I do admit to being amused at the number of Blitzers that are leaping on the conclusion that new to the Blitz means new to SP. IIRC, the original sold over a million copies. Or maybe that was SP2. Regardless, when you google Steel Panthers PBEM, it returns a LOT of entries.
"Despite the original Steel Panthers being over a decade old, the game still has a fairly large following who play the freeware remakes. The official support forum for SP:WAW has over 2000 registered members"
From Here;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_Panthers
My main purpose in joining the Blitz was to find opponents for campaign games.
The PBEM campaign adds a little strategy to the world's best tactical game. Yet it requires dedicated players to finish off a long PBEM campaign. My current longest running campaign is on it's 7th game with 3 more to go.
I'm 2 points behind, since my opponent is smarter then I and went all out to win the second game. We tied all the rest. I chewed him up so bad that second game that he has played for the draw ever since. But he is still ahead. And I'm running out of time.
My long term attrition strategy vs his grab and hold.
No, there are a host of players who have never heard of the Blitz. Somebody needs to update the Wiki entries.
I used to play SP on the Leadeaters ladder. Remember them?
Leadeaters has been dead for almost a decade, I think. I think that removes me from the 'rookie' category. At least as far as SP goes.
How many entries would this search produce;
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I want to play an Oz/ChiCom Campaign. Set in about 2015. Instead of flags or terrain objectives, have the Australians include a few of the UN observers as allies. Those UN types represent Women ( Australian Women to be exact). If the Chinese capture them or forces the Auzzies to kill them to keep them from being captured, the Chinese win. It would be to much fun to play it against a Chinese opponent.