Maziac

Maziac

Bounce the Bogen: Turn 16

Two of the five buildings on the northern half of the map collapse into heaps of blackened brick and burning timber during turn 16. That tends to happen when you use 25-pounders and Sherman tanks for home improvement.

Where am I?

Using the following clues (the map above is purely decorative) in combination with Street View, work out my location.

Friday Foxer #254

Every Friday, Tally-Ho Corner’s cleverest clogs come together to solve a ‘foxer’ handcrafted by my sadistic chum and colleague, Roman. A complete ‘defoxing’ sometimes takes several days and usually involves the little grey cells of many readers. All are welcome…

Bounce the Bogen: Turn 15

I reckon there are few more evocative sound effects in computer wargaming than the wave files in CMBO’s audio folder numbered 900 to 904. Used to communicate close quarters violence largely ignored by Big Time Software’s no-frills graphics engine, these…

Bold Campaigner: Master of Command reviewed

When you’re a member of the snobbish Wargame Reviewer’s Guild, heaping praise on a title that doesn’t model line-of-sight and battlefield fog of war, and treats beverages such as tea and coffee as potential battle winners, isn’t without risk. It…

Bounce the Bogen: Turn 14

One of the reasons I prefer first-generation Combat Mission to second-generation Combat Mission is the AI. Although the German troops in Bounce the Bogen don’t have a carefully prepared battle plan to guide them, at present they’re doing a fine…