Miles.Osborne Posted February 11, 2001 Share Posted February 11, 2001 Hi As a reasonably new player on CM (2 weeks) has anyone got a scenario (on the CD or downloadable) that works well as a Human v Human PBEM battle. I am playing a number of PBEM games. Generally have 4 on the go. QBs tend to work well but I have 2 of those so a good scenario would be great. The game time to be around the 40 turn mark or maybe slightly longer. Neither of us have any preference to which side we play. Appretiate any comments. Thank you. Miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacky Posted February 11, 2001 Share Posted February 11, 2001 Recently engaged a fellow in Tin Tanks, from Rune Pack #4. I would suggest give this one a shot There are a lot of great PBEM scenarios, but this one is fresh in my mind! http://www.combatmissions.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles.Osborne Posted February 11, 2001 Author Share Posted February 11, 2001 It might be me There doesn't appear to be a Tin Tanks scenario in this Rune Pack. Miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tom Posted February 11, 2001 Share Posted February 11, 2001 Hi Miles , Dunno if you ever tried " South of Sword " from the CM CD ?? It´s a 25 turn game I just played " Double-blind " against a worthy gentleman form Finnland... and it was simple GREAT ! Give it a try. Regards Thomas Klimisch ------------------ Visit Toms Combat Mission HQ ( bilingual site ) at http://home.germany.net/101-77027/CM/TCMHQ.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topi Posted February 11, 2001 Share Posted February 11, 2001 ! (about Tin Tanks) It was probably in pack #2 or #3. I, too, recommend Tin Tanks. Wrong Hill (by same author, IIRC) is also nice, if somewhat bigger. Vossenack - Second Job by WBW is very good, if you want some ferocious city fighting. (Then again, anything by WBW or Rune is worth playing!) Topi [This message has been edited by Topi (edited 02-11-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rune Posted February 11, 2001 Share Posted February 11, 2001 Tink Tanks was in Pack 3, Valley High, All's quiet, and Rolling down the river are all good two player battles in it. There were also some good ones in A Matter of Honor [which is rune pack 1 and 2 combined] like a river run through it and others. Rune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhorse Posted February 11, 2001 Share Posted February 11, 2001 August Bank Holiday Beast at Bay Cheneux Sanatorium All or Nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark IV Posted February 11, 2001 Share Posted February 11, 2001 On the original CD: Move It or Lose It First Clash at Cambes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggamemnon Posted February 11, 2001 Share Posted February 11, 2001 My favorite was Nijmegen which is on the CD. It's only 25 turns or so though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles.Osborne Posted February 11, 2001 Author Share Posted February 11, 2001 I've gone for All's Quiet but keep them coming. I will use the thread for reference. Many thanks for suggestions thus far. Miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonzoAttacker Posted February 11, 2001 Share Posted February 11, 2001 I just completed a combine arms scenario for PBEM/TCP/IP Play... excellent play balance and NO FLAG... Objective is in briefings! It is called "Meeting!" Michael "Gonzo" Gonzalez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juardis Posted February 12, 2001 Share Posted February 12, 2001 Originally posted by Tom: Hi Miles , Dunno if you ever tried " South of Sword " from the CM CD ?? It´s a 25 turn game I just played " Double-blind " against a worthy gentleman form Finnland... and it was simple GREAT ! Give it a try. Regards Thomas Klimisch I second South of Sword. All hell is breaking loose and I'm only on turn 8. What a blast. Think of two tidal waves collapsing and you'd come close to the carnage on the battlefield so far. It starts with turn 1 and gets better from there...Recommend double blind though if you can find someone that hasn't played it. ------------------ Jeff Abbott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goanna Posted February 12, 2001 Share Posted February 12, 2001 Miles - I can second the South of Sword and Rune Pack recommendations. I have also gotten very good feedback on my scenario Fertile Ground which is available at the CMHQ Scenario Depot and Rugged Defense sites. If you send me an e-mail I can also give it to you directly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rex_Bellator Posted February 12, 2001 Share Posted February 12, 2001 IMHO South of Sword was the best PBEM game I've ever played, very well balanced and lots of options for both sides. Give it a try if you can. ------------------ "We're not here to take it - We're here to give it" General Morshead's response to the popular newspaper headline "Tobruk Can Take It" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles.Osborne Posted February 24, 2001 Author Share Posted February 24, 2001 I am curently playing South of Sword from the recommednations, my take on it is that it is an excellent scenario. I am not convinced it suits Modem users on PBEM as my opponent and I are regularly generating 2MB turn files which is certainly slowing down our turn rate. Also this scenario is now running like an absolute dog on my machine i've a K2 380 with 196MB RAM and V3 2000 and it is really struggling (any tips on performance advice for CM appretiated Miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Galanti Posted February 24, 2001 Share Posted February 24, 2001 Yeah, South of Sword made some pretty large turn files (especially for us 28.8 modem users ), but it was a great duble blind scenario. I fourth (or fifth or whatever) the recommendation.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark IV Posted February 24, 2001 Share Posted February 24, 2001 Smoke is a big CPU hit. Have you switched to the fast-and-compatible setting (shift-I)? Running at 800 x 600? Kill background antivirus? I have to try South of Sword one of these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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