The Official World in Flames Tournament Thread

[Outlaw Josey Wales]

A few thoughts from my perspective alone.........

VV - If I played with it, my opp set it up and I didn't notice. Not something I worry about but it does appear almost nobody likes it, no worries here.

EA - My problem without it is if your unit has enemy to the left and to the right, that leaves 4 empty hexes that is considered their zoc. From my point, if they are not occupied by enemy units, they are also part of my zoc and if my troops had to retreat from the assault, the survivors should be able to force their way into one of the empty hexes rather than be totally destroyed. My only guess to this would be that the unit itself would be considered not fit for combat and that the time frame would be too short to reconstitute the unit from any survivors who made their way back to friendly lines. Either way, no worries here.

AF - For me, it's automatic to keep the guns pointed toward the enemy. If I move one of my tanks back, I automatically turn them toward the enemy. Correct me if I am wrong, the problem is when a tank gets fired at and retreats showing it's back, opp moves another unit forward to be able to shoot them in the back. Maybe the powers that be could program it to be that when a unit is forced back from firing they backed up instead of running like diarrhea. Still now worries here.

CinC - Doesn't really have to be one of the big boys, I just figured they would have the better chance to draw more players than one of the weaker players like myself. Still no worries here.

Overall, I think the rules to be used or not used should be to draw the most people. It could take a little longer, but could be done both ways if their are mixed feelings. Example, Von Earlman will only play a certain way he stated. His CinC has first choice on general to play and these are the rules he will play by, then opp CinC would have to ask his team for somebody that will play that way.

Also, with the few people so far, it could be adjusted to do just a WF campaign first, then do an EF one and then RS if there are enough people interested. It's whatever consensus everybody would like to try. No worries here.

I've kind of got another idea swirling in my head, but most likely may be too big for people. Would definitely have to be something where people come and go as they please and may have to be a ww2 by campaigns that would eventually be linked for a ww2. The problem I'm having with the idea is I think it would take some bookkepping to keep it in order and I don't know that anybody would want to take that on unless it could be set as a rotating type of command.

Overall, if something like this works with interested folks, something similar could be set up for Steel Panthers, PzCs and Squad Battles once that series gets more titles that would have French, British, Dutch, Greeks and the rest. Understand that all this starts with my brain having a mind of its' own and kind of swirls around like a soup until I get enough thought for a general outline with fewer details than I would like until others can add to it.