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[Danny Boy]

Blimey, The place is crawling with Yanks!

Not too many of us Brits on the forum, so I think I'll stick my oar in and help keep the limited numbers up.

Name's Nick Owen, born in '62.
Fascinated by military history since I was old enough to watch the news on TV. Most of it seemed to be about US Soldiers tramping through rice paddies and jungle. [Cue b&w scenes of mayhem as a fighter drops napalm onto a treeline]. Well that got me hooked and I suppose my main areas of interest now are Indo China since 1945 (especially the role played by the ex Nazis in the Foreign Legion [The Devils Guard]), Nato/Warpac late 70's early 80's and WW2.

Started off gaming with Airfix 1/72nd miniature plastic soldiers and progressed through cardboard to Steel Panthers '96/'97. I play a lot of PC games when I have the opportunity (wife and three small kids), however, out of all the games we've played over the years, how many have endured? Only SP for me. I still have all my old boxes and packaging...Ebay in 10 years time here I come!

SPWaW and both SPWW2 & SPMBT are where I spend most of my gaming hours. I hope to be able to play PBEM games now that I've joined the community...all I have to do now is get the damned latest version to work!!!! Any help on my post at the tech thread would be much appreciated.

Apart from that... I'd just like to say that on the several trips I have made to the USA, everyone I have met has been very pleasant, very polite and good fun. However...you guys have got to learn how to make a decent car!

Cheers!

Nick

[KG Erwin]

Hi, DannyBoy, I want to give you a formal welcome to the community. There are a few Brits here, some of whom are on the Matrix staff (including tech wiz Shaun Wallace.)

If you want to contribute to designing new scenarios, I might suggest the overlooked Burma campaign. You will soon learn that I am an ardent USMC fan, but our British allies did their part in contributing to the victory over Imperial Japan.

As with all the new members, we're glad to have you here.

[there_goes_the_yorktown]

Hey all

got sick of getting creamed by the IJN in UV so jumped ship. Downloaded this recently when I (finally) caught up with rest of the world and went online.I used to play SP3 till my eyes bled. Damn fine update but I can't function without helo observers for my massed ranks of arty. Come to think of it I still haven't worked out how to use the artillery, where do you buy the long toms?[&:].

[Bladrian]

ORIGINAL: there_goes_the_yorktown

Hey all

got sick of getting creamed by the IJN in UV so jumped ship. Downloaded this recently when I (finally) caught up with rest of the world and went online.I used to play SP3 till my eyes bled. Damn fine update but I can't function without helo observers for my massed ranks of arty. Come to think of it I still haven't worked out how to use the artillery, where do you buy the long toms?[&:].

Long Toms? Us Boers have the lien on those beauties. Estcourt, Kimberley ... places like that. [:D]

[KG Erwin]

Long Toms? You mean those wonderful American inventions, otherwise known as the one-five-fives? [:D] Click on nation in the purchase screen, and check into the US Army database.

[Bladrian]

I thought 'yorktown' was referring to these beauties ... [;)]

[thomjr1967]

Thom Ross,US Army. Soldier since the age of 17 and just now getting to this game.....go figure. Deploying on the 5th of Jan. Will be my 3rd tour there. Will be able to check in from time to time.

[KNomad]

Welcome aboard Thom! Hope you enjoy the game and our community.

Fight the good fight!

[Baneman]

Reckon I'd better face the music here...

I'm from South Africa ( from cursory reading, there seem to be a fair few of us here ), although I've been living in London for the last 7-8 years and am about to get my UK citizenship [8D] Wheee !

I've always loved games, but soon after leaving school I got into miniatures wargaming, Napoleonics and Ancients. I'm one of those saddos who really enjoys painting the little 15mm guys ( 25mm as well, but that was mostly D&D figures ) - I find it really relaxing.

