It is worth mentioning

I have already spent easily more than what this game will cost, just to print out Squad Leader in double size format

1/2 infantry counters increased to 3/4 and 5/8 inch vehicle counters increased to 1 inch

Not to mention the effort needed to make them.

And the point?

It ...

The very first iteration of the game called Strategic Command might be something to look into.

It was the game that was so successful that it generated all the rest.

Likely cheap as dirt now. Sort of like a Strategic Command with training wheels :)

I am guessing you wish to stick with grand ...

I am a long time well known established hater of all things real time :)

So when you get a favourable nod from THIS wargamer, you have something that holds weight.

I am just coming from posting my surprise that an installer will not be forth coming if purchased here.

But the software looks ...

This is VERY disconcerting.

I have been an active supporter of Matrix Games and Slitherine aka Slitherine Group since the beginning in 2000.

But while I don't mind using Steam, when I purchase my serious wargames, I prefer to get a non online non Steam full installer.

Say what you will, but when ...

I'm certainly interested

I'll leave it at that

Steel Panthers DOES work with the right work around files

But for me, it's only worth it to play The Mega Campaigns or scenarios solo.

We ALL know if COULD be released in a totally NEW file and sold effectively on Steam for diehards.

But most of the minds behind the creations are gone. Gary is ...

Well, life just told me to drop dead so to speak

Was all set to buy Overlord and WitE2 for the tidy sum of 69 bucks Canadian
Until the process told me to get a code (a security measure) sent to my phone number which is an internet phone that has no capacity to send or receive text.

Poof that's ...

Well, it might be seasonal.

It might be connected to Donald's effect on US commerce.

I've been involved with Matrix Games since they appeared on the market back in 1999.
I can't post there anymore. I told Erik to cram his forum a couple of years back. He took it personally :) (but then I told him ...

Maybe it is not a Slitherine title, thus no dedicated forum

But over on Matrix Games the titles are almost being shunned like lepers :)

Overlord released today, looks incredible ONE only thread visible.

WEGO Stalingrad is an established title, barely any activity.
WEGO Desert War requires you be ...

The thing is, it's already been done.

The only thing left to wargaming, for the future, is to marry chat AI level of technology with wargaming.

Because the current state of wargaming AI is in a word 'pathetic'. Dismal even. No better than a clever 6 year old girl.

When I play digital wargames, I ...

YoboWargames is already doing this style of wargame.

They are the people also doing Valor and Victory.

Sadly I must tell you it has already been done :)

One title is perhaps old and hard to locate called Behind Enemy Lines.

Second option though is more current and design is based on Whitebox, a derivative of D&D game mechanics.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/196284/owb001-wwii-operation ...

Have you considered the Strategic Command titles?

Is it just me who wishes some games were small, fast affairs?
I must be getting old, but I honestly avoid big massive complex games that do my head in.
I remember the glory days of boardgaming when SPI produced a series of 'Folio Games' which comprised a small map with low unit count and could be ...

Been here long enough to know it is called Slitherine Group, but the Matrix Gamers think THEY are the ones helping Slitherine :)

But sometimes strength in numbers is a thing, and sometimes it means you are not special.
I like the majority of the catalogue of Slitherine Group, but there ARE other ...

Ah yes, sometimes the graphics can = fail even when new and modern.

I want to like Second Front more, but alas, the 3dish nature makes it more work than a 2d design would have created.

I like playing Squad Battles mainly for the visual style. Easy to look at.

Steel Panthers is awesome, still is. Mega Campaigns are still playable. And with the enhancements from the Depot guys, it is still working fine in 2024.
The fact is, Steel Tigers is an idea from 2005 or so. It's an idea that hasn't happened for 20 years. The program as it was, might as well ...

Steel Panthers is awesome, still is. Mega Campaigns are still playable. And with the enhancements from the Depot guys, it is still working fine in 2024.
The fact is, Steel Tigers is an idea from 2005 or so. It's an idea that hasn't happened for 20 years. The program as it was, might as well never ...

My first look at it was back a while, and it was favourable.

The similarities to Battle Academy is a plus for me. But not everyone liked BA. Granted if everyone liked games my way, and they were all made my way, chances are the hobby would be a lot plainer too.

Going to revisit the demo, as my ...

Does there need to be a competition? No. Is there competition, yes, very much so.

Do most wargamers play both? I think most do. But where do their loyalties rest.

Well in my case, I'm a hard core fan of cardboard. Given a choice, I will tend to pick cardboard every time.

That said, I have a great ...