Always entertaining and enlightening.ĬM Cold War - Beta AAR - Soviet Thread - Glorious Soviet Victory at Small German Town 1980įor what it is worth, this battle is on a 2km x 2.5km map. They have done many AARs on the Battlefront boards like this. Each player stays out of the other thread, but for those of us following it is a neat way to see both sides as it all unfolds. Thread - Battle of Dolbach Heights 1980Īnd the AAR for his opponent. Not only is he a good player, the AARs he writes are outstanding, both in terms of his commentary about his reasoning, analysis and actions, and also his presentation with maps, screens and that sort of thing.įor the three people here at SimHQ excited about Cold War I present the newest oneĬM Cold War - BETA AAR - U.S. Man what happened to these boards? The enthusiasm is through the floorĪnyone who has read my posts over the years on Combat Mission here at SimHQ has probably seen me say that sometimes I have more fun reading AARs than playing the game, mostly due to having already played through all the campaigns for any given title, which is partly due to me playing nothing but campaigns so I go through them fairly fast, and partly due to the dearth of available campaigns, which again makes me go through them fairly fast hahaĪnd some of the very best are by Bil Hardenberger. Does that give you an added sense of attachment to this? Lots of the guys on the BFC boards served at the same time as you and I can see by their posts this has that intimate connection for some of them.Īnyway, it's mostly conjecture right now, but I love this surprise. We don't know enough now to judge it properly. There is a lot of buzz on their boards, so hopefully that will spark plenty of discussion and reveals. The entire Combat Mission community has been blindsided by this. I don't have CMBS, what size are the biggest maps in that one? Hopefully we see some details in the near future. On the defense it's OK, but unless there are some improvements I can't see the AI dealing well with it. And part of it may be due to how with no real AI, the computer would have plenty of issues dealing with a maneuver battle on big maps. I want big maps for that reason really, like twice the size above. The issue with SF2 for me wasn't engagement range necessarily, but room for maneuver. Is this a new engine? I doubt it, but maybe there are some twists and could be called CMx2.5. But the AI? Scripted? Needs a new one I think. No doubt I'd rather play on 20 x 20 master maps with multiple battles over a long campaign, handled in a similar manner to the Operations in CMBB and CMAK. Is that big enough for Fulda Gap? Probably. Is there a map-size limit inCMx2? Not sure what the biggest map I played in SF2 was, but there were some big ones, probably around 4km x 4km. I've played WW2 campaigns on 2.5km x 2.5 km maps and I don't think that was a limit. CMx2 could support huge maps, I think any restrictions in map size were due more to the scenario designer and AI limitations. We will have to wait for more details I think. But to announce it, and have it up on Steam, means it can't be too far off, can it? Judging by the glacial progress of Fire and Rubble, this one could take a long time. I won't get too excited, and there is no release date. Nothing would please me more than an accelerated stream of new products and modules coming out of BFC. Https:/ / tr/ Slitherine-and-Battlefront-announce-Combat-Mission-Cold-War Taken completely by surprise, I amĬombat Mission Cold War! Yeah, you know how some of us have said that Combat Mission in the Fulda Gap would be sublime. I have no idea if this has anything to do with today's announcement. It would help from a marketing standpoint, the Steam presence is great, and I privately hoped this alliance would somehow kick Combat Mission in to gear. When Battlefront teamed up with Slitherine I thought that was a good thing.
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