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Greetings all!
Yesterday, after having noticed the price drop, I finally ordered BFTB. I've owned COTA since back in '06 when I stayed for vacation in Rethymnon, Crete. Having"been there" really gives you some perspective later when starting up a scenario. The year after that I traveled to Tolo, Greece were I got to see the Corinth canal among other things. So you could say I was on my own little aegean campaign back then. [8D]

I really like Panther Games take on wargaming, which feels more like a "command simulator" rather than shovelling counters around, so I look forward to playing around with BFTB in the coming years. For inspiration, I also ordered a couple of books.

PARKER, DANNY S.:BATTLE OF THE BULGE

ZALOGA, STEVEN J.:BATTLE OF THE BULGE

Anyone read these? Are they good for inspiration and could you use them for making scenarios?

Thanks for listening to my rambling. [:D]

Cheers!

I agree, nothing adds to the perspective like actually walking the battlefield.

I read Parker's book - it is full of good, solid research with some notable human interest stories in it. It's not what I would call an easy "Sunday afternoon" read though. Zaloga has great maps and graphics but sometimes the facts are off, or the map has errors... but did I mention the graphics are great?

My personal all around favorite is "A Time for Trumpets" by Charles B. MacDonald.

Thanks simovitch, I appreciate your opinion. I noticed "A Time for Trumpets" in the web store. Maybe I'll go for that next time.

Time for Trumpets is my favorite Bulge book as well. Highly recommended.