Looking for an opponent for a PBEM game.

[Walrus]

Hello Roman and welcome to the Blitz

Over the years there have been very many discussions about 'rules' for playing PBEM.
There are a few interesting documents here...
https://www.theblitz.club/message_boards...?tid=50259
...that might help you with PBEM.

When fighting a new opponent I find that it is a good idea to have only a few basic rules.
As you fight the same opponent over time, you will add to those rules and perhaps get a quite complex set of rules for your PBEM games.
I have been playing against Weasel for 4 years or more now and we have quite a few rules for our games. They help us get a very fun game happening, and do not hinder us at all. However that is because we have developed them over a long time to suit our playing styles and help us get to where we think a good game should be.

Some very simple rules for arty can help.
In real life, you would perhaps have very many artillery guns. In Steel Panthers, this is very boring.
I often limit arty to 10% of battle points. Also sometime it is good to ban ammo re-load...and other time ban very heavy arty.
Against the AI (computer) we all use(d) these tactics...but against a human, it is not so skillful to have a massive barrage and no real fighting.

You are correct the battle points v map size v turns will have the biggest impact on the game.
It is hard to get the perfect combination...but with every battle you get better at finding the perfect combination eh

What we try to do here is provide a forum where players can meet and get a game going. How you wish to play that game is up to you.
All we wish is that every player is shown respect and that every player can have fun playing the great game of Steel panthers.

By the way...I have won quite a few battles as france in 1940...you are correct, when you look in the OOB, there are many good French units. But then...how many Somua before it is not historical????
How many 88mm AT before it is silly?
Thus we have some rules :-) but only if you both agree.

Hurrah!