I would like a copy too! --- David Briggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Andrew. I'm the guy who made the Battle for > Germany mod that you are talking about. Or at least > I think it's the same module I made. It was posted > on the Vassal site and when it was removed I > submitted it to the Academy. I'm not sure what the > situation is over at the Academy but I can send you > a copy of the module. Bare in mind that it is a > module I did a long, long time ago when I was first > learning to use Vassal and it needs to be updated. > However, the module is playable as is. It is the > original magazine version not the later update by > DG. If you give me a few days (maybe a week) I can > clean it up and send it to you. > > Dave Briggs > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Andrew Heath > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 12:28 AM > Subject: [vassalengine] VASSAL, SPI, DG, & Wargame > Academy question > > > Right. So I recently discovered Battle for Germany > in my ongoing quest to unearth good long forgotten > wargame titles, and being the industrious lad that I > am I headed right on over to www.vassalengine.org to > see if a module existed. That was when I ran up > against the big 2004 notice on SPI game titles being > taken down because of an exclusive DG/Hexwar.com > relationship. > > That all makes sense. I don't like it in the > least, but it makes sense. The next bit is where I'm > confused. The notice goes on to say: > > "In the interim, Wargame Academy will act as a > clearinghouse of java applications for pbem/server > play of SPI titles. Please contact WGA > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) should you wish to be part > of the development and playtest group. WGA assumes > all liability and thus enables VASSAL to remain in > full compliance of Hexwars required compliance." > > Does this mean the modules are still available and > that WGA is hosting them in defiance of DG/HW? Does > this mean if I ask politely I can get the Battle for > Germany module that used to be hosted on the VASSAL > site? I find that paragraph extremely confusing. > > So... I headed on over to wargameacademy.org to > check around a bit and there you go - Battle for > Germany listed on the left! > > *click* > > On the B4G game info page, number 18 confirms the > existence of a VASSAL module but provides no > download links or further information short of > saying it's up for debug/enhancement prior to a PBEM > tournament. > > So, I suppose my general question is - what's the > deal now? Does WGA actually have all these SPI > modules? If yes, what does it do with them? Who gets > to use them? When? > > Let me conclude by saying that the VASSAL engine > group might at first appear to be the wrong place to > ask this question - but I think a group of module > developers would be the best audience to answer a > question on the state of an entire publisher's > module library. > > Thanks guys! > > Andrew > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > >
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