To New Forum Members: Check in Here

[KG Erwin]

To all you newer members, I wish you a very hearty welcome. As you have seen and will see, your fellow gamers are more than happy to lend assistance and advice for any problems you may experience with game installation and playing techniques.

Glad to make your acquaintence. [:)]

"Gunny"

[MagiK]

Howdy all, Long time SP player (since it was first released) and now I have purchased the mega pack and the Generals Edition of the game....My problem is..how do you register the silly thing? I use the icon to register, it takes me to a page and .....SPWAW-GE is not an option. ... Just curious. Nice to see Im not the only one who really liked this series of games

[KNomad]

Greetings!

My name is Damon and I hail from Buffalo, New York.

I started Wargaming in the Eighties, having played most every strategy title by Avalon Hill. Then it was RPGs for awhile, then tabletop miniatures, and finally PC games.

TBSs are still my favorite genre, and I have returned to SPWAW.

I played 7.1 Stalingrad Campaign up to the Train Station.
Then H2H was released with a new Stalingrad Campaign, which I briefly tried.

After a brief haitus (while I indulged in Third Reich PBEM) I have returned to find 8.2!

Looks like another push towards Stalingrad for me! [:D]

I'll also be looking for SPWAW8.2 PBEM games soon.

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Don't get hurt!
Incoming firepower has the right of way!

[PatrickC]

Hi, I'm new here. Someone over at the Armchair General forum recommended SP:WaW, so I decided to download it and give it a try. I'm now working my way through the tutorials (very helpful, those!).

I started board wargaming in 1968 and have considered myself a wargamer ever since, though my playing has been sporadic. I devoted some ten years to learning SL/ASL, working my way through the scenarios solitaire. The most exciting wargame I'd ever played, but in the end I got fed up with it (too complicated, and kinda ridiculous without any command-control rules). SP:WaW reminds me of ASL, of course.

WWII is definitely not my favorite period. But I've been assured SP:WaW is a great game, so I'm testing that out and having fun.

--Patrick

[KG Erwin]

Greetings, guys. PatrickC, you will get along well with Hexed Gamer, a long-time Matrix vet and fan of ASL. [:)]

[malbug1]

I feel like I'm introducing myself at an AA meeting! Hi, my name is Mark and I've been addicted to Steel Panthers since purchasing Steel Panthers I back in 1998.

But seriously I love this game. I grew up playing Avalon Hill board games like Battle of the Bulge, Stalingrad, Panzer Leader, Squad Leader, etc. Those games were great but you had to find someone else to play with, and they were very time consuming. Then I just lost interest and time as I got older. Now I can sit down at the computer and play a few scenarios and it's great! Anyway, I've got lots of questions for the forum so let me start a few threads.

Mark
Dallastown, PA

[KG Erwin]

Welcome aboard, Mark. An AA meeting? Well, the moderator is a beer-guzzling rock n roller, as well as a military historian and SPWaW addict. Make yourself at home, and fire away with your questions. Let me buy you a drink.

[tomtroy]

Hello,
My name is Tom Ledford.
I'm very new to SP:WAW, but I've played wargames for about twenty five years starting with "1776" by Avalon Hill. I was an infantry officer in the '80's until my right knee quit on me but the experience has been very beneficial to squad and company level gaming.
I am fairly experienced with wargames against AI but not against humans. I hope this site will get me started against human competition.
I am still looking for a good Napoleanic wargame to play. Any recommendations?

I look forward to many gaming adventures with SP:WAW

[delta2864]

I hail from the Raliegh N.C. area.Not military, but i live close enough to FT Bragg to tell the difference from thunder and shelling a long time avalon hill fan ( squad leader, cross of iron,cresendo of doom,anvil of victory)it is an extremely pleasant suprise to see so many of the old squad leader scenarios again ,even some that only appeared in GENERAL magazine !I am on dial-up so if i can ever dl 8.2 I will be ready to roll.(my copy of 8.01 has started to lock up after a few seconds)the only system change was to purchase squad assault ?I would love a chance to play HTH

[KG Erwin]

Hello, Tom. Welcome aboard. For Napoleonic tactical games, I recommend visiting this site: http://www.hpssims.com/Pages/products/N ... C/NRC.html . If you want operational-level Napoleonic games, Matrix offers a couple. Visit the Matrix main site to find out more.

