wadepm Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 After many years I am coming back as well. Had to get a new rig to play this thing though. Probably needed one anyway, but this was the catalyst. My sons are kind of excited too, they remember looking over my shoulder when they were 6-7 years old. Now one is going off to college. Sniff... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Viajero Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Im just waiting for the group hug. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manx Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Although i've been AWOL during much of the CMSF years i'm glad to be back for CM's return to WWII - it's what BFC do best i think. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyJJ Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 My sons are kind of excited too, they remember looking over my shoulder when they were 6-7 years old. Now one is going off to college. Sniff... Ha! You're old! My oldest was only three and the youngest only being gestated when I last CM-ed. And now they're only 13 and ... oh, crap how'd I get this old? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tecumseh Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 I was hoping Fionn's ban would be lifted and he'd be wheeled out to do some AARs and call Steve and Jason rude names. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Soon to be 55 - started gaming in 67 when I received Afrika Korps and Jutland (Avalon Hill). When CM:BO came out in 2000, my oldest was 9 years. In 2011, she's 19, soon to be 20 and wrapping up her freshman year at Georgia Tech, majoring in Industrial Engineering. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrold Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Is Rune having another sneak peak? BDH 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agua Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Wow, haven't seen or even thought of some of these folks in years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogCBrand Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 I was hoping Fionn's ban would be lifted and he'd be wheeled out to do some AARs and call Steve and Jason rude names. I'm imagining something like Captain Pike in Star Trek, a withered head and shoulders in a wheeled mechanical life support box and only able to flash lights for "yes" and "no". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxdon Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 I was here back before CM:BO reading about it's AAR's and going crazy with release (which I got day one. Played CM:BB and CM:AK, but CM:BO was my favorite. I very pleased to see this release...AND for the MAC (which I changed to a few years ago). I'm now 64 and ready to rock again (if a bit slower;) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccooper Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 I was hooked on CMBO before its release but even though I'm a huge fan its been a few years since I've played. I'm really looking forward to this latest WWII installment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abrams Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 I was hooked on CMBO before its release but even though I'm a huge fan its been a few years since I've played. I'm really looking forward to this latest WWII installment. I've never quit CM ... Just how many CM:BO scenarios have I downloaded ? I have tons of them ... I actually , only this winter , bought CMAK and CMBB ... just wanted them all ...... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeutschRitter Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 I bought CMBO to shorten the time for the release of CBN. Can one of the elders tell me the best mods to improve the terrain or mods to improve the looking of the game. I was looking at GreenAsJades Mod page but there are so many and I dont want to download everthing and try it. thx ahead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 I am somewhat amazed and bemused at how many of us are well into our seventh decade of life. Five or six years ago I saw an ad for a powered, tracked wheelchair that could go just about anywhere. What I am wondering is whether you could put some armor and a cannon on it... Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymru Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 So, the average age is somewhere in the early 40s. That's about 10 years older than I had guessed but probably helps to explain the tone of this forum. I belong to another (un-named) game forum where the average age is barely 20 and the quality of the posts is significantly less mature. :eek: Stratego! Yes, thanks for the name. There were also air and naval versions that were really the same game but with planes and ships rather than troops. Like many of you I went the route: AH, PanzerBlitz (amazing game for the time) and the entire Strategy & Tactics line. Early computer games were frustrating because of weak AI rather than poor graphics: my imagination is good enough to 'see' a red square as a T-34. Tended to stay with games like Wizardry for several years, the Civilization. When CMBO came out it was a whole new day for me, now I expect to spend several more years exploring all of the ramifications of CMBN. Looking forward to future threads on topics as diverse as Goliath tanks and the morale effect of 88mm-equipped Jabberwocks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boff Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Only a few weeks ago I reinstalled all 3 games and got back into competitive CMx1 ladder & tournament games over at (whisper it) The Few Good Men. I did buy CMSF when it first came out but it never got under my skin like the other titles did (and still do), looking forward to trying out CMBN. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juha Ahoniemi Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Another old timer reporting back to duty! Man, it's been a while! I thing the last CMBB game I played was back in 2004 or something like that. But now I preordered Normandy and looking forward to battle with old foes again... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Like many of you I went the route: AH, PanzerBlitz (amazing game for the time) and the entire Strategy & Tactics line. As a footnote: Panzerblitz was designed by SPI and—so I understand—originally appeared as an S&T issue game. AH bought it up pretty quickly along with France 1940. Over the years AH bought a lot of SPI designed games, especially right before Gary Gigax bought up SPI. It had just completed publishing a line of former SPI games when the company was bought out by that evil company I will not name who promptly shut down the wargame operation. May they rot in hell. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogCBrand Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 As a footnote: Panzerblitz was designed by SPI and—so I understand—originally appeared as an S&T issue game. AH bought it up pretty quickly along with France 1940. Over the years AH bought a lot of SPI designed games, especially right before Gary Gigax bought up SPI. It had just completed publishing a line of former SPI games when the company was bought out by that evil company I will not name who promptly shut down the wargame operation. May they rot in hell. Michael Hear, Hear!!! Though I know some small companies are still hanging on, when AH was sold and They Who Shall Not Be Mentioned stopped the production of true wargames, it was the closest thing to the death of a Golden Age! With the rise of computer games it was inevitable, but still, I'd have preferred to see AH just end than have it corrupted by that heartless giant! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCScipio Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 In an effort to set the bar high: In 1975 I got my then girlfriend hooked on France 1940 and that first tactical si-move game SPI produced, the name of which escapes me at the moment. Her long suffering did not pay off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogCBrand Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 In an effort to set the bar high: In 1975 I got my then girlfriend hooked on France 1940 and that first tactical si-move game SPI produced, the name of which escapes me at the moment. Her long suffering did not pay off. Impressive that you actually got her into it! Wargaming is one of those few remaining areas where women dare not tread! Growing up in a rural area with no nearby friends, I desperately wished my sister's being something of a Tomboy had translated to being willing to play my AH games, but she had no interest so I mostly played them solitaire. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krilly Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Oh the pains of setting up boardgames and no one in sight to play them with. Trying to play solitaire or staring at the setup dreaming about Victorous strategies. Thank god for the day and age of computer gaming 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyBucket Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 ... In 1975 I got my then girlfriend hooked on France 1940 and that first tactical si-move game SPI produced, the name of which escapes me at the moment.... Starsoldier? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCScipio Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 No, BB, that's not it. Does Tank ring a bell? Not sure, though. You had to plot the moves beforehand and execute in baby steps. It was a bookkeeping nightmare. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCScipio Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Impressive that you actually got her into it! Wargaming is one of those few remaining areas where women dare not tread! Growing up in a rural area with no nearby friends, I desperately wished my sister's being something of a Tomboy had translated to being willing to play my AH games, but she had no interest so I mostly played them solitaire. Well, she did breakup with me, so I'm certain she must have been at least a little gay. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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