Slitherine

Hey everyone! My name is Randy, I'm a 45yo American, and I love wargames. I'm a US Navy vet, was a sonar tech on destroyers, served 6 years from '86-'92.

I got my start wargaming in the mid 70s, when I visited my grandmother's house in Arlington, Va. for a month each summer when I was a kid, my uncles played Panzer Blitz and Panzer Leader all the time, and I was instantly fascinated. They showed me the ropes, and I sadly played it by myself when I got home, my brothers had no interest. Eventually I added the Arab-Israeli Wars to my collection.

Time passed, and I got Panzer General for the Playstation One. I played part way through some campaigns, but tired of the Playstation limitations. I've had low end computers, but just for internet browsing, not for games. I was a console gamer. So I missed out on all the good Panzer General based games.
A few months ago, a friend at work told me about World of Tanks. I told him I had an emachine, he said try it anyway. I did, and it ran, but around 5 fps. A friend upgraded my graphics card and processor, so now I am up to speed. WoT runs nicely now, my steed is the M10 Wolverine tank detroyer. My name on there is lostnite66 if anyone is interested.

I found out about Panzer Corps, and felt I had to support it, keep these games alive. I've played through all the tutorial levels, no problem. Then I played through the first two on the '39 campaign. I got decisive on both. I was looking over the deployment screen for The Low Countries, then turned it off and went to bed. When I got on there today, it took me back to turn 15 of the Norway Campaign. And the situation they gave me, it is impossible to win a Decisive victory again, I don't know what changed. Oh, I'll win, but not the decisive victory.

So should I do the level over, or just go with the flow and see what happens. I am playing on the second easist (LT) difficulty with everything turned on. Just trying to get my feet wet with this campaign.

No worries. A marginal victory will still land you at the Low Countries. Glad you decided to join us in supporting this gem of a game (plus indie developers need all the support they can get). Once you've finished a campaign or two, check out some of the custom maps and modded campaigns in the Scenario Design section. There's even an recreation of the original Panzer General in there so you can relive it with Panzer Corps graphics and controls: ya, playing strategy games with a controller is a pain (though I also played PG on the PS1).

Welcome to the boards, Randy. I'm a longtime AH fan myself, and Panzer General was one of my favorite games for PC back in the late '90s. Panzer Corps is an excellent "rebirth" of that great old game, and I have been enjoying it immensely. Like Agent X said, there are a lot of good mods and multiplayer games available once you've mastered the single-player scenario. All in all, PzC is an excellent investment.

Welcome Randy.
Take a look at the Common Questions topic: viewforum.php?f=121
You may find some useful information there.

AgentX wrote:No worries. A marginal victory will still land you at the Low Countries. Glad you decided to join us in supporting this gem of a game (plus indie developers need all the support they can get). Once you've finished a campaign or two, check out some of the custom maps and modded campaigns in the Scenario Design section. There's even an recreation of the original Panzer General in there so you can relive it with Panzer Corps graphics and controls: ya, playing strategy games with a controller is a pain (though I also played PG on the PS1).

That's cool then, I haven't lost any core units yet. I do look forward to downloading stuff. I hope PC is popular enough for them to do sequels, I so much would like to play People's General redone for Windows 7.