altipueri Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 QB, small, random, armour only, meeting engagement, veteran level. Turned out to be German vs German in city. Won by 1000 points to 12. Four Panthers and 2 HT destroyed. Nothing lost. A little knife fight, a bit like that real footage you can see of Sherman, then Pershing vs Panther. One heroic German crewman charged my PzIV with his pistol. My 3 guys wounded - I guess they must have caught their fingers in the hatch as they closed it. Almost like the old days at Omdurman against the fuzzy wuzzies. You know the stuff: The sand of the desert is sodden red, -- Red with the wreck of a square that broke; -- The Gatling's jammed and the Colonel dead, And the regiment blind with dust and smoke. The river of death has brimmed his banks, And England's far, and Honour a name, But the voice of a schoolboy rallies the ranks: 'Play up! play up! and play the game!' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pak40 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 A little knife fight a bit like that real footage you can see of Sherman then Patton vs Panther. ?? you mean Pershing? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Holy shi*t, Altipueri, I just (mis)quoted that verse on the Blue and Gray thread above a couple of minutes ago. What are the chances on this board, eh?. Great minds think alike:D...but curious, are you by chance a Colonial gamer on the side, too? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altipueri Posted June 14, 2012 Author Share Posted June 14, 2012 Spooky. It's not Kipling, I think but ? Nugent New?? who then got rather upset when it was used to lure too many young men to play the game in 1914-18. I think. I celebrated my overwhelming victory with a bottle of port so I'm a bit pished now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 No, it's not Kipling...I have it down somewhere. Anyway, enjoy the moment! Edit: Henry Newbolt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altipueri Posted June 14, 2012 Author Share Posted June 14, 2012 @mjkerner I haven't played any Colonial wargames. I happened to read Winston Churchill's account of Omdurman a few weeks ago because a copy was left in a flat I stayed in whilst on holiday in Spain. He was there (Omdurman, that is !) - and rode in the charge of the Lancers. There was some great phrase along the lines of "there are few things more exhilarating in a man's life than to be shot at and survive..." I sometimes play American Civil War and Napoleonic - in fact I only earlier today felt that, as it is some 200 years since Napoleon retreated from Moscow, I should park some of the tanks and planes and dust off the muskets and sabres. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 I have painted and gamed miniatures as well as board games for about 40 years, but since CMBN came along, I haven't been doing anything but that. I occasionally get the urge, but this is so much less work! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymru Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 The author was Sir Henry Newbolt 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpabrams Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Why would we hate you? Did you play the AI? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altipueri Posted June 16, 2012 Author Share Posted June 16, 2012 I'm generally critical of the UI, things that are just worse than CMx1 when there's no reason for them to be so, especially 10+ years on. I find the gushing praise for "realism" from some of the fans vomit inducing - as if dicking around in front of a PC and being able to fly behind 3D buildings is more realistic than Harry bloody Potter. And then.. the first game I have that I really enjoy is about as unrealistic as possible - a QB - no infantry, no artillery, tanks only - German against German, and yes I played the AI. Mind you, there's nothing like a crushing victory to make you feel good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanir Ausf B Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Hopefully it will enable you to hold down your food for while. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Williams Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 It's a computer game. You want realism? Join the army and head to Afghanistan, unless you are too old and fat, like most of us. ;-) Grats on your victory. I love random QBs. I also like buying Crack troops and making my tanks go real fast in reverse....all while drinking wine and chuckling to myself evilly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I'm generally critical of the UI, things that are just worse than CMx1 when there's no reason for them to be so, especially 10+ years on. I find the gushing praise for "realism" from some of the fans vomit inducing - as if dicking around in front of a PC and being able to fly behind 3D buildings is more realistic than Harry bloody Potter. And then.. the first game I have that I really enjoy is about as unrealistic as possible - a QB - no infantry, no artillery, tanks only - German against German, and yes I played the AI. Mind you, there's nothing like a crushing victory to make you feel good. LOL do you have a special cover for your monitor while reading the forum, or do you just use barf bags? Let me know, I am about to hop on another plane and I can grab some spares. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool breeze Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Good luck on your long flight back to the best city on Earth! Im gonna be flying back there too tomorrow and I can't wait! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Good luck on your long flight back to the best city on Earth! Im gonna be flying back there too tomorrow and I can't wait! Ha no such luck. I am back in SJ now. 3 days of catching up on mods etc and a couple of turns in on Broadsword and my probable last battle of St Lo campaign... off to Chennai today for 9 days...can we say 110 fahrenheit every day...no we can't. It hurts to even think about. The upside is when I get back it is for a bit longer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Churchill actually said "than to be shot at without result" - but he wasn't talking about the Sudan. He wrote that of his first serious firefight on the northwest frontier in India, in the Story of the Malakand Field Force. Fighting in northern Pakistan / Afghanistan border area, in other words. The more things change... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Williams Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Cool Breeze My DI used to use that term....along with "Billy Bad Ass". Good stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpabrams Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Doug is not fat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool breeze Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 Sburke, Sorry to hear about that, but at least you can look forward to coming home to the land of perfect weather when you finish your business 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altipueri Posted June 17, 2012 Author Share Posted June 17, 2012 Churchill actually said "than to be shot at without result" - but he wasn't talking about the Sudan. He wrote that of his first serious firefight on the northwest frontier in India, in the Story of the Malakand Field Force. Fighting in northern Pakistan / Afghanistan border area, in other words. The more things change... Could well be as the book contained bits on Boer War, Omdurman, and as you say, the Malakand Field Force. And yes the same places are in the news again and we are making the same mistakes. Good to see Popper referenced. @Doug Williams - yeah I like making the tanks go really fast, I want to try and get them to do skid turns. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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