winSPMBT fans: who are you?

[wulfir]

I was a conscript.

Swedish army - recruit training mid 90s at what was then Lv7 and MekB19 - two training formations that "produced" wartime units for the defence of northern Sweden. I was a medic, RBS90 SAM Company.

[gingertanker]

BTW, I was thinking about this thread and just wanted to add-
The best thing that I can say about winSPMBT, is that when i was a tank commander I several times had an urge to give CDs with the game to my officers. It is -that- good. Its one of the few games I play that have to do with warfare and don't make me giggle and shout at the screen "that's not how it works". because it is how it works, more or less. I think that having the small military experience that I have makes this game even more enjoyable. I think that says alot for the basic code and even more for all the work done over the years.

[troopie]

National Service, South Africa, early-mid 1970s. Ran war aid into Rhodesia and was in several minor infantry dust-ups. Later was on the border between SWA and Zambia. Missed the big flare-ups of the 70s and 80s, had finished my service by then.

In my experience, war is mostly boring.

troopie

[Aeraaa]

Originally Posted by gingertanker

BTW, I was thinking about this thread and just wanted to add-
The best thing that I can say about winSPMBT, is that when i was a tank commander I several times had an urge to give CDs with the game to my officers. It is -that- good. Its one of the few games I play that have to do with warfare and don't make me giggle and shout at the screen "that's not how it works". because it is how it works, more or less. I think that having the small military experience that I have makes this game even more enjoyable. I think that says alot for the basic code and even more for all the work done over the years.

I think the strength of the game is that while it takes a lot of stuff into consideration, the fact that it's an old school turned based strategy, gives a lot of food into imagination, something that is negated with the more modern games that are visually appealing, but not that realistic.

[gingertanker]

Originally Posted by Aeraaa

I think the strength of the game is that while it takes a lot of stuff into consideration, the fact that it's an old school turned based strategy, gives a lot of food into imagination, something that is negated with the more modern games that are visually appealing, but not that realistic.

Yes.

Also I think that while playing this game I have learned more about AFVs and military history than some people will learn all their lives. And I had a good amount of knowledge prior to this. When I play scenarios I very often top and save to go online and find details of the real battle behind them. When I run into a particularly good piece of kit I go to research it. Heck, doing the Israeli OOB thing taught me more in 2 weeks about Israeli Patton and Centurion Variants than I learnt in dozens of visits to Latrun and hours spent asking old tankers about their service.