Boots & Tracks Website News Archive

9.3.2004--More ROW AARs Posted

Nearly final batch of ROW IV AARs has been posted. See the ROW IV AARs page for details.

7.14.2004--Second Batch of ROW IV AARs released

Not less than 57 new AARs have been posted.

Visit the ROW IV AARs page for details.

7.8.2004--Evil Is Back

Boots & Tracks is proud to present no less than four battles from our very own clan of Evil. Three new battles by Tim "Rune" Orosz. And one new one by Chris "Jr. Evil" Orosz to round out the bunch.

The battles are:

Enjoy!

7.4.2004--First batch of ROW IV AARs Avaliable

Boots & Tracks is proud to present a plethora of ROW IV AARs for your viewing pleasure. Please visit the ROW IV AARs webpage for details.

7.2.2004--ROW IV Round 1 Complete

The Rumblings of War IV round one is complete.

Stay tuned for ROW scenarios and AARs.

3.30.2004--CMAK Companion Ships! B&T Donates Battles

Battlefront.com, makers of the Combat Mission series of games, has announced a the Combat Mission: Afrika Korps Companion: The Battery Commander, his Batman, and a Cook is now shipping.

This book features more than 150 accounts from two dozen sources. I must say it is great scenario material.

More exciting, however, is the dozen companion scenarios BFC has made avaliable to accompany your reading. Several members of the Boots & Tracks team were involved in making them.

So download the battles for a taste and order the book. You will not be disappointed.

3.30.2004--Wild Bill-Retired but not Forgotten

While the good Kulnel has passed into retirement, we here at Boots & tracks are working to keep his battles alive. To that end we are proud to present no less than 3 famous battles and one legendary operation. Each is a walk down memory lane, but upgraded to full CMAK glory.

So, with no further ado, I present to you:

Enjoy

3.29.2004--Let there be RSS!

Boots & Tracks is proud to present not one but two XML RSS feeds.

The first feed syndicates this site's news. The second feed is for the true, hardcore scenario junkie. It propigates our scenario releases for anyone with an aggregator and an internet connection.

Enjoy

3.5.2004--The Final Move

We are pleased to announce that Boots & Tracks has moved to its final home: BootsAndTracks.com!

For those of you with existing bookmarks and links on your websites, there is no need to worry. At least for the forseeable future, the old 3dwargamer.net/bootsandtracks/ addresses will still work.

In the coming weeks stay tuned for a host of other additions and tweaks to this website.

3.4.2004--CMAK TCP Pack is Complete

After a long wait, the CMAK TCP Pack is complete!

The two missing scenarios, Rune's The Rats Strike Back! and Vines and Vineyards can be downloaded individually using the preceeding hyperlinks. Or, if you don’t have the pack at all, you can download it in its entirety.

Enjoy!

3.4.2004--A Crafty Dane

We are pleased to announce a new team member-Thomas Killerich. He hails from Denmark and is known to be a crafty and skilled player, as well as posesses some first rate playtesting skills. Please give him a hearty round of applause.

2.8.2004--New Battles Posted

Boots & Tracks is proud to present four new battles for that game we all love.

First, we have a very special battle from a guest author. Mark "Warlord" Ezra, one of Wild Bill's Raiders, has converted Wild Bill's Wilitz scenario to CMAK.

In addition, and no less exciting, we have three new CMBB battles:

In addition, the ROW III Battle Pack has been updated as it is now complete.

Enjoy!

2.5.2004--ROW IV Signups Closed

Due to unprecidented interest in the Rumblings of War Tournament, slots filled a record pace and the ROW IV signup page is now closed.

If you missed this one, stay tuned for ROW V

1.26.2004--ROW IV Signups to Open 2/1/2004

The Rumblings of War IV Tournament signup will open Sunday, Febuary 1, 2004 at 12AM Eastern Standard Time.

This tournament will feature five completely new CMAK scenarios from your favorite designers. In addition, the lucky winners of each of the three sections will receive one case of very fine South African Wine from Charl "WineCape" Theron.

Good luck and come back on Sunday to get your info in.

1.24.2004--Kursk Pack Update

The venerable Boots & Tracks Kursk Pack has received an update. After a significant delay, all of the scenarios now have detail pages. In case you don’t have them you can download the pack using the link above or check out any of the individual battles:

Enjoy

In addition there have been some minor website updates. Most notably is the Historical Battles and the enhanced title at the top. In addition, we now display the 10 most recent battles on the home page.

1.17.2004--ROW IV Announced!

Boots & Tracks is proud to present the Rumbings of War IV Tournament. This very special event will feature eight new scenarios for the 72 players. In addition, winners in each of the three sections will receive a prize of one case of very, very good South African wine graciously donated by Charl "Winecape" Theron.

The ROW Tournament Manual is now avaliable online. Signups for the current iteration of this event will start on Febuary 1. Stay tuned for official sigup procedures and such, and clear out that late winter/early spring schedule. This one will be a doozey.

1.12.2004--CMAK TCP Pack Part 1 Released!

Boots & Tracks is proud to present the CMAK TCP Pack. Unfortunately, a few of our designer's computers managed to cook themselves recently, leading to a staggered release. So, for now we shall give you no less than six scenarios, with another handful forthcoