Tip Of The Week: Snipers!

Here are some tips on the use of snipers in SP:WaW by Capt. Pixel posted October 15, 2001 09:40 PM on the Matrix Games Forum. Thought it's great info to share with you! 

 

... I've found that all snipers (except possibly, the Italians) can be one of your most effective units if you follow these rules:

• try always to stay in improved terrain (rough, trees)
• always keep a fair distance between yourself and the target (reduces spotting chance, and snipers seem to generate lower hit % when firing up close?)
• And, most important: set your OpFire range to 0 at the end of the turn (only take the shots that YOU want to take, OpFire is suicide)...

And.. some more pics!

Storm Over Eastprussia

As I told you a little while back, I'm still working on a scenarioseries about the battles in and around Eastprussia and its capital city Königsberg in 1944 and 1945. Thought I'd share some pictures which were made at the time in this easternmost part of Germany.

WW2 Paintings by Ernest Descals

Found these great paintings while surfing the 'net.

Tip Of The Week: Be Deceptive!

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.
- Sun Tzu, the Art of War

Upcoming: The Pacific DVD/BlueRay Boxset!!

From 2 November the DVD- and Blueray boxsets of the great series The Pacific will be in shops all over the world.

In my opinion the Band of Brothers series was magnificent and the Pacific is no less so.If you are interested in getting a feeling of what the war in the Pacific was about and want to know what the boys had to go through this one is worth a BIG recommendation!

Boekenfestijn

A few times a year the biggest Dutch book wholesaler arranges a 'Boekenfestijn'; a book fair. This week the book fair is in Utrecht. Yesterday I went to the fair with my wife. It was quite a sight. Imagine a hangar filled with bookfilled tables and you'll get the impression. My first stop is always - quite naturally - the table with the history books.

Well, I'm not always lucky at the bookfair, mind you, but yesterday I was! I found Ken Burns' companion book to the television series The War for about nine Euros.

The main attraction of this companion volume to the blockbuster TV series is that it allows its readers time to linger over the photographs it displays, and thereby gives them time to discover details that might have eluded the eye on the televised version. By reading over the accompanying text you will find this book to be much more than a picture book or a re-hashing of the Burns' broadcast. Included are many harrowing and heartfelt first-hand accounts given by those who stand as living links to the most catastrophic and world-changing event of the millennium just past. Defintitely a recommended read!

New looks for the fort

As you see - duhhh - the Fort has a new look. You will miss my scenarios - but only at first. I thought the long list of theatres with their own scens looked too cluttered.

It's a pity Blogger doesn't allow you to store ZIP-files, so I'll have to store the scenariofiles elsewhere. Having heard your reactions on Mediafire storage, I'll make my scens available at the Gamers Depot, the SPWAW Depot and on the SPWAW Enhanced Forum. In my blogs I'll provide a link to one of these three sites.

A new item will be the tip of the week. The internet is full of SPWAW enthusiasts sharing their tips on playing and designing for SPWAW. It would be a shame if these goodies weren't shared.

Back from vacation... Sort of

Well, it's been some time ago since my last blog. The rebuilding and refurbishing of our new house took quite some time longer than planned. But right now we're up and running again!

The work on the scenarioseries about the battles in and around Eastprussia has stalled - naturally. But on the other hand. The studying part is done - I've shown you part of my reading list in one of my earlier posts - and now I'm working on a list of around twenty scenarios, ranging from mid-1944 to the closing days of the war. And, by the way: the first one is all but ready!

Stay tuned!