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ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen

ORIGINAL: wodin

Squad Battles is so s close to being down right perfect tactical wargame..

I don't have that one yet. Can you say something about it to maybe convert me from Steel Panthers series?

IIRC its very similar, but only covers a part or single theater instead of covering decades.

Right after Strat O Matic I would say Tiller's titles are my alltime favorite,  still playing Campaign series and most of his Panzer Campaigns . Anyone that sights the dated graphics I counter with keep developing JT and let the community polish the chrome ..... not to mention his new Panzer Battles art is some of the best 2d work I've ever seen, the maps are amazing

I used to play strat o matic in the old days before the computer sims.

Now that's difficult. Personally I'd play both as one doesn't stop the other from being enjoyed. SB comes to life PBEM over at the Blitz forum whose community is excellent and welcomes newbies to the ladder. Also I found SB creates more of a narrative. With all the visual mods out there it doesn't need to look bad in 2D either..plus currently a great 3D mod for games with 3D is being made. Though for me the 2D is what gives SB it's unique character, well for me anyway.

Lots of eras to fight in aswell..though again personally I think it struggles with anything after Vietnam..remember really this engine was designed for Inf combat. If SB source code was given to someone and they managed to add ROF and Ammo counts instead of the current way which cripples weapons way to quickly so an MG42 ends up like a pea shooter and they add multi level buildings for me nothing could touch it. Still even in it's current state it's great fun PBEM.

ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen

ORIGINAL: wodin

Squad Battles is so s close to being down right perfect tactical wargame..

I don't have that one yet. Can you say something about it to maybe convert me from Steel Panthers series?

ORIGINAL: wodin

Now that's difficult. Personally I'd play both as one doesn't stop the other from being enjoyed. SB comes to life PBEM over at the Blitz forum whose community is excellent and welcomes newbies to the ladder. Also I found SB creates more of a narrative. With all the visual mods out there it doesn't need to look bad in 2D either..plus currently a great 3D mod for games with 3D is being made. Though for me the 2D is what gives SB it's unique character, well for me anyway.

Have any link for that mod?