Warts 'n' all

"I have here a letter from a Mrs Trellis of North Wales, she writes.. "Dear B.F.C. Why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why ......... " Shameless rip off I know.

Having gotten a bloody nose the first time I tried this a few years ago, and remembering how frustrating it was trying to get through the first two lines of defence, when I took this campaign on a few weeks ago I tried something different. The 1st line is only a touch objective.... The 3rd line gives twice as many points as 2nd... So as they say, I missed out the "middle man" and went around the right flank, just sending one platoon to touch the very edge of the 1st zone, With regards to artillery, or lack of it. I was frustrated about it too. But, in the case of this campaign, it does reflect that fact that the Russians had problems moving their arty quickly in that kind of terrain.

Hahahahaha. Just got to love that colonial sense of humour.

I think that campaign could be described as "Balanced" rather then defensive, as the Germans are attacking in at least three of the missions. Although when it comes to an early-war CM I'm with you all the way.

The only time I ever saw my old dad play an organised game of footy (full size pitch, referee, corner flags etc), it was at The Royal West Kent Barracks. It was in the days before things kicked off in Ireland, and you could just wander around. Nowadays most of it is buried under a dual carriageway, although by co-incidence they have built a football stadium there as well.

Oh yes, you're right it is about "player preference". I'm just weird.

It's not only question of making the map "prettier", it is more about realism. If there is ever a CMx3 hopefully there will be some kind of points penalty for tree togglers.

Ah, that's a shame.

Any chance of more screenshots from Italy, and less from Telegraphpole Land?

Thanks. I did look them up, but apart finding out that there was such a unit as the 24th Battalion Sikh Regiment, I couldn't find any other info.

Were the 24th part of an independent brigade, or seconded from another division to fight alongside the 6th South Africans?

"Next one to make a bad joke, get's this."

Ah, is that a reference to the lead singer of Gay King Billy and the Velvet Gentlemen? Obscure Anglo-Dutch underground band sadly overshadowed by The Velvet Underground.

Nah mate, it makes yer wanna pogo!

In the words of Jonneh Rottensingha... "Never mind the Kirpan, here's the Khanda".

I think you'll find that there are only Bedfords in the game. Although there are quite a few Hippos still running, lovingly restored with divisional markings on them.

They're not, are they? Well blow me down with a fevva, I'd 'ave nevva Adam 'n' Eve'd it, if you ''adn't told me. I do remember once being in Het Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam overhearing an Englishwoman exclaim "Oh, I thought that they were our friends", when she saw a painting of The Battle of the Medway. All good fun.

That does happen a few times a year, by accident. Luckily not too many passengers get hurt.

That is a nice way of putting it. Although I prefer Ed Murrow's story of being invited in to partake of "several whiskies" when he went to collect his wife from dinner with Clementine.

I think Attlee did too.

Thanks Mick. I'm never going to win Mornington Crescent, but I'll settle for "Linguistic creativity".

That isn't a surprise. Have you heard the way the Soud Efrikans mangle our language?

Given that my historical humour goes over some heads, it might be best locked. My joke had nothing to do with B%$£%&. It was about someone shutting down Parliament when they don't get their own way, something of course that Warty face did himself.

I was hoping that someone was going to pick up on the fact that there was no such band as "John E Lenin and the Toronto Beat Boys".

Don't worry. Elizabeth tells me that Mr and Mrs Axeman have gone off to Allhallows-on-mud, for their holidays, so you are safe for the time being. In the meantime I have more important things to attend to. As if the "Short Parliament" wasn't bad enough, I have the "Idiot Parliament" to worry about. Opens my window out on to St.Jame's to catch the strains of John E. Lenin and the Toronto Beat Boy's singing "All we are saying, is string Johnson up". Not that I am one to advocate Regicide, in any way shape or form.