Re: [WW] WWII Squad combat games

["Theron Bretz" <tbretz@io.com>]

I recomment Combat Mission: Beyond Normandy.  The demo is only about 10 megs
and I'm still enjoying it.  The game plays beautifully, and the full version
is only $45.

You can get it at www.battlefront.com

One thing to bear in mind. If you only look at the screen shots, you might
be fooled into thinking it's one of those real-time 3-D monsters that
requires incredible hand-eye coordination.  It's not.   It is an entirely
turn-based game that old farts like myself can do well at.

Theron
Houston


----- Original Message -----
From: Bobby Farris <BJ@redbow.net>
To: Wierd Wars <weirdwars@gamerz.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 7:57 AM
Subject: [WW] WWII Squad combat games


> Someone mentioned that they were looking for WWII squad level combat
games.
> Well, I have one to suggest.
>
> It is a computer game called Steel Panthers World at War or SPWaW. It is
> downloadable for free from WWW.matrixgames.com.
>
> SPWaW is not exactly squad level, it is more along the lines of platoon or
> maybe company level...though I think you could do it squad level (not sure
> since I have never tried.)
>
> Mostly you deal with individual tanks, jeeps, halftracks, and units of
6-12
> men. One great thing the game has all major combatants and an encyclopedia
> with pictures andx details on all vehicles for each combatant. The US
> encyclopedia has something like 60+ vehicles.
>
> I just fought a battle against the germans for a little town in France...I
> might use it for my Weird Wars campaign.
>
> Now the bad news. The game is free. It is downloadable from the internet,
> but the game file is 380+ Megabytes. That's right HUGE. I had do go get
> resumable download program since all I have is a basic modem connection.
> However, I did do it and it took me about 3-4 days, though it wasn't
> constant, to download it.
>
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