CM Then and Now

[Rico (FGM)]

MR makes very valid points... but wargamers were always a very small minority and successful PC wargames expanded that pool dramatically pulling in players that would never touch an old hex-boradgame or the tabletop miniatures.

CM probably pulled a lot of gamers from the action/FPS/realtime strategy mould into wargaming for a while... but with lack of development of the game, they are moving on, leaving a dedicated core behind.
With few chances currently of CM being upgraded to the eye-candy prevelant for latest generation games, keeping the game fresh will be in the hands of creative CM gamers, tourney developers and organisers and all the campaign ideas being developed.
(what keeps me optimistic is the amazing longevity of the Steel Panthers game, which is archaic by current standards but works damn well because of it's brilliant design) -- the argument here is a bit like wanting to upgrade and redesign Chess, because we're getting bored with it???...