Warts 'n' all
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I'm not if anyone else is taking on "Claymores Through Kleve", but in one or two missions we are meant to have 3in/81mm mortars off-map. But, they do not show up in the arty support panel. Which is a bit annoying when you are rubbish like me, and need all the arty I can get.
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Mission 5 - Materborn
Things are hotting up. As this field of burning Stinkpots proves.
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The OP either hasn't read the manual, or he's just taking the pee.
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4 hours ago, user1000 said:
m5 late stuart commander whole back side sticks through tank on open up command
Which battle, or campaign mission do you spot this happening in?
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52 minutes ago, Vacillator said:
As for the Lone Tiger tactic, when I played George's version, I adopted a different approach. And it worked.
I think we all have to adopt a different approach. Mainly because George wasn't able to create a "everything stops for tea" battle plan for the Allied AI.
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Good, for people unfamiliar with Villers-Bocage. But, a decidedly amateurish production. You have to wonder who thought it would be a good idea to have the Patreon ad cut in mid-commentary.
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8 hours ago, Vacillator said:
I think you'll find that the Brit Awards are not just for ****e electronic dance music. In fact the electronic dance category might be the least ****e category eligible for an award
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Thank you for putting me right on that one. Slightly off topic. We visited a National Trust property yesterday. They had an Edisonophone, so I asked the guide if she would play something. She obliged by putting on some ragtime. I then had to explain to both her, and my girlfriend how the wax cylinders were recorded.
Meanwhile back to the first mission. My Canucks didn't sound "British", they sounded like they came from the wrong side of the pond, just as they should do.
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22 minutes ago, Vacillator said:
I've lived in the UK all my life, but @Warts 'n' all has lived here even after his death.
That is very true. At 400-odd years old I'm even older than the UK.
Of course, Erwin fails to grasp both the history (and the humour) behind my comment. "Brits" fought in late 20th century Ireland, they have fought in the middle east in this century, and of course give, their name to an award for ****e electronic dance music. And the word is fine when talking about BFCs modern titles. Downfall is a WW2 title and the word is out of place. Granddad Paddy was born in County Meath, and fought all through the war (except when consuming vast quantities of the black stuff in the NAAFI). He was a Limey, but he could never be a "Brit". My USatian girlfriend can grasp this concept, and she has only lived in Limeyland for 7 years.
As for filling out forms which demand our nationality, I'm miffed if I don't get the option "Anglo-Irish".
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3 hours ago, Erwin said:
Playing the Claymores campaign. Playing the Brits is hard. Mission 1 seemed impossible until I figured out the "correct tactic" - or at least a tactic that seems to be working very well. Still 39 minutes to go so I may be suffering from hubris. We'll see.
Oh, dear. There are no "Brits" in this campaign. You begin with the Canucks, and then go on to fight as the Jocks. If you must use a collective to describe members of the British Army in WW2 then use "Limeys".
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58 minutes ago, Vacillator said:
+1 to that, doesn't take long - perhaps a turn or two.
I assume they are showing a white flag and have their hands up? I ask because some of the unit (which you may not have spotted) may not have decided to surrender.
Once the white flag appears they can't "unsurrender". And if you are playing turn-based they will disappear either in that turn, or the next.
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5 hours ago, WimO said:
There are no Designer's Notes nor has the author included their name.
BTW: The scenario is quite a significant abstraction of the event. The map is flat whereas the terrrain in the area between the bridge over the Orne ("Horsa") and the Chateau St. Come gradually climbs from 6m to 60m. The elevation difference between the British positions around Ranville, Le Bas de Ranville and the high ground just east of the Orne and the German start line was approximately 20 meters of elevation. The Germans also had a great view of the whole area of Dropzone N and beyond from the steeple of Eglise St. Pierre in Breville-les-Monts which sat at 54 m elevation plus the steeple.
My reason for suggesting you try @Bootie was down to the lack of Designer Notes, and authors name in the briefing.
Like yourself I found the map a bit flat and feature less. Okey, back to the Reichwswald.
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31 minutes ago, Vacillator said:
Oddly when I try to load the scenario up from either side, it crashes me out of CMBN back to desktop. No error message, just kicks me out. This may be the first time I've had this.
It might be due to the size. When I looked at it earlier it did seem to stick on 98% for quite a while when loading. I doubt I'll actually be playing it anytime soon, too busy with real life, and Downfall at the moment.
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7 hours ago, Vacillator said:
I was about to say 'according to the manual ... but it doesn't say.
It does say. Or at least, it does in the Market-Garden Manual (near the bottom of page 42). And yes, it does give the range as "up to 6,800 m". I suspect that that is the range when firing HE indirectly, rather than when attempting to tank on enemy armour directly.
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Mission 4 - Reichswald.
"If you go down in the woods today, you'd better be on the lookout for Jerry AA guns". As Henry Hall often sang.
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Perhaps the OP might like to fix his Caps Lock.
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"Verdammte Jocks. Ich bin hier raus!"...
A rare moment of joy for me in the slug which mission 3 turned into.
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5 hours ago, Vacillator said:
I'm trying very hard not to picture the Milk Snatcher 'on the throne'
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Funny you should say that, a mate of mine had a Milk Snatcher toilet roll holder. The paper came out of her mouth. I wish they still made them.
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Of course, back in '81. It was still the Five Nation's Championship. France beat England at Twickenham. The Milk Snatcher was on the throne, and I still had enough hair to "Spike".
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It is disappointing to find out that you have encountered the infamous bridge bug during this mission. Although sadly it comes as no surprise. It will still be quite some time before I take on the "Spearhead", and knowing my old noddle I will have forgotten about this post.
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1 minute ago, Vacillator said:
Is that still a thing, I thought it went the same way as Ironsides? I think it's all here now (or most of it):
I still refer to the site by the old name.
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On 3/16/2024 at 2:53 PM, Thewood1 said:
This guy is all over this forum and Steam looking for help. He needs to read and pay attention a little.
Very true.
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2 hours ago, Vacillator said:
Do you have a tracking spreadsheet or whatever?
No. When I buy a game I just create word documents for both the campaigns, and the battles. If I then find something on Green as jade that interests me I can just insert into my list. Back in the days of CM1 I kept everything in a note pad.
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Of course, those two weren't the only ones to kill tigers. Bungalow Bill did it as well, according to Johnnie Lenin and the Bolshevik Beat Boys.
Anyway back the campaign. It is a tough one, but I enjoyed it.
Downfall: Enjoying the module?
in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg
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The US "Spearhead" campaign will be next up for me. I'm looking forward to less mud, less woodland, and poorer quality German troops.