Absolutely fantastic AAR ... no overkill whatsoever. I haven't touched my HttR since about 2005 +/-, but clearly the game engine has been improved greatly. The map of the Ardennes region is astonishingly good. Your great AAR = a "must buy" for me.  TYVM.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Haplo_Patryn<br/>
Hell on Earth: The never before seen colour photographs of the bloody battle of Passchendaele<br/>
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<LINK><s>[link]</s>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=467811&in_page_id=1770&in_page_id=1770<e ...

<r> Super AAR! <br/>
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I especially appreciated your comments and analyses of certain turns, as well as the final comments in this thread: they really illustrated how this game will&nbsp;play ... and the differences from and improvements over <LINK link="http://www.peoplestactics.com ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Son_of_Montfort<br/>
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Here are a couple for ya as well:<br/>
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1. Name the passenger liner that was sunk, creating US backlash against Germany<br/>
2. What was the missive that sparked US entry into the war?<br/>
3. Tanks were a British invention ...

<r> I most heartily second <B><s>[b]</s>Son_of_Montfort<e>[/b]</e></B>'s suggestion to try <B><s>[b]</s>People's Tactics<e>[/b]</e></B> (available <LINK link="http://www.peoplestactics.com/"><s>[link=http://www.peoplestactics.com/]</s>here<e>[/link]</e></LINK>). I played this addictively for about 3 ...

<t> Salute to the Canadians, whose great Grandfathers&nbsp;fought one of the first successful [arguably, I'm sure] Allied actions of WW1: Vimy Ridge.<br/>
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And to the Canadians, whose Grandfathers,&nbsp;by their sacrifice at Dieppe, helped make D-Day in&nbsp;Normandy the success it was ...

<r> I've checked the AdvancedTactics.org site several times, and have noted the new content being added. The "Registration" line is not active, but other links such as "log-in" and "Lost Password" are.<br/>
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I take it that this site is currently being used by Beta testers? Or perhaps just ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: piekat<br/>
Congratulations Vic! <br/>
I'm happy you gone "commercial" with your new game, Peoples Tactics was so good[&o][&o][&o]!<br/>
I'll buy Advanced Tactics for sure!<br/>
For those who don't know, Vic created some years ago a game called Peoples Tactics ...

<r>
<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Ladmo<br/>
4) winter in the desert. I grew up in the high desert of New Mexico and can assure you snow, incredbile amounts of snow are possible. This may not be relevent to Monty and Erwin's adventures, but he have added Iran, and one can postulate Turkey, and those ...

<r> @ HansBolter: Thanks for the info. I actually have <I><s>[i]</s><B><s>[b]</s>Dnepr<e>[/b]</e></B><e>[/i]</e></I>, but I hadn't opened the box. I'll finally&nbsp;give it a go, based on the <B><s>[b]</s><I><s>[i]</s>PGG<e>[/i]</e></I><e>[/b]</e></B> comparison.<br/>
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To the others ...

<r> To give some credit to the CS program text editors, Gray_Lensman did quote them as saying, " ... <B><s>[b]</s>individuals<e>[/b]</e></B> under your command have been granted the Congressional Medal of Honor." My emphasis added. <br/>
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And a decent summary of the German military ...

Arrgghh! I bought the full-package TOAW III&nbsp; on&nbsp;April 19 '07. Will there be an option to buy this newfangled manual by itself?

<t> Actually, I think&nbsp;the top-down view,&nbsp;plus isometric views would be ideal. The effort required to produce an isometric set of images would fairly easily be mathmatically transformed to views from all 4 orthogonal directions --- thus addressing the concerns of Berto72. And as gunny said ...

<r> I am facing the same dilemma as mashkis: I have <B><s>[b]</s>Battles in Normandy<e>[/b]</e></B> and <B><s>[b]</s>Korsun Pocket<e>[/b]</e></B> and liked them a fair bit --- tho' the gameplay seems pretty same-same by the time of <B><s>[b]</s>BiN<e>[/b]</e></B>. I'm intrigued by <B><s>[b]</s ...

<== yearning to play, especially since the last patch ... but currently no time.

<t> Hey Berto72:<br/>
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I understood your English very well. No need to apologize at all. And I think you have some good ideas there ... it comes down to a question of "are there resources available to develop new graphics?", and "will the new game sell enough to justify the expenditure ...

<r> I agree with <B><s>[b]</s>Eckmühl<e>[/b]</e></B> and <B><s>[b]</s>LitFuel<e>[/b]</e></B>: the top-down graphics work fine&nbsp;for me. So mqany 3D attempts have been buggy graphical flops, and total failures as games. If resources are scarce, I'd rather see them focused on refining and ...

<t> I own "Chariots of War", the Matrix edition.<br/>
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I presume that&nbsp;this is "Spartan" you're talking about (I recognize you're talking Peloponnesian war, based on the cities), but I'm not sure 'cause the subject title referenced "GoT et al"?<br/>
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My question is, do ...

<r> Erik,<br/>
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Thank you for the quick reply. Based on my infrequent but lonnng monitoring of the <B><s>[b]</s><I><s>[i]</s>CoI<e>[/i]</e></I><e>[/b]</e></B> forum(s), I fully anticipate a good product _and_ a well-written manual. And useful follow-up fan/company FAQs and How-To's.<br/>
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<r> Will _ALL_ of the documets referred to by <LINK link="http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/showProfile.asp?memid=23587"><s>[link=http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/showProfile.asp?memid=23587]</s><B><s>[b]</s><COLOR color="#000000"><s>[color=#000000]</s>KG_Absolute<e>[/color]</e></COLOR><e>[/b]</e ...