I soon moved into WWII gaming as well ( had a friend with a large collection of 1/72nd scale WWII figures ). We used to play games in which all AT shots had to be accurately estimated by eye in order to get a hit [X(] measuring afterwards - amazing how quickly you're getting first time hits at ranges of 3-4 metres after a little practice. He got me into Squad Leader and naturally, when Steel Panthers the First came out, there was no holding back. I still own all 3 of the original games, then I got the first freeware version ( 5, I think ) and have been upgrading via Matrix Games ever since. I still love SP, although I have to say the Combat Mission games are pretty good too for WWII realism.

I'm quite mad about military history too, greatest interest being Roman and WWI/WWII.

And when I'm not playing SP, I'm usually in the air in Il-2 Sturmovik FB/PF. Oh and the REST of the time, I'm a programmer...

[Bladrian]

As a Boertjie then, you'd better get the Das Reich campaign from the Depot. There's a South African influence in there ... [;)]

[pepek]

Name : peter
Age : 29

not a noob to the game, but my skills need some recalbration since i took a long break from the command post, about seven years.
Nice to see that good games never die.

hail to the staff and all dedicated gamers allaround the world

[derflinger]

Hi, I'm Perry. I took my logon ID from my favorite German BC. Yes, I know I'm missing an 'f'. I was in a hurry. If the powers that be let me, I'll change it to the correct spelling. One of the things I like best about the Derfflinger - it originally mounted 8 88mm quick firing guns.

Back in the 60's I discovered Avalon Hill's games. Africa Korps, Battle of the Bulge, Blitzkrieg, 1914, Jutland, and many more. I don't remember which one I got first, but I was hooked. Unfortunately, there were never enough opponents. Most of the AH games were pretty primitive. I think I was a charter member of Strategy and Tactics magazine. I bought my first $2000 wargame in 1981, an Apple II and Bismark. I could retire if I'd invested all the money I spent on SSI wargames...well, maybe not. I think the board game I remember most fondly was from Yakinto (spelling?) The Foreign Legion. Based on 50's and 60's Foreign Legion movies. Each unit was a single character, complete with personal history, all the false accusations, evil deeds, or spurned loves that resulted in banishment to the deserts of North Africa. I found SPWAW over a year ago, and I am as hooked now as I ever was as a kid.

I am now involved in my first email game. 4000 points each, meeting engagement, I took the Yanks, my brother got the Germans. Yankee tanks no good! But P38s are tough. Both of mine are almost out of ammo. 3inch ATG is awesome. And I love Wolverines. I set up an ambush in a smokescreen around a set of Victory Hexes, and then I almost walked into it. A 3inch ATG, a Sherman, and a pair of Wolverines. My Ranger had spotted his Tiger (last one un-stuck I hope) and a 1943 model MkIV, so I set up with the hope he would continue on his present course. Well, as plans are wont to do, a SpecOps team of his stumbled onto a lonely crewman of mine, who they shot. Unfortunately, my 3inch fired a shot their way, causing little damage, but giving away our position. His Spec Ops unit suppressed my ATG. The Wolverines never saw them. But his tanks never showed, so I figure he must have seen them. And now they were lost in the smoke. On my turn, the Sherman and another Ranger unit flushed his Spec Ops unit. But where were his tanks? No clue, so I decided it was time to move out before his dang-gone 122mm captured howitizers were called in. As my M2 approached the 3in, (now recovered enough to be picked up) an MG42 opened up - the M2 couldn't see them. I clicked on a Wolverine and turned to the left slightly. Suddenly, looming in the clearing smoke was the MG and a Tiger two hexes behind it... I noticed that the Tiger and the half track could not see each other, so two shots quieted the MG. Wolverine 1, fired a shot with a 58% chance. It missed. The Tiger (thankfully) also missed. Wolverine 1 was now over 90%. But then I thought, so is the Tiger, and he won't miss a second time, so if I don't kill him, I'm dead. Wolverine 2 had the same 58% shot. I took it. The Tiger exploded. Two more shots took out the crew and MG. We scooted about 4 hexes south, just before the 122's landed squarely on our old position.

