Warts 'n' all
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Short and sweet, but a good way to start. I liked the captions, a nice blend of info and humour. I would however have the game background sound a little bit higher if you're not going to commentate.
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2 minutes ago, KGBoy said:
Good tip! Nice tune! Thanks.
No prob, Mate. Glad to help.
"Tommies don't share, and I wish they would. Tommies don't share, with the Boys from the hood." As Joe didn't sing at The Lyceum Ballroom in the Strand back in '81. Ah, we were all so much younger then
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These Airborne Sections are different to the standard Infantry ones. And you are correct that in their full strength state they have 6 men in one Detatchment and 2 in both of the others. There is however a work around. When you split them use the "Assault Team" function, this will give you a 4 man "A Detachment" rather than the 6 man one that you would get if you just used "Split Squad".
Exits stage right humming "Tommies don't share" by El Clash Combo ------------------------->
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30 minutes ago, Macisle said:
Thanks! I'll probably do a few more installments, if the action warrants it. Will be a weekend thing.
And thank you Mac, for taking the time to share this stuff with us.
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"You must have known that when I said that Warts doesn't understand the class system I was being just a tad frivolous. You cannot think for even one second that I would say anything so stupid and be in earnest, could you? Ah, you could. Oooops."
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7 minutes ago, LongLeftFlank said:
Well, I am shamefaced to confess that, in violation of my sacred vows to CMBN before God, I have been wantonly flirting of late with the Vassal version of AH 'The Longest Day', which is at a scale where the above kind of strategic question is more relevant.
I bought the original version of that game when we switched from £1 notes to £1 coins With, wait for it... 64 coins. The guy behind the counter was not amused.
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1 hour ago, Erwin said:
He did not come from the aristocratic BG of all the other senior commanders who based their positions on privilege and entitlement.
He was a member of the Anglo-Norman-Irish aristocracy. His grandfather was a "Sir" and one of the biggest landowners in north-west Ireland. His father was a Bishop, and he himself went to the best private school in London. And whilst at Sandhurst he was a silver-spooned bully. But uvver than that 'e woz just like any uvver salt ov the erth cockney barrer boy, 'no' wot I mean Jon?
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25 minutes ago, LongLeftFlank said:
Right you are, milord.
Well I am right sometimes. But, I'm sure that you will be glad to know that I'm rubbish at this game.
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It depends on whether you are talking about passengers sat in a Bren Carrier, who most definitely can be harmed. Or whether you are talking about a carrier that is only occupied by a driver and gunner. Unlike h/t's where the gunner has to stand up to use the mg. The Bren Carrier has a firing slit, and therefore the gunner has much better protection.
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2 hours ago, LongLeftFlank said:
To the Lord Protector: I don't own Hastings, But there's no evidence I am aware of that, pre-landing, Monty expected the decisive stroke to occur to the west..
So anyway, I'm having difficulty believing Monty or anyone had the foresight in April to say hey, a 300 mile end run sweep through the Loire Valley in late June is just the thing for our mainly unblooded American allies.
"Bugger Hastings". As George V might say were he still with us. And just because you are unaware of something doesn't mean it didn't happen.
The plans shown in Hamilton's 2nd volume clearly illustrate what The Anglican Prig had in mind as soon as he took over. And we all know that Morgan, Ike, and Tedder had personal axes to grind. Monty was a horrible man, but a great general.
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Another wonderful piece of story telling.
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I think that right from the days of COSSAC it was always a foregone conclusion, simply because of supplies and reinforcements coming across the Atlantic.
And as for Cobra, although the exact details would change as the situation evolved, The Anglican Prig had something like that in mind pretty much from day he threw Morgan's plan in the basket.
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5 hours ago, umlaut said:
Sorry, I knew they arent brits. But they do look brit-ish, though
Hahaha.
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35 minutes ago, chuckdyke said:
We left the Netherlands in the 60's when I was a teen. I am still conversational in Dutch, nevertheless, didn't realize there were three kinds of polders. So, it seems I was wrong, I don't have a problem with it. Pieter Geyl also new to me, just a funny surname. I don't go into the details of it. Kind regards
Apology accepted. Happy gaming.
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5 hours ago, Sgt.Squarehead said:
Do you actually read the other posts?
I began wondering about his reading of other posts when despite my mentioning the Dutch historian Pieter Geyl he gave me the same lecture about polders over and over again, that I almost fell asleep.
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Thanks Sarge. In real life I'm not quite as ugly as Crommers. But, it's a close call.
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So far I have been lucky with weapons "greying out" during a turn. I normally give them a Target Arc during the Command Phase and they resume firing at their previous target. I'm at a loss as to why your problem continues for the rest of the battle.
Just for the record there aren't any "br**s" in this battle. You have a mixture of Tommies and Poles. Happy gaming.
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1 hour ago, Sgt.Squarehead said:
Do you actually read the other posts?
Hahahahaha.
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@umlaut That must have been annoying. Did you check to see if the MG's were undamaged? Although I imagine for all of them to get damaged would be very rare.
Also, are you going to give this a whirl as the Germans?
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No "B***s" although the were plenty of Tommies involved in this one, with some Jocks. Taffies and Micks. And "Boy's" is correct as their commander was called Boy. A rather clever piece of word play by the designer.
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A great series of action shots.
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17 minutes ago, Macisle said:
Merchant Ivory
Are you thinking of their 1984 classic "Passage to Vlissingen"? In which Helena Bonham-Carter plays a rosy-cheeked resistance worker who's dress is always spotlessly clean no matter how many beatings she takes from the Gestapo.
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Some while back I was asked if I would be starting a new caption competition, but I thought that I had taken those as far as I could. But, I am happy to announce the publication of ...
"Mad Addy : My granddad's part in his downfall" by Spike (the real one, not that Terrance Milligan charlatan). This (non - existent) illustrated novella will be available for the very reasonable price of 3 shillings, thruppence, three-farthing for a limited time only.
Part 1.
"Smile Paddy"
"What's there to smile about? Some stupid fecking Cockney at Tilbury took all the Guinness off the wagon. And then loaded her up with bully beef." ...
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Meanwhile back in the bocage country...
"Oi, Monty. Get off and milk it".
Ammo Exchange - Tommies don't share
in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
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I've never played this battle. But having looked at it earlier. I would go for the classic 4-3-3 formation as used by Alf Ramsey during the 1966 World Cup.