Posts made by Weekend Gamer

Ender, you’re back! :mrgreen:  How you been, my Canadian Communist friend? :wink: :-D

Sorry, Mot, I’m slammed at work and am doing good just keeping up with my games. :|

@Motdc:

Cobalt has actually sent me the map already for the scenario.  If you talk to him about it, I bet he can make a non-scenario version with no brodge on it.  Then we could always just throw some arrow lines on or something to show where the brdige is.

MapView doesn’t handle stacking units on top of each other well (like you would need for movable terrain).  It’s on my list to do, but its pretty far down on the list.   :mrgreen:

Mot

Must be a long list, given all the units requests . . .

@dezrtfish:

Blue Cheese and wine? :-o

Hand in your papers your now Canadian

FRENCH Canadian, to be exact!

@Cmdr:

If we kicked out every Democrat who’s been sexually promiscuous and unfaithful to their wives then we’d have no Democrats in office anywhere.

What about Barney Frank? :?

@Adlertag:

Now I am 67 % american, but live in Norway, go figure

Norway, the 51st state??  :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Well, I might have exaggerated a little, but not too much . . .

You Are 83% American

You’re as American as red meat and shooting ranges.
Tough and independent, you think big.
You love everything about the US, wrong or right.
And anyone who criticizes your home better not do it in front of you!

No problem, just wasn’t sure you saw it. :-)

@Gamer:

I’d like to request the Veteran Tiger from D-Day set.

Mot, just bumping this in case you didn’t see it.

I’d like to request the Veteran Tiger from D-Day set.

Mot, spotters are only needed for airplanes and, perhaps, other specialized units.  Mateo was referring to “spotter” in the generic sense as units that create line-of-sight for MORTARS.  Mortars don’t require any particular type of spotter (the ones that have indirect fire, I mean).  They typically only require that any friendly unit be within four hexes of the target and have LOS to the target.  So that could be a Sherman, a bazooka, a Garand, whatever.

If you are ever in Florida, Cobalt, you can look me and Mateo up.  We’re always hankering for some FTF action.

@Cobalt:

OODA stands for Observe, Orient, Decide and Act. It was a leadership theory developed by a Korean War Air Force pilot ace that the Marine Corps adopted in its warfighting philosophy in the mid to late 80s. The idea is to to risk a decision with only about 70% of the information verses the enemy who hesitates to make a decision until he has 100% information. By the time is the enemy is ready to make a decision, you are already on to the next problem and he ends up having to react more and more to your to your previous actions.

While this idea is not likely to be simulated in a PBEM war game, the whole initiative cocnept in Axis & Allies minis can make or break the plan of attack.

That’s interesting.  It reminds me of the quote, attributed to Napoleon I believe, that no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy.  The enemy is always doing things (like paradropping in the town right in front of your tanks :wink:) that make you re-adjust your plans.

Mateo has been on this kick ever since our last FTF gaming session, when I suddenly realized his mortars were tearing the shit out of me, but I could not hit his spotters (because they ducked for cover).  Personally, I agree that, without that ability, initiative means NOTHING (except for those annoying BAR gunners).  So I’m fine with the mechanics as is.

Cobalt, I am curious as to what you mean by “inside the OODA Loop”.  Could you elaborate?  I am not familiar with that expression.

@JWW:

@mojo:

JWW this is cracking me up.  so i’ll throw a couple things into the pot.

i like jenns pic. too,
i’m an athesist.
i agree with legal prostitution,  Nevada allows it.  i want no part but it should be legal.
i agree with legal drugs,  if you wanna OD on whatever drug,  have at it.  thats 1 less car in traffic to deal with.
i belive jenn and balugs political views are wacked,  but i support thier right to have them,  they just need to stop believing everything rush has to say.
and i agrre with most of jermos views.
so have at it rip away.

1. How many F’ing mojo’s are on this site anyway? The real mo-blow, the first mo-fo and you? How hard is it to be original here?

WTF are you talking about?  What, did it take you, like 3 seconds to come up with your INITIALS as your online name??? How “ORIGINAL”!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

:-D

Definitely Eastern Front.  I don’t feel the Russians are playable in a “normal” game because your options for units are so much more limited.  However, in a scenario, the odds can be evened up somewhat.

The Hasbro CD was buggy when it came out and it’s obviously WAY out of date now – some ten years later.  If you like the environment that the CD game supplied (I certainly did), you should check out Triple A.  It’s a freeware game and there are links to its website all over the place here.  It’s interface works very similarly to the old CD rom game, but without all the bugs (for the most part).  Park your horse and buggy in the barn and move into at least early 2000s technology. :wink:

Mot – I’m just curious – where do you get your artwork for all these units?  I ask because the artwork is really good. :-)

@Motdc:

You guys are missing the point.  Its only 4 points.  You can drop and Inf AND an Artilllery off in turn 1 and you pay for itself.

It makes the 88 playable.

Umm, Mot, the 88 is a GERMAN unit!!! :lol:

(but otherwise, I see your point. :wink:)

weak AND slow – you might as well call it the “Death Trap” 'cause any troops caught in that sucker will be deep-sixed quick.  Heck, if it’s loaded with TWO troops, why WOULDN’T you go out of your way to kill it?