Dipping a toe into the Dark Side.

[petercooman]

I'd forgotten about the ammo management. It was a method of attacking, if you were in good cover you could get the enemy to shoot off all their ammo, then you could attack them.

Controlling your MGs to keep firing in burst was important. I think the Vickers MGs fired a lot slower so were able to be used for the whole battle much more easily, whereas the MG42s could shoot off their ammo very quickly. In many ways this seems pretty realistic.

Yes the mg 42 didn't last long if you kept on firing.

The same with recon teams, they would fire of their ammo pretty fast if you lost them out of your sight.

[Last Hussar]

If I'm trying to command a company I don't have time to sod about stopping people shooting all their ammo off!

I'll stick with Combat Mission Beyond Overlord.

[petercooman]

If I'm trying to command a company I don't have time to sod about stopping people shooting all their ammo off!

I'll stick with Combat Mission Beyond Overlord.

So does this mean you will push your company forward untill they are out of ammo? 

[fred.]

If I'm trying to command a company I don't have time to sod about stopping people shooting all their ammo off!

I'll stick with Combat Mission Beyond Overlord.

Each to their own, but I found CM required much more micro managing and endless replaying of turns to work out what was going on. 

[Tawa]

Yes they needed some management, especially the mortars. If you forgot about those, they would generally fire their entire payload at a field 15 minutes after the last enemy had passed through.

Or deciding they weren't happy with their lot as mortarmen and would start crawling towards the enemy for no bloody reason..... 

[Last Hussar]

Or deciding they weren't happy with their lot as mortarmen and would start crawling towards the enemy for no bloody reason..... 

That was it - soldiers all over the place with you going "What the HELL do you think you are doing"

My recollection was it was Schrodenbergs wargame.  You could know where units were, or what they were doing, but never both at the same time.

[petercooman]

Or deciding they weren't happy with their lot as mortarmen and would start crawling towards the enemy for no bloody reason..... 

They usually did that if they were out of ammo, and were still on fire orders, they woul go and shoot 

[Tawa]

They usually did that if they were out of ammo, and were still on fire orders, they woul go and shoot 

Mine always did it even if they were on ambush orders...... 

That was it - soldiers all over the place with you going "What the HELL do you think you are doing"

"Get back in that f&%3ing hedgerow!!!!"

[FierceKitty]

That was it - soldiers all over the place with you going "What the HELL do you think you are doing"

My recollection was it was Schrodenberg's wargame.  You could know where units were, or what they were doing, but never both at the same time.

Don't believe I've heard of that person....

[fsn]

"Get back in that f&%3ing hedgerow!!!!"

in the West Country, that's courtship.

[mollinary]

Don't believe I've heard of that person....

Maybe he's a friend of Heisenberg, but I can't be certain.     Just as long as he doesn't keep his cat in a fridge!      

Mollinary

[Tawa]

in the West Country, that's courtship.

Alroyt moy ansome? Does you want a drop o ziyder? 

[Last Hussar]

Either

1) Never type on a tablet late at night when you need sleep but the cough from the chest infection is keeping you awake

or

2) You aren't up on the latest research in quantum wargaming.

[Westmarcher]

By the way, i just popped the cossack disk back in.

And if my wife says something about it, i'm blaming you!!

Just found out. They are releasing a modern re-make of the original Cossacks game!

http://www.cossacks3.com

And I had just rebuilt my life! Nooooooooooo!

[petercooman]

Just found out. They are releasing a modern re-make of the original Cossacks game!

http://www.cossacks3.com

And I had just rebuilt my life! Nooooooooooo!