Yes I am keen: this was written before 6AM on Christmas Day: I am the only one up: my daughters no longer get up at 4AM to see if Santa has been. Presents piled under the tree, but no peeking until mass opening frenzy after breakfast. Our job this year: cook huge pork roast and buy ice. For all of you in the chilly northern hemisphere, weather forecast here is 38 degrees Centigrade. So many cold drinks required.
Pretty awesome update, the Luftwaffe and the KM did a great job !
Merry Christmas and Happy New year Uriah.
Thanks Karaiskandar: Joyeux Noel and bonne annee! (Hope that is right: my French is worse than my German)
Another great update, with details on a useful naval engagement. Gibraltar seems certain to fall quickly and that will make the UK's job much harder. Your road to Barbarossa seems clear.
Thanks for this Christmas update. Nobody will mind you playing some other games but we are keen to see how the campaign in Russia will go. As an aside, it was my memories of playing Avalon Hill's Russian Campaign that made the purchase of HOI a necessity. I only play with counters, using military symbols, as this brings back the memories of many fine gaming sessions.
Have a great Christmas!
Thanks shepherd352: I hope you and your fellow 351 (at least) shepherds are watching your flocks by night at this time of year!
I must admit although I like the graphics I rarely use figures: the counters seem more natural to me. Probably from staring at millions of them over the years. My wife always wondered why my friends and I spent so much time looking at tiny bits of cardboard until someone told her there were pictures of naked women on the other side.
Gibraltar is too small to have that many units fighting for it...
There are less and less every day.
Enewald: Gibraltar is too small to have that many units fighting for it...
i thought that Uriah said that he solved that problem ! !
Merry Christmas ALL ! !
All is under control: though as you will see I had to "solve" a Brtish fleet in the harbour
Must have been someone from north of the Mason-Dixon line. It's a scary thing, having your mind stuck in the politically correct mob dogma.
My informant was from Washington DC - and he was more passing information, rather than an opinion. As a side note, he is twenty and just arrived in Australia, where the drinking age is 18. He was with my daughter and her friends, who are all 20+, but have been able to drink (legally) for 2 years. Unfortunately he tried to keep up with them. I shall say no more, other than you cannot put an old head on young shoulders. Christmas morning may be little bright and painful for him.
I hadn't the foggiest.
I hope that it was funny though, I'd hate to accidently insult the guy writing this
enjoyable game commentary.
How do I put this delicately: in Australia "rooting" is a term used to describe the physical demonstration of love between two people, it is what animals do in season, it is apparently the only thing football players ever thnk about, other than contract negotiations.
bugwar: Must have been someone from north of the Mason-Dixon line.
not necessarily, i live in Florida and meet people every day who are browbeaten into the politically correct mumbo jumbo ! !
i may be a Democrat, but i am an American (and, Christian) Democrat: not a commie Democrat, like our
not-born-in-America not-President, and
those of his ilk ! !
bugwar: ...It's a scary thing, having your mind stuck in the politically correct mob dogma.
to borrow a phrase from the 60's,
right on ! !
I wasn't aware that the former 50th state of the US of A had chosen to seperate from the continent and fly it's own flag.
I also am still puzzled how something like a (very) basic healthcare system for everyone would relate to communism but apparently not to christianity. Even more puzzling that christians of all people would loudly oppose their elected president, a man who swore the oath of office with the inofficial addition "so help me god."
I think that I regret my little jab at political correctness:if we don't get back on track I can see a moderator jumping in. These things can flame quickly.
Remember it is Christmas: be nice!!! And let's keep personal opinions just that.
Yea, you're right. It ain't only people up North that turn off their brains to enjoy groupthink. I just enjoy tweaking Yankees when I can.
On a seperate note, I'm still trying to figure out how Uriah gets the data on Allied aircraft losses, I don't see any messages to that effect when I have air combats.
When an air combat starts I note the strength of all the units involved. (I realise that a few aircraft are already dead, but it as close as I can get). When the unit appears again (which they often do), I can see how much reduced they are. Simple, but time consuming. On rare occasions I track the combat hour by hour to see how it is going.
It is more complex in Strat Bombing raids, as the fixed AA kills a few, but I generally ignore that.
It is fairly easy as I pretty much play hour by hour, but I would not recommend it to anyone. Having said that, I do it in normal play when I want to see how tech increases etc impact combat.
Silence you silly yanks, or the Wehrmacht comes and silence thee!
Hopefully now all settled, though I would have threatened the 3rd Elf Helper Army, led by the veteran General St Nicholas, and supported by the 1st Tactical Flying Reindeer Squadron. (Only one aircraft, but it has an incredible payload).
The Anonymous Clerk has told me to pass on this message from Berlin 1940:
Frohliche Weihnachten!!! Und ein gutes neues Jahr!!
(Why is Christmas plural in Germany? My never ending struggles with the language - though please note I got the adjective endings correct!)
