I was just watching that last night as well! I've always been quite taken with Baldric's explanation of the causes of World War 1: it started because a fellow called Archie Duke got hungry and shot an ostrich. :haha:

Ok. Seems to have been a comms mix up. It happens. Regular service will (probably) be resumed soon.

Look like the CMBN demo might be up tonight. What are the chances a big fat turn will arrive the moment I install the darn thing? :har:

Tonight? Omfgomfgomfgomfg!!!!!

It's already out...

And here I am stuck at work... :(

Excellent AAR by the way Egan. Got me interested enought to boot up the game again and restart my work on a combat report viewer application. Never played PBEM though but might try and find an opponent just to give it a go.

I'm enjoying the demo. Wishing I was moving aircraft carriers around, though. :D

To be honest, I still prefer SF. SF delivered something very different and I can't wait SF2 whenever that might be. CMBN is certainly very nice, though; it's a worthy successor to the old games.

Daft: PBEM is definitely the way to play the game, I think. There are obvious pros and cons but it delivers a very different challenge. The AI in WiTP is generally very good, though, and I enjoy playing against the computer. I think it's good enough to provide a decent and challenging learner experience. It's also very useful for simply trying things out.

I don't know if there will be any more turns until I get back from Italy now. Think Juha is still tied up with this and that so I won't annoy him again until I get home. His last email a few days ago said he was taking his time on the current turn as it was 'very exciting'. I don't know what 'very exciting' means in Juha-speak but I'mm pretty certain it can't be good for the Allies. :DL

Loving the BfN demo to be honest. Great feel to it.

As for WitP, I've restarted an AI campaign as the Allies and it really is massively fun just taking your time each turn and plotting the moves. Lots of book-keeping at times, but it's bearable. I'll probably start looking for a like minded PBEM opponent soonish, one that isn't demanding 1 turn a day commitments and stuff like that. A long, long term opponent. :) Also restarted the Combat Reporter development so we'll see how that goes. A nice little home project at least.

Well, you see, it starts like that and you think you can handle 1 turn a day or so but before you know it it's 3AM, the ashtray's full and you're mashing the sync button on Windows Mail in desperation of your next fix....

Just sayin'....:haha:

Since I work that way with programming (although my poison is snus) I'll probably demand at least two turns a day from my opponent in due time. :D

- Egan walks in a looks around. He opens the curtains and blinks as weak daylight fills the thread. He coughs and screws his face up. Should have emptied the bin and the ashtray before I went on holiday, he thinks to himself. On the walls bits of paper filled with notes, half formed plans and threats to himself are stuck into place with blu-tac, beneath a huge mural that simlpy says "GET THE CARRIERS."

How do lads. I've been back from my hols for a week now and, although I've PM'ed the errant emperor of Japan I've yet to hear back from him. last time I spoke to him, about a week before I left, he said he was working on a turn and that it was a 'very exciting' one. I'm keen to get this game going again but there's not much I can do about that until Happy Times resurfaces. I don't know what the issue is; real life, lack of time, lack of interest. Maybe he sank all my carriers during that 'exciting turn' and feels too guilty about it...:D I wish I could tell you more, but there isn't anything else to tell. hopefully I'll hear one way or another in the next few days. I don't want to badger the poor boy so I'll leave him another week and then try and see whether he's around.

Anyway. When last we spoke the battle for Wake was raging, He had started landing at Buganville and Kevvo the flying dog was having a bit of a kip on his master's porch as several squadrons of US fighters had arrived in Australia. I hinted I had big plans but they were sort of malformed, scared little things at that point. Well, they're still a bit runtish but I'm still looking at what they might become.

I keep thinking about all I said about NoPac and how I couldn't understand why anyone would bother. I'm slowly coming to the conclusion NoPac could be a very useful theatre indeed. So far I've allowed Juha to decide his moves. I think it's time to force him to think about where he has to go and see whether I can catch him between a rock and a hard place. Further to this, I've been wondering how early an counter attack through Burma and into Japanese territory could take place. I have often said that there comes a point when Commonwealth forces can reach a critical mass in India and I still think that's the case, but I'm beginning to wonder how much lower that critical mass needs to be if he concentrates - or is forced to concentrate - elsewhere. I think he might hold off on a full scale invasion of Burma until spring time, perhaps even until the Japanese amphibious bonus runs out at the end of April. I hope we get a chance to find out.

Right. Update over. The Champion's league final is on and, as the only man on earth who apparently doesn't like Barcelona or their tippy-tappy-fall over-and-cry-a-lot style of football, I'm off to shout on big Alex and his lads.

:D

Superb. I'm putting that on a T-shirt!

Good game by the way. Even Barca are playing with a bit of oomph tonight.

Welcome back, Egan. I don't have anything constructive to add, but I've been enjoying this thread.

Lol, Don't worry - neither do the rest of us! :D