!Normandy44 Beta Testing

[Dan Caviness]

Question and Update for Normandy44 testers:

Hey everyone...first question involves transports. This scenario was created well before the latest and greatest iteration of West Front...and when I started assigning transport I trimmed using the old one for one rule. These days, you can use the 2:1 ratio for carrying infantry. I also started by meticulously (sp?) trimming every halftrack, truck, tractor, jeep, bren, etc, to exactly the needed strength. (That has always been a pet peeve of mine...and I considered it sloppy designing NOT to do this)

Well...call me sloppy....or a woman...'cause I changed my mind.
(My abject apologies to all our female players out there...and I'd also like to apologize to all those Somalian Pirates I offended about seventeen posts ago...:O)

In a game this long...I eventually came around to the point of view that extra transports would not only be appropriate but improve gameplay. Whatever you land with (as Allies) or whatever you roll on the map with (as Axis) is all your going to have for 90 turns. My thought was this way you can actually fight some of those halftracks and other armed transports from time to time.

Lucky for me Von Luck prefers to shoot my tanks!

One other note from my game with Von Luck. While he is a very chivalrous player and of the highest integrity I note he doesn't shoot my unloaded LSTs/LCPs/LCT's, etc., etc. Well, if you can see them, you should feel free to shoot them. They are combat units....and have firepower. If I have 20 or 30 sitting 8 hexes off one of your pillboxes or beach bunkers....guess what I'm doing with them? You got it....I'm spotting.

So Mr. Von Luck....you should be less of a gentlemen...and blast away!

(I have an ulterior motive for this....I'm feeling pretty bad about blasting all his helpless and "transportless" static beach divisions as I roll inland...ouch...)
I am a point whore ("ho" for you Yanks out there) and will take any point I can get away with.

I'd like to close by apologizing to any and all "ho"s I just offended.
It takes one to know one is my only defense...(:O)

Peace and love but digital death to everone....lol...
Dan