Vacillator

Well said, agreed.

You would of course be welcome any time, circumstances allowing.  We could meet up for a Lynton and Lynmouth walk, and include the Valley of Rocks, followed by cider or beer.  Oh happy times ❤️ hopefully to return soon...

My dad went to Somerset once. Kent had a great morning, he drank too much at lunchtime, and they got stuffed by Viv and the boys in the afternoon.

Oh and, Vacilllator, to off-topicalify this thread further I want you to know my wife and I visited your neck of the woods two summers ago. A walking tour to be exact, roughly around Taunton to Lynton. It was probably one of the best trips I've taken ever. First trip to England even. What I'd do for a real pasty now. Enjoy your little piece of paradise, sir.

I took that from an actual WWII photo on the Russian front. Must have been Summer '41 even. Sad when you actually see it. The tank in the picture is wrecked and abandoned. That's not a person at the top but a hatch left open.

At the grave risk of going off-topic, is that a sunflower mod in your profile picture or is it a 'real' photo?  It has bearing on some recent discussions, plus I have oddly experienced the joys of growing sunflowers this summer.  Yes, in Somerset, in the UK - odd, at least for me.
As for the delay, my response as usual is 'I'm playing the wonderful CMBN in the meantime anyway'.  I am fairly new to the game so it has much more to offer than I have time for, and it's a great experience nearly every time I play it.  Except for those times I make bad decisions 😉.

Friday afternoon and finally off video conference calls.  Gawd I both love Zoom and hate it.
There are lots of reasons for delay and for those of us who have been around a while it is a constant joke on Steve's ability to wildly overestimate when a product will be out.  We love ya steve but I always double or triple your estimates.    Covid has impacted all of us and I really appreciate Combatintman's concerns.  My wife and I both have aging mother's that are very vulnerable.  In my case I can't visit her because of the risk, my wife is unable to even assume risk, she is simply prohibited.  Despite all the fluff from the orange man, a vaccine is a ways off and even then we are looking at manufacturing and distribution - and a possible mutation.  From a work perspective my job has gotten extremely time consuming and difficult and I barely even have time to play CM much less beta test it. For Steve etal sure they had requirements for their other contracts as well as trying to patch all the titles for various issues continue work on modules and deal with their personal lives.  Right now if anything we should all be giving each other leeway to deal with a difficult time.  Freakin sky is at least not yellow here today with smoke forcing everyone indoors.  I have a bottle of wine, some sashimi grade seafood was just delivered, my wife is healthy and it is the weekend.  I'll take it.

It's always worrying to notice grown men watching children's movies.

Thanks George, that's pretty much what I thought.  I am sadly an editor virgin but I'm tempted.
Also, sat there (or rather stood after I'd opened up 😉) once more as Wittmann I felt like doing it all again, but of course it would be different knowing what to expect.
Plus I still have to finish Villers Bocage, which is where I'm going now ❤️.

Okay, @Falaise out of curiosity I have replayed the first turn with no re-positioning and no movement orders, and with the camera behind Wittmann's head as you described.  For me, there was some incoming artillery to the right (near to other Tigers but no damage done).  There were no spotted contacts shown and no direct fire that I could see, so I think you were indeed my friend very unlucky 😮.
Unless of course @George MC says there are various alternative starting positions for the Allies if you are playing as Axis?  I'm not even sure you can do this, but my fumbling in the editor neither confirmed nor denied it.  I suspect not.
I would say go again, assuming the inhabitants of your home are suitably positioned 😁.

Lol I'm good. Just helping myself to some friday evening beer banter. 😉

Indeed.  And I'm glad no-one took offence at my inappropriate suggestion 🧑‍🤝‍🧑, you never know. 

🙂

For me yes.  I am prone to thinking 'okay, I need to get these guys over there and these ones there, as quick as possible and in as much force as possible'.  My version of 'klotzen nicht kleckern' as Guderian once said (or so I read).  I am however learning the fine art of patience, observation and reconaissance in this marvellous game.
And I should say my successful games have typically been the patient, cautious ones...

Boccage ou bocage, mon ami?

Mon dieu @Falaise my sympathies.  You may have seen earlier in the thread that was not my experience of the battle, in which there was no demise.  I would say " if at first you dont succeed" but of course that wasn't an option for either side in 1944.
Oh, and the Tiger track link is a shame but at least you have the memory.

Mon dieu @Falaise my sympathies.  You may have seen earlier in the thread that was not my experience of the battle, in which there was no demise.  I would say " if at first you dont succeed" but of course that wasn't an option for either side in 1944.
Oh, and the Tiger track link is a shame but at least you have the memory.

Mon dieu @Falaise my sympathies.  You may have seen earlier in the thread that was not my experience of the battle, in which there was no demise.  I would say " if at first you dont succeed" but of course that wasn't an option for either side in 1944.
Oh, and the Tiger track link is a shame but at least you have the memory.

Mon dieu @Falaise my sympathies.  You may have seen earlier in the thread that was not my experience of the battle, in which there was no demise.  I would say " if at first you dont succeed" but of course that wasn't an option for either side in 1944.
Oh, and the Tiger track link is a shame but at least you have the memory.

I can't say that yet as I only turned up in the CM world fairly recently, but I am happy to agree with:
John, are we the often mentioned fanboyz 😉?

I lack the Heavy french knowledge (I have perhaps a bit) but I enjoyed the joke nevertheless 🙂.

AAR Wittman Demise George MC
Here is a scenario that I have been watching since I got the game.
I opened it, I looked at the superb map, I recognize the places.
But I'm not going to spoil it. Considering the amount of work to achieve it, the quality of the menu and the accompanying documentation, this is a great scenario and like a old bottle of wine, i respects
You have to find the opportunity, take the time ...
I also need to gain experience so that I can fully appreciate it.
I think about it regularly, I look at the pitch every time I pass there.
I open it from time to time to admire the map. I find the depression in the small wood where when I was 16 I found a tiger caterpillar link that I could not take, too heavy on my cycle, one of my big regrets !!!!
Then the big day arrives, tomorrow I don't work, Madame is up to bed, the children too, not a noise outside just the regular purring of the cat sleeping on the chair next to me
I have my plan in mind, a notepad handy. For the 1st minute, as usual, no movement, it's the observation turn, the vehicle pilots are unbuttoned to spot any contacts.
I press the red button and place the camera just behind Wittman who is looking at the battlefield stand up in his turret. I’m Wittman, I’m him, soon I’m going to launch my tigers to conquer the Jalousie Ridge and make history again.
Thirty seconds have elapsed I appreciate the moment… the sound of a hiss of shell, boom, a shell has just burst Wittman has disappeared ! a red cross floats above the tank. No it's not possible: Wittman is hit NO I check he is no longer in the tankcrew, NO
I don’t believe it I check the other tanks everyone is unharmed.
I'm aghast, one dead person in the record, that is Wittman.
I want to start again but the magic is broken, frustrated I go to bed.
Like  Bulletpoint sentence rings true
 

Absolutely the best game I've ever played. Spent more time on it than every other game I've played put together.

I can't stop saying it !!!
I showed my wife after a silence she just answered: "is it an Englishman ?"

This one is extract... from the Combat Mission Battle of Normandy Scenario  "La cage aux folles" !!