I'll add my thanks to the SPCAMO group. SPMBT is a great game.

www.theblitz.org has a pretty active PBEM site for the Campaign Series of games. You can also find mods/addons for CS there.

WB - I liked your article. I've been playing wargames for about 30 years & have yet to become burnt out. I do, however, take a break from time to time. If anything, my interest has been rekindled due mainly to the possiblity of PBEM play.

Sounds good WB. Will the Mega Campaign disk also include the entire SPWAW game? I understand this was done on another Mega Campaing CD?

Thanks.

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by nelmsm <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>One thing to remember about the BG patches on the Talonsoft site is that they will no longer work with the Tiller 32-bit upgrades. To use the Tiller 32-bit upgrades then download the patches from this ...

Patches for Battleground Bulge and all the other Battleground games are still available at the Talonsoft site. One wonders how much longer they'll be there, so you may want to download them soon.

Good site KG Erwin - thanks for the tip.

Ian - For reviews of the games I listed check out www.wargamer.com . If you don't pay attention to reviews, they at least will give you some of the specifics about those games; scale, timeframe, system requirements, etc.

In addition to SPMBT (which is very good & FREE!) I would add the following modern-era games which you might be interested in.

Decisive Action - HPS
Armored Task Force & Brigade Commander - Shrapnel
TACOPS4 - Battlefront

I am a proponent of the very un-PC doctrine of total war. To over-simplify a bit, either win completely or don't win at all.

<r>I was going to post the link to Airborne Assault demo but Cap M beat me to it. So, sit back & relax Veldor - elimination of hexes (in some games) is already being done. IIRC, it's been tried before in the past & it really didn't catch on. Why? Possibly because there are some technical issues that ...

c_and_g: Can you point us to the public forum where you were dissed by HPS?

<t>I have all in the PzC series, so you can surmise that I like them. I recommend that if you are interested in trying them out, get Smolensk '41 (the first in the series) and see what you think.<br/>
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It's true that you can't edit the maps, but everything else you can. I won't get into a tired ...

Lawyers have to get paid, and they don't get paid if they spend their time suing people with no money, like underdogs.

But aren't there any ethical lawyers out there willing to do it??? Oh sorry, what WAS I thinking???:D

I just downloaded 3rdReich from you know, that one site. Please forgive me!

Underdogs has been out there a long, long time. If it was a problem, legal or otherwise it would have been shut down long ago. That's what lawyers are for, you know. :rolleyes:

Well put S_Y.

But man, it looked spiffy for the thirty minutes she sailed after launch!

You have a good sense of humor. I take back all those nasty things I said about you. I wouldn't want to appear "childish" or anything. :rolleyes:

Here's a little psychoanalysis for you IJN-Shinano. I find it interesting that your Matrix handle is that of a ship got sunk before it's first battle.

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s>Don't get too down about the whiners... they're everywhere, no matter what business you're in. And that whining has very little to do with you or your product; too many people bring their own personal problems and conflicts at home/work and project them onto these public ...

Just to unruffle any feathers and more clearly state my views, good graphics ARE important in wargames, they just aren't THE most important.