen where 88's and HMG's can fire for a KM or more.

Thanks, I certainly prefer your explanation to the thought that my old Limey brain was playing tricks on me.

When I first saw the map I'd assumed "Flak towers". But, of course, water towers make perfect sense.