Warts 'n' all

Another enjoyable episode.

That was God's punishment for you treating it as a tourist attraction. No hang on a minute, monasteries belong to the other lot don't they.

I'm just over half an hour into this. And I'm enjoying it. Although one of my Flak guns decided to get involved in an infantry firefight, swung it's gun around 90 degrees and killed four of his own mates.

This is going to have me humming Bow Wow Wow's version of "Fools Rush In" all day.

Also, from what I can tell from some of the guys in the nearest pub to our local barracks. When the Gurkhas found out that some arrogant plonker liked to come on to BFC's forum spouting neo-Nazi garbage, they asked the M.O.D. to inform B.F.C. that they didn't want to be included in Rome to Victory. Of course, that might be just the ale talking.

My nearest takeaway is called "The Gurkha Kitchen", and of course features a pair of crossed khukuris on it's logo. I have yet to ask if they do a discount for CMers.

@John Kettler This is the scene that @Wicky's previous post referred to. The signature belongs to Ian Lavender who played Private Pike. I once saw him play cricket in a charity match, but I wanted the other side to win. The show ran for about ten years, beginning in 1968. And is as much about the British class system as it is about WW2. You might be able to track it down on the net or on DVD either way it is well worth watching.

When I first fired up the game I put the TRP in La Gleize. But, after getting hit by the bridge bug and restarting, I forgot all about it, and left it in it's original position. Silly old noddle head.

As I mentioned previously, one of my PzIV did that of it's own accord also on Turn 2. Which would suggest the freezing air temperature does not turn all muddy ground rock hard automatically, which makes sense to me.

Bloody Nora, the modern architects have done more damage to down town Bastogne than the Germans did.

Always good to see the word "vignettes", it is so mellifluous.

@John Kettler "Private Pike" was in a Limey TV series called "Dad's Army" about the Home Guard. He was a mummy's boy, forced to wear a big scarf, in case he caught a cold, and was known by his Platoon Captain as "Stupid Boy".

I still can't believe we allowed you Saxons into the country. We need to put some hydraulic rams in to the River Lea and shove you fashion victims back across the German Ocean.

"Keep smiling, they'll go away soon."

I got hit by the bridge bug early doors, PzIV did a sharp right over the parapet and got stuck. So I tried again, gave all my vehicles either "Quick" or "Fast" commands and had no problems. Ten minutes in, only one casualty. Lots of white flags, dead Ami's, and the aforementioned truck is burning nicely. Farhen Zie sur Maas!

I think Pike will be getting that job.

Glad you enjoyed that one, Sarge.

No prob John. But you are the guy we normally rely on for detailed information. I'd have thought that you could not only tell us what material the Limey helmet covers were made from, the factory they were made in, but even how many holes there was in the netting that they stuck the twigs and leaves into to. As for this particular photo, I'm plumping for Spear and Jackson to have made the pickaxes.

That big cat had very sharp claws.

Looks like you've put a lot of effort into this. I look forward to losing it soon.

I ended up uninstalling engine 4, and going back to playing the game on 3. It's shame, but there you go, accidents will happen as some Limey singer once said.

"the British have bare helmets"... Titter ye not, as Frankie Howerd would say. Joking aside, given that this was filmed back in Blighty they wouldn't need any kind of cover, or camo for their helmets.

@benpark beat me to it. This what I think of as a railway embankment, and this one is in what we gamers call CMBN-MG country.

Nice shot.

I would give this a "like" but I have exceeded my limit.