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Air/Ground Ops sim? - 7/13/2015 5:21:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		A bit off-topic, but can anyone recommend a CMANO like sim/game oriented towards ground & air ops? I've got Wargame: AirLand Battle and its sequels, and while they're good they feel a bit too 'gamey' compared to CMANO.

I know ground ops are modelled on CMANO, and with--IMO--an impressive level of detail for a sim not intended to represent ground ops as such, but I'd like to hear any recommendations. Thanks in advance!

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RE: Air/Ground Ops sim? - 7/13/2015 6:20:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Best ground operational sim I have found is Command Ops. All other games are IMHO just computerized copies of boardgames, not taking into full use what a wargame on a computer actually could be.

http://www.panthergames.com/

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RE: Air/Ground Ops sim? - 7/13/2015 7:22:19 PM   
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RE: Air/Ground Ops sim? - 7/13/2015 7:29:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		My two favorite land wargames are TACOPs and BCT. Both are intended to model present day or near future conventional operations. TACOPs has some interesting features for handling irregular sorts of challenges as well.

TACOPS is at best when in multiplayer mode. It handles amphibious operations much better than BCT, which assumes away a lot of things. BCT's scenario generation is difficult and time consuming, however it has details in it that TACOPs assumes away. It's also better in single player mode. BCT uses much more detailed terrain and line of sight calculations. The emphasis in BCT scenarios tends to be on obstacles, line of sight, and breaching operations. TACOPS tends to emphasize firepower.

Both games are capable of easily handling scenarios of battlion or regimental scale. TACOPS handles small unit scenarios well too.

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I know ground ops are modelled on CMANO, and with--IMO--an impressive level of detail for a sim not intended to represent ground ops as such, but I'd like to hear any recommendations. Thanks in advance!


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RE: Air/Ground Ops sim? - 7/14/2015 7:31:52 AM   
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RE: Air/Ground Ops sim? - 7/14/2015 12:45:24 PM   
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RE: Air/Ground Ops sim? - 7/14/2015 9:03:21 PM   
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ORIGINAL: stefanoc

Battle Command http://www.historicalsoftware.com/ If you like make your own scenarios from WW2 to Future conflict, this is great! (You can use real sat images!)


I really wanna try that...

TacOps is good, but dated. Works on Windows 7, but resolution is kinda wonky.

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RE: Air/Ground Ops sim? - 7/15/2015 2:00:26 AM   
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RE: Air/Ground Ops sim? - 7/15/2015 10:50:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks to everyone for the recommendations so far, plenty for me to sift through

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