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    Jagdpanther schurzen?

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

    Posted · Edited by Vacillator

    23 minutes ago, Warts 'n' all said:

    Little Lizzie Trust Fund...

    I did notice one joke in that, but not a CM one.  Asked about the reason for scrapping the 45% tax band, our leader replied "that was the Chancellor's idea".

    I preferred Mark's sausage-related humour, but it has been keeping him busy when he should be posting photographs.

    EDIT: I fear I'm straying off-topic again.  A holiday beckons, but oh how I need a holiday.

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    Combat Mission Red Thunder Battle Pack 1 pre-orders are now open

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

    Posted · Edited by Vacillator

    14 minutes ago, NamEndedAllen said:

    The sun sets properly over the ocean as it should, on the West Coast. Safely, in beauty and splendour. Clearly better than seeing it descend onto the land as a blazing ball of nuclear fire, consuming our women and children. I don’t understand how those in the East stand the daily horror.

    I've not thought of it like that before, but I'm just about within sight of the Atlantic (well the Bristol Channel to be precise) so I don't disagree.

    By 'those in the East' you must mean those who fought over the area in the RT Battle Pack 😉?  And now we're back on-topic 😬.

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    Combat Mission Red Thunder Battle Pack 1 pre-orders are now open

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

    Posted

    15 hours ago, NamEndedAllen said:

    BTW, Time zone an issue? I see you are standing in the Mother Country, and I on the far Western (better!) edge of North America.

    Doesn't seem to be, except for limiting the speed of file turn around at times, which isn't the end of the world. 

    Thinking about it, I've realised an odd thing - I don't think I've played anyone from outside of North America.  Don't know why that is.  It's probably partly a reflection that I havent played that many people.

    Anway, if and when, just PM me here. The off-topic police will then be able to stand down.

    15 hours ago, NamEndedAllen said:

    the far Western (better!) edge of North America

    Controversial 😉.

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    Combat Mission Red Thunder Battle Pack 1 pre-orders are now open

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

    Posted

    You're the veteran my friend, so I was hoping to learn 😉.  I'm not sure I have much that I can teach, but you never know.

    Learning the game is one thing though, learning from other players is another.  I learnt something totally unexpected this week, just by reading a 'random' post here in a thread I was involved in.  Wish I could remember who it was 👍, must look back.  I had to think about it, try it, and then by coincidence do it the same day in a PBEM.  It has added a bit of time to my setup turns, but that's not a problem and I might do slightly better in some games now.

    One thing I like about PBEMs (and there's quite a few things I like) is that I can talk to my opponents, who are usually better at various or all things than I am (or maybe they're just luckier).  We have a laugh and a joke but also a serious talk about why such things have gone a certain way.  Priceless.

    As for victory or defeat, it's often such a thin line.

     

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    Christmas 2022 Scenario Challenge

    in CM2 Scenario and Mod Tips

    Posted · Edited by Vacillator

    2 hours ago, Erwin said:

    Strongpoint", I get "Item deleted"

    Yeah me too via the link above. 

    It is however in Phil's Goody Box (in the 'CMFI R2V/CMFI CMAK2' folder) if anyone is in a hurry to get it.  Here's the link from there, which is working:

    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/onjq96c2gh5jmxn/AADIy4-BpDu57jDofLwr98iQa/CMFI R2V/CMFI CMAK2/AFRIKA Cutting Out a Strongpoint.btt?dl=0

    Assume the version is the same Phil?

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    A Word on Follow-on Modules

    in Combat Mission Cold War

    Posted

    Yes please, I'm the world's number 1 Panther fan after some recent battles against my good friend @RMM. 

    So it sounds like a 'look-alike' replacement, not a 'performs-alike'?  Still good.

    And  M36 LOL?  Where do I get that, or have I already got it?  Jeez I need to wake up a bit, or stop playing with my real time kitties 😺.

     

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    A Word on Follow-on Modules

    in Combat Mission Cold War

    Posted

    Great stuff!

    But... is it kinda like my Sherman looks like an M48, or is it my ex-Sherman is now an M48 and has the attributes of an M48?

    You may have already said it and I missed it, but I'm hoping for a certain answer 😉.

    And a disclaimer.  I only really like historical, but this could help there between titles of course.

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    Combat Mission Red Thunder Battle Pack 1 pre-orders are now open

    in Combat Mission Red Thunder

    Posted · Edited by Vacillator

    On 9/29/2022 at 8:02 PM, NamEndedAllen said:

    So I was hooked

    That's a great summary.  Love it. 

    I might also be an older punk in life years, but not in game years - I only stumbled across the wonder of CM maybe 3 years ago  EDIT:  No that's rubbish, 2020!.  Shocking I know, but in my defence I think I had been confusing it with another game which was rather sh1te.

    I am at your service if you want to win a PBEM, just PM me.

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    2022 Mid Year Update

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Artkin said:

    You wouldn't notice it unless you loaded the map up in the 3d editor

    Yes, and it focuses the mind if you start placing your units in the knowledge that someone more skillful is going to punish any stupid mistakes.  Even if their speciality is of the airborne nature 😆.

    And I'm thinking spending ages doing this is not so realistic, but the set-up phase is such a great part of most battles and adds the surprise factor.

    This time however, some extra time has been taken in the unrealistic or otherwise 'acquire shuffle' which for some reason I had previously missed the possibility of, as I didn't even imagine it would be possible.  Doh!  Thanks to whoever hinted at it in another thread the other day, one of you kind gentlemen.

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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

    in Combat Mission Black Sea

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Battlefront.com said:

    On a serious note, I often think about how lucky I am that the country with the longest border with mine is Canada.

    We have Eire.  Without colonialism it might have been easier.

    Or with more 'successful' colonialism it might have been even easier 😉.  Same goes for Canada, etc. etc.

    I realise in the thread context I'm on dodgy ground here 😬.

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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

    in Combat Mission Black Sea

    Posted

    18 hours ago, chuckdyke said:

    Water will flow the way it is supposed to.

    Unless there's a pump involved 😉.

    But if you mean that public support/desire will guide political decisions, I'm a little sceptical given what's going on with most aspects of the UK 'mini-budget'.  It has support from the wealthier in society, but no-one else. 

    Deciding that support for Ukraine is no longer a priority is thankfully a diffent matter as it has cross-party support (obviously).

    And here endeth the boring political stuff 😬.

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    How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

    in Combat Mission Black Sea

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, Letter from Prague said:

    the West should disengage

    There is no sign of that here in the UK. 

    The UK Government currently seems to want to mess up the UK economy allegedly without a moment's thought, but support for Ukraine has never been questioned.  I don't see that changing as it's widely seen as the right thing to do.

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