tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post1982898074378339475..comments2024-03-18T23:25:24.574+00:00Comments on Megablitz and more: Memoir 45Tim Gowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-83022317555962148732011-04-26T08:16:25.065+01:002011-04-26T08:16:25.065+01:00Conrad Kinch
Never tried it as a 'team' ga...Conrad Kinch<br />Never tried it as a 'team' game, but I know the CCA 'Epic' scale games can work on that basis.Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-5769747377536899502011-04-26T08:15:00.146+01:002011-04-26T08:15:00.146+01:00Geordie
Thanks - have an Iron Cross.Geordie<br />Thanks - have an Iron Cross.Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-82214187958800787202011-04-26T00:47:38.213+01:002011-04-26T00:47:38.213+01:00I can't say I've ever found scale a major ...I can't say I've ever found scale a major issue for Memoir '44, but to each his own. The game really comes into itself when played as a team effort.Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-90662987241714478022011-04-23T23:52:44.398+01:002011-04-23T23:52:44.398+01:00Nicely done Herr Gow ;)Nicely done Herr Gow ;)Geordie an Exiled FoGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01002743056274635657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-11880624078064169952011-04-20T23:47:45.665+01:002011-04-20T23:47:45.665+01:00I have to add that I have also played Memoir '...I have to add that I have also played Memoir '44 and C&C Ancients - and prefered the latter. <br /><br />If anything, my knowledge base is the reverse of yours, Tim ... but my feelings on the games very similar.<br /><br />I think the approach captures some of the friction that must have been a significant part of ancient battle rather well, yet Memoir '44 left me less convinced.<br /><br />Phil<br />PS .. liked all those jalopies you featured but was rushing around a bit so neglected to say so at the time ....SoA Shows Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14181076390844159417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-74807761044921387692011-04-20T17:19:11.607+01:002011-04-20T17:19:11.607+01:00Martin Rapier
Ah yes - I remember now - I won, so ...Martin Rapier<br />Ah yes - I remember now - I won, so it's a great game!Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-38972249349840641462011-04-20T17:04:16.164+01:002011-04-20T17:04:16.164+01:00The battle was one of the 'offical' Memoir...The battle was one of the 'offical' Memoir 44 scenarios on the Days of Wonder website, this one covered the counterattack by 116th panzer Div adn 15th Panzer Greandier during Operation Veritable in 1945.<br /><br />The game wasn't a complete disaster, but the Allies scattered their efforts and went down fairly quickly in the face of two concentrated German punches, so it wasn't hugely satisfactory.<br /><br />I think it could be improved with some more work, mainly deciding on a consistent unit and ground scale, as at the moment it is an operational game which plays like a skirmish!<br /><br />Anyway, I have a few ideas which will essentially turn it into Megablitz driven by cards.<br /><br />For now however, I have been distracted by the lure of the Franco Prussian War once more.Martin Rapierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-16911518256280505272011-04-20T12:03:21.188+01:002011-04-20T12:03:21.188+01:00Whoops on my behalf, more thumbs than fingers in t...Whoops on my behalf, more thumbs than fingers in the morning!<br /><br />It should read Panzzer Grow...Sorry Panzer Gow. My mistake,Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06666481879639671282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-89280557500473272072011-04-20T08:17:29.405+01:002011-04-20T08:17:29.405+01:00Paul
Ah yes,Panzer Grow - the well known typo....Paul<br />Ah yes,Panzer Grow - the well known typo....Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-36009711165024026922011-04-20T02:04:18.753+01:002011-04-20T02:04:18.753+01:00Panzer Grow, fair comments on what I have read abo...Panzer Grow, fair comments on what I have read about the system. Congrads anyway, always good to see Shermans being treated as tanks.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06666481879639671282noreply@blogger.com