Very few people in the world of computer wargame design have been concocting conflicts sims commercially for as long as Robert Crandall of On Target Simulations. Although the father of the chaos-embracing Flashpoint Campaigns series is busy putting the finishing touches to FC: Cold War at the moment (FCCW will hit Steam on November 20) he found the time to participate in the following THC interrogation.
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 to participate.
Before the war the village of Nottingheim was something of a tourist magnet. The big draw wasn’t the castle, it was the famous Eichhörnchenhaus and its unusually tame residents. As CMBO doesn’t include an ornate squirrel tenement among its building selection, you’ll just have to imagine there’s a cross between a traditional Swiss chalet and a pole-mounted dovecot in the pasture NE of the Black Squirrel inn.
Using the following clues (the map above is purely decorative) in combination with Street View, work out my location.
Computer wargames and combat sims are dab hands at history dissemination and tactical instruction, but how well do they teach the rules of war? Let’s find out. Beyond the break are twenty questions designed to test your knowledge of International Humanitarian Law – the set of rules that is meant to ensure war is conducted in a civilised manner.
This week’s handmade co-op puzzle won’t defox itself. If you’re a dab hand at quizzes, lateral thinking, and search engine sleuthing, why not help out.
Three HE rounds traverse the River Bogen during this sixty-second slice of Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord. The first across is 76mm in diameter and, apart from upping the pace of a gaggle of retreating German OAPs, achieves little. The second is an 88mm havoc-wreaker…
Using the following clues (the map above is purely decorative) in combination with Street View, work out my location.