Combat Mission: Red Thunder - Fire and Rubble

JasonPratt · February 22, 2023, 10:53:27 AM

Quote from: Gusington on February 22, 2023, 10:44:56 AMI have never played a CM game.

.... I know what those words and that abbreviation mean separately, but I don't understand them when put together like that...

JasonPratt · February 22, 2023, 10:54:15 AM

Quote from: Jarhead0331 on February 22, 2023, 10:29:24 AMGus is our very own tankette here at Grogheads.

But not a missilette!

Sir Slash · February 22, 2023, 03:07:17 PM

That Triona Campaign from CMFI was tough as leather nipples. I've only ever gotten about half-way through. "Welcome to Sicily Bitch. Where would you like these boots inserted into"?

Gusington · February 22, 2023, 03:36:24 PM

My grandfather fought in North Africa, Sicily and Italy during WWII and would never talk about it unless I really annoyed him about it and begged. He was with Mark Clark's 5th Army.

Tripoli · February 22, 2023, 03:56:41 PM

Quote from: Sir Slash on February 22, 2023, 03:07:17 PMThat Triona Campaign from CMFI was tough as leather nipples. I've only ever gotten about half-way through. "Welcome to Sicily Bitch. Where would you like these boots inserted into"?

That video snippet was taken during one of the high points in the first scenario. Nothing like beating up on a pre-panzerfaust MG-42 position from a tank. Ask me what happend a few minutes later when the German artillery started landing....

Sir Slash · February 23, 2023, 11:13:40 AM

Thanks for that link Trip, I love me some good CM action videos.

Tripoli · February 23, 2023, 12:32:53 PM

Quote from: Sir Slash on February 23, 2023, 11:13:40 AMThanks for that link Trip, I love me some good CM action videos.

No problem. The snippet was a test. I've been tinkering around with the idea of doing some video AARs, and have been meaning to test out Adobe Photoshop elements. Gus' earlier slobbering over a T-26 gave me an excuse to get off my butt to actually test it out.

I'm currently working (albeit slowly) on the Triona campaign, so will hopefully have something posted before I begin to collect social security.....

Gusington · February 23, 2023, 08:47:28 PM

You're welcome

Tripoli · February 23, 2023, 09:37:13 PM

Quote from: Gusington on February 23, 2023, 08:47:28 PMYou're welcome

Seriously, you got me to actually take steps to doing the AAR. I wasn't sure if there was enough interest, but from the comments on the board, it looks like I'll give it a try. The big decision now is what sort of spin to put on it. There are a lot of good CM videos made by good CM players, so distinguishing my effort given my pathetic play and bad video directing techniques is the struggle I'm having right now. I think I may go with a more historical look at the Triona campaign, and use my AAR to illustrate some of the issues through a CM lens.

Gusington · February 23, 2023, 10:02:34 PM

Never underestimate the interest to be found here

Sir Slash · February 23, 2023, 10:54:37 PM

True. More interest here than the National Debt. We are bright, young, hungry minds here at the Grog's House.

Gusington · February 23, 2023, 11:01:38 PM

'Young' is a bit of a stretch

matt3916 · February 23, 2023, 11:31:37 PM

So is "bright", for that matter.

JasonPratt · February 24, 2023, 08:27:13 AM

"Minds".... ehhhh.....

JasonPratt · February 24, 2023, 08:32:53 AM

Meanwhile, I've been edging closer to setting up a RobO Q Campaign (aka ROQC, aka RobO quick campaign) for CMBB or CMAK -- especially CMBB for a wargaming friend of mine who bought that on GoG recently. (I would run the campaign spreadsheet, tweak the random-gen map, and play the OpFor on the mission.)

As far as I can tell, Rob got to version 2.20 long ago in times eonian (around 2005??), but my copies are back around version 1.83ish. I know he made some important additions and bug fixes between there, but I have searched the internet and can't find any surviving versions of 2.20. (Or any surviving versions at all for that matter.)

Does anyone have the last spreadsheet (not the doc) version?