On the other side of the map, I told one of my Ranger units to defend a building, but not to shoot at any range. A full (my assumption) SS squad ended it's turn adjacent to me. When my turn came, I saw the SS men were running at full speed, 9mph I think. My rangers took one shot. To the SS credit, all four weapons went off before they ran, or rather, before they dispursed.

Then, another Sherman and a M3HT were waiting as part of a flanking manouver on one of his Tigers. A Mk IV came out of the smoke, immediately in front of me. We fired. We hit. Yankee tank shot bounced off the front of the MkIV. He fired once and the Sherman went up in flames. The next shot and the M3HT went up in flames.

Man, what a game.

[G8rfan]

Lets see, I am a 36 year old X-grunt that spent over a decade in the Infantry. I have been a Military history nut my whole life. I got started playing SP2 back in 95 or so while in the Army. I enjoyed playing several versions of games using Micro Armour and dice and even had the opportunity to participate in a Exercise at the Ft Hood Battle sim center. I know there are lot of games out there but SP3 has always been my favorite. Anything else you ant to know feel free to ask.

[geo1]

I bought the original version of Steel Panthers in 1995. But marriage, kids, etc. took priority and I put the game on the shelf. I was only an average player but was completely addicted. Just last week I installed the 8.20 version. My original CD version doesn't play on my current computer. Has to do with Extended Memory or something that I can't figure out.

Is there an online manual for the new version or a hardcopy I can purchase. I've become frustrated with indirect fire, and loading/unloading. The senarios look fun but it says read along in the manual.

Thanks in advance.

[KNomad]

There is a PDF file in your SPWAW directory that should explain most things.

The stickied Artillery Fire T.O.T should explain indirect fire.
Hold the shift key to allow movement into a transports hex, then you can load that unit unto the transport.

[geo1]

Thanks for the info. I found the pdf file in the Matrix folder. Thats a great help. I was blind in both eyes.

[Cpl_Clegg]

Hello all,

New poster here, first time to visit these forums and would like to introduce myself. I'm 24, from Dublin, Ireland and I've always been a fan of wargaming ever since playing table top games like Hero Quest and Space Crusade as a kid. I've always had a tendency to go for the strategy/military games when I shop, and have been known to posess games like Panzer General 1 and 2, Fantasy General, Silent Hunter 1 and 2 back in the old days and also modern titles like Hearts of Iron, WWII Frontline Command and C&C Generals/Zero Hour. I'm an avid historian, especially WWII and it's impact on future events and can be found regularly chugging back and forth to the library and bookstore and delving straight into the War section.

With regard to SP:WaW I'm sort of a novice at the game, I had played it a couple of years back but replaced my comp and forgot about it til downloading it again recently (Many thanks to Matrix Games for their awesomeness!!). I've been pottering about with the most excellent scenarios that come with the game and have had some reasonable successes mixed in with some swift defeats, and I'm ready to move on to a long campaign. I hope to get better with some more practice, after having some interesting encounters, and hope to be able to play some of you guys sometime soon without getting too soundly beaten. Cheers all.

[IBTyrone]

Welcome Corporal!

If you have any questions, just post them to the forums. Someone should be able to help you out. Good luck on the long campaign.

[mosh]

SIR! Active on duty -again, SIR!



salute

mosh aka skukko

[Panzer67]

hello all. new to the forum and i am looking forward to playing steel panthers, but i have a few questions about the game and some of the lingo i have seen here.

first off i have a feeling these are not your normal 3d type games. are these games more like the old board games i used to play?
second, are these games for online play only? can i play against the AI in the game or do i have to have human opponents?
third, what does IGOUGO and PBEM mean?

i am 38 and served in the US Navy for 12 years, last 4 on the USS George Washington CVN-73. i was an aviation electronics technician and made it to E-5. my father-in-law was also in the Navy during Vietnam and i had 3 uncles that all served at various times. one of which was in the Marines in the Pacific during WWII

i guess i have one more question, are there demo's of these games? just want to make sure its what i want before i drop 70 bucks on a download. that would not please the wife )

looking forward to being a part of this game and contributing what ever i may learn