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Sounds swell!

Planning to watch it with the gang at the Bijou.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Rating — Ratings use a scale from 0-8 with each level named: Terrible, Bad, Poor, Normal, Fair, Good, Great, Excellent, and Superb. Units that have a Normal rating have no particular bonus or penalty because of that rating.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> Found this in the manu...

I want to believe...but my eyes won't show me the correct scale.

<r> Trying to learn the relative rankings of the different logistics and command staff ratings for containers. Uncovered two oddities.<br/> <br/> 1. The manual shows a different rating scale for logistics and command.<br/> <br/> Logistics=(Terrible, Bad, Poor, Fair, Good, <B><s>[b]</s>Great<e>[/b]</...

<r> <URL url="http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1503227"><LINK_TEXT text="tm.asp?m=1503227">http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1503227</LINK_TEXT></URL><br/> <br/> Check out the third post in the above thread. It helped me to decide. <br/> <br/> Ended up buying FOF because it gave m...

What kind of cycle is that?

<t> Very good read that helps me to better understand this game. Appreciate your efforts. Excellent format as well. <br/> <br/> I am very new to this game and the Civil War. A couple of questions.<br/> <br/> Why do you use an April to April campaign year for planning? The campaigns in my game all st...

<t> Thanks for the quick reply, terje439.<br/> <br/> That 1.5 force ratio seems like the absolute minimum acceptable for offense by the union early war. From some reading sounds like the south has better leadership, better fighting, larger units, and defensive bonus. I don't want to attack in the ea...

<r> I'll give it crack first...<br/> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>1. How many Brigades might I eventually need to field?<br/> 2. What percentage of infantry, cavalry, and artillery? <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> Doing some research on the Civil War. Found the following from <LINK link="http://www.civilwarho...

<t> Greetings,<br/> <br/> Long-time Matrix customer arriving here by the long route. Toured my first civil war battlefield (Perryville, KY) and got bit by the bug. Saw that a Michigan unit did well there and did some research when I got home. This somehow led to the Ann Arbor based Western Civilizat...

<r> Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space. <br/> <br/> Amazing concept. Needs an upgrade of user interface, graphics, sound to modern levels. Suggestions for improvements documented in forums. <br/> <br/> As first mentioned by Ike99 in <LINK link="http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1633740"><s>[link...

<r> I read this thread a while back and eventually tried the game out. It is a lot of fun. <br/> <br/> I wrote an AAR of my first game <LINK link="http://www.madcowssteakhouse.com/viewtopic.php?t=19564"><s>[link=http://www.madcowssteakhouse.com/viewtopic.php?t=19564]</s>here.<e>[/link]</e></LINK><br...

I'll put this in the win column.&nbsp;

<t> My Dad told me some stories about serving in Korea as infantry. He was brought out to a company on the line at night and told to dig a shelter up on the ridgeline. He carefully piled all the fresh dirt in front of his new position and crouched in the bottom to catch some Zzzz's. Next morning the...

<t> Bought our two cats in NY. First one required a criminal background check and a waiting period to purchase. It was already neutered. Second was not neutered and we had to sign papers that we would neuter it within 30 days, which we did. I asked why all the laws...was told they protect the animal...

Try searching the forums for a work-around.

What was your cut?

<t> Something is not right about the video...<br/> The camera man pans left before the launch and frames the view of the ground where the missile will fall about 30 seconds ahead of time. The launcher is mostly off-screen to the right this whole time and during launch. If this had been intended as a...

<t> Who plays Ancient Rome anymore? Modern America rocks!!! I'm using the Rape the Environment mod and even at World Cop level I'm rackin' up kills all over the globe. Who needs "Boys for Pleasure" when you get nukes and unilateral action? Anyhoo, I guess there's a new game out from EU called Soft P...