Commander: The Great War -- coming in early November

[W8taminute]

WWI and 25 years on either side of it is my favorite historical era.

+1 brother...+1.

[LongBlade]

I hear Napoleon wasn't good at all.

IIRC Cobb wrote a review of it for me (though I could be mistaken). Also, if memory serves correctly, artillery was still married to the programming of the WWII game and shot several hexes - in other words, for miles.

I could be mistaken, but those are the only memories I have of reading about the game. I did not play it.

[Martok]

Can anyone comment on the AI in the previous games? 

How old is he?

26, kiddo. My oldest is 31.

Holy crap, you're old enough to be my dad!  :o  I thought you were only 52...? 

[Gusington]

^He is, he's studly ;)

Artillery firing for miles in WWI wasn't totally unheard of...remember Big Bertha? IIRC the Germans shelled Paris with a Big Bertha type howitzer, either during the Franco Prussian War or WWI at their closest approach to the French capital.

Unless of course it's from 25+ miles away during that era. That would be a little bit of an exaggeration.

[LongBlade]

^He is, he's studly ;)

Artillery firing for miles in WWI wasn't totally unheard of...remember Big Bertha? IIRC the Germans shelled Paris with a Big Bertha type howitzer, either during the Franco Prussian War or WWI at their closest approach to the French capital.

Unless of course it's from 25+ miles away during that era. That would be a little bit of an exaggeration.

Just to clarify: I think it was the Napoleonic game that had arty at that range.

[Gusington]

Oh. Party pooper.

[LongBlade]

Oh. Party pooper.

I'm a wargamer. It runs on our genetic code.

[Gusington]

Can I call you Big Bertha to make up for it?

[LongBlade]

Can I call you Big Bertha to make up for it?

If that means what I think it means...

[Gusington]

Hrmph. Party pooper.

[Keunert]

i would love to play a good ww1  game.
just not this one.

i can't stand more Panzer General - esque lightweights.
nor would i want the Gary Grigsby aproach.

just something for my truly average brain. not too dumb, not too mind boggling.

[Gusington]

What makes you say Commander is lightweight?

[Bison]

What makes you say Commander is lightweight?

Because the other commander games have been beer and pretzel games.

[Bismarck]

i would love to play a good ww1  game.
just not this one.

i can't stand more Panzer General - esque lightweights.
nor would i want the Gary Grigsby aproach.

just something for my truly average brain. not too dumb, not too mind boggling.

The SC: WW I Breakthrough add-on makes Hubert Cater's SC: WW I very nice.

[Gusington]

Beer & pretzel automatically means lightweight? Not a loaded question, as The Great War will be the first I play in the series.