State of the Squad Battles series

[Wodin]

With the success of Panzer Battles, it's pretty certain that JTS is no longer going to develop new SB games.  It's unfortunate, but in looking at the folks around here, most of the guys involved on the design team have moved on from either the series or wargaming in general.  Life changes.  I miss playing, I miss my old friends, but I just don't have the time any longer, not with two young kids.

I do know that the final round of updates are planned and are being assembled, but not sure when those are going to start to trickle out.

SB had a great run, and with continued support from the community, could easily continue on for many, many more years of fun gaming.  Hopefully I'll be able to get back in to the battle once in a while.  I'm working on it.

If JT isn't going to develop SB anymore then i think the source code should be given to WDS (Panzer battles crew). Thye can then add things like multi level buildings, improve armour modelling and maybe even bring in proper ammo counts and rof settings!

With just a couple of new features SB would easy take the crown for the best tactical wargame on the PC. To not even give the code to soemone to continue development would be a crying shame.

I'm certain with a total overhaul and some new features added SB would get a whole host of new players and another new lease of life! It could become the tactical wargame that has all thos efeatures many of them are currently missing (like multi level buildings)