Day of Defeat (the Half-Life Mod)

Thank you. Did spend 5-10 mins going over the details beforehand to ensure I did not make a mistake. Has been a while since I read about it.
Enjoyed writing it.

On the 16th August 1717 Eugene of Savoie won his last and possibly, greatest victory. Like 20 years ago when he defeated the Turks at Zenta, it was won fighting Austria’s mortal enemy. He had been besieging the city of Belgrade, when a relieving force much larger than his own, tired and diseased one, came to lift the siege.
His commanders suggested he retreat or lose his army. Instead, he waited until nightfall and under cover of fog, attacked the Turkish host. It was a brutal affair, but his army prevailed and in victory, spared as few of the Turks as possible.
The Turks probably lost 20000 to Eugene’s 5000. Two days later the garrison of Brlgrade surrendered the city to him. Peace between the two nations followed in 1718. The Ottoman Empire would never get this far West again.

I am not sure Napoleon was ever really himself after the Russian campaign. What he expected after his victory at Borodino and what really turned out was very different. Expecting the Russians to surrender only having them chase him all the way back to France may have put some doubt in his mind. Maybe that doubt is what affected his decisions at a place like Waterloo. I know in sports that if you loose your confidence it can be hard to get back. I imagine the same could be said about war generals. Just a thought. Enjoyed the post.

Basically, if I have x hours to play:
10 hours: Global 1940
8 hours: AA 1914
6 hours: Europe 1940/Pacific 1940
4 hours: Spring 1942, 2nd Edition
3 hours: BotB/Guadalcanal/DDay
2 hours: set up Global for a future game

That is why I wanted BotB/Guadalcanal/DDay for shorter play. I have AA 1941 for short plays, but I think its a bad game, not enough piece, multiple errors on board and rulebook. Plus the game is really unbalanced.

aequitas et veritas,

Quite profound.

I thought this would probably be the scene(s) out of the movie “We Were Soldiers Once” where the new recruit says “nice day” to the gruff old 'Trooper played by Sam Elliot.

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Garg,

This is was what I like(?) about you. A serious statement or opinion wraped in your somewhat twisted humor.

The point gets across. I only hope large numbers of people view these and THINK about them. Hi5 to the ad agency. Â

“Tall Paul”

This is basically entirely to Cromwell_Dude

Cromwell_Dude, I was baptised Anglican but take the Bill Maher approach to religion currently so I am not backing any religion against any religion.

I note that you repeatedly used the spelling Moslem.  It tells me you have rather biased opinion and are looking for facts to support your view, perhaps I am wrong.

Why Do People Say Muslim Now Instead of Moslem?
http://hnn.us/articles/524.htm

From this I quote

A Muslim in Arabic means"one who gives himself to God," and is by definition, someone who adheres to Islam. By contrast, a Moslem in Arabic means"one who is evil and unjust" when the word is pronounced, as it is in English, Mozlem with a z.

To me that is rather inflammatory rhetoric and has little if any room for an enlightened discussion forum as this is.  Cromwell you say this"

The Christian Crusades were defensive holy wars by mostly sincere Christians against an enemy of rape, pillage, and murder.

So the rest of the world especially the middle east have it all wrong?  I suspect the reason why crusader is such a dirty word in the middle east is because bad things happened when they showed up.  Lets say for argument sake the Crusaders really were great nice folks.  How do we convince those who think otherwise they are wrong?  By calling them evil, hateful, rapists who love war?

Religion and Politics for good reason are topics to avoid during parties, particularly when there are guns and booze around.

I think we are mature enough here that these topics and be talked about if we all respect the others point of views and beliefs.  Frimmel and  LHoffman impressed me with their ability to agree to disagree.  The only reason I came to this thread is that you raised it from the dead so to speak.

An idea for a great game for kids this season is called Angry Birds-Knock on Wood. A freedom to explore ideas is really a type of nurturing for them to reach their full potential. Christmas season is fast approaching.