[KG Erwin]

ORIGINAL: delta2864

I hail from the Raliegh N.C. area.Not military, but i live close enough to FT Bragg to tell the difference from thunder and shelling a long time avalon hill fan ( squad leader, cross of iron,cresendo of doom,anvil of victory)it is an extremely pleasant suprise to see so many of the old squad leader scenarios again ,even some that only appeared in GENERAL magazine !I am on dial-up so if i can ever dl 8.2 I will be ready to roll.(my copy of 8.01 has started to lock up after a few seconds)the only system change was to purchase squad assault ?I would love a chance to play HTH

Welcome aboard, Delta. For info on acquiring opponents, visit here: tt.asp?forumid=43

[delta2864]

oops ! a hardware prob (stoped up case fans) was causing the lock ups,spwaw was just the program that seemed to make it go the fastest for some reason.now maybe i can dl 8.2 !

[RareForm]

Reporting In!
This is my first post, i just decided to check the forums a coupla days ago, but i've had SPWAW for a good 4 years, havent been playing it all 4 years though, but i recently started up again. As for my expeirence in wargaming, aside from the RISK board game, i've played pretty much any computer game that involved guns or planes; i used to be obsessed with becoming a fighter pilot, but then realized i cant follow orders without questioning them. I'm 18 and going to start college in a coupla weeks. I've been interested in history in general and world war 2 history for as long as i can remember, and absolutely love the game.

One question, why cant i use TrueUpdate to upgrade my 8.0 to 8.2?
Do i have to download the whole thing over again?

[Grelon]

Hello, my name is Grelon. I first bought Steel Panthers when it debuted but only played it for a few days before my computer broke and I was unable to play. I then somehow managed to lose the game disc in a move and had given up on ever playing SP again until I found it as a freeware download while searching for a copy of allied general the other day on an abandonware site. I first started playing war strategy games when Allied General first came out sometime in the mid 90's and have been a big fan of the genre ever since. Besides video games I enjoy playing poker and hockey.

[robot]

Rare form this is a complete new load. It is not a true patch. You must do a new download and install.

[patho]

hi@all!
im 30 years old and live in St.Pölten/ Austria. im playing the steel panthers series since its beginning ages. surely with some non-playing years between, but...[;)] anyway, im not a very skillfull gamer, im only enjoying it[:)]
ive got steel panthers I (currently lost in PC-room), steel panthers II, III and the newer version 8.00. i always loved the steelpanthers games since they came out firsttime, its a real joy for me to mess with my AI-opponent, but for multiplayer gaming i think im to weak.
...and as you all can read, my english is as bad, as a mountainpath, so please show mercy to me [&o]
thanks for anything in advance,
patho[:)]

[Wuotan]

,...and as you all can read, my english is as bad, as a mountainpath, so please show mercy to me [&o]

Welcome to the club [:D](i am from germany/lower saxony).

Greetings!

[patho]

Danke Dir, Wuotan![:)]
mfG, patho

[Wuotan]

Jawoll-ja.

Wenn Du Fragen hast: keine Scheu. Alte Hasen wie Voriax oder Belisarius schauen sich
immer wieder die "Anfänger"-Fragen durch und beantworten sie sehr kompetent. Sind
halt Idealisten (im besten Sinn).

Gruß,

Wuotan.

[robot]

Fossiili welcome to you grandfather from another one. My birthday is today i am 73 and glad to see another old timer here. I am from Kentucky the horse racing capital of America.

Try the mech exec from the panther folder. You can make a desk shortcut from it. Seems to work better for a lot of people here.