A couple of years ago you had PC gamers and you had console gamers -
almost separate species - but these days a majority of gamers seem to
have both a pc and one or more consoles and a new divide is what gamers
use their respective machines for, most of the time and generally

"Just an update here...the first DTR patch should be on the HPS site in
the next couple of weeks. Here's the read me from it:
1. New Feature - The German player can now pause the game during the

Is this game by HPS any good on par with TAOW or is it as complicated
at War plan Orange

A bit how non-grognards look at it :)
http://www.gamingnexus.com/Default.aspx?Section=Article&I=1337
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx

Christmas family gathering yesterday. Four of those present work in IT
so given the laws of gravity we at one point found ourselves at a table
corner talking shop. Suddenly the "X-Mas Presents" topic crops up and
we all agree that in the Digital Age it has become much more difficult

Thanks in advance.

Short and sweet preview at the Armchair General :
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/articles.php?p=3164&page=1&cat=59
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx

David Heath posted this :
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/m.asp?m=1333669
What it looks like is that those who want it will be able to order a
printed manual instead of the normal pdf and that they're backdating

In view of the recent thread on GCB and Harpoon I think some folks in
here might want to check out Danger from the Deep.
It's a WWII submarine simulator and it's free. (50 MB download)
http://dangerdeep.sourceforge.net/

The changes in the For Liberty! engine ported back to the free 1848
game dealing with the Hungarian Revolution.
Get the full game here :
ftp://ftp.matrixgames.com/pub/forliberty/1848-Freedownload.zip

Looks like Matrix's new civil war title is out. I've been looking forward to
AGEOD's title with great impatience, so this will hopefully tide me over
till they get theirs done.
Jim

I was reading an account of the invasion of Peleliu in WW2 and came
across a mention of a weapon with which I am not familiar; "For
Operation Stalemate II, the division was given 100 60mm T20 shoulder
fired mortars to issue to the platoons for use against caves and

Anyone played both and want to compare and contrast them for me.

Matrix has announced that from tomorrow US time:
"I'm pleased to announce that the new boxed copies for Forge of Freedom
are now available in our online store. Before you rush off to order,
please read the following carefully!

For all of you who delayed purchasing this monster of a game because of
the elevated price tag :
War in the Pacific is now $48.95 for the next 48 hours - get it while
this offer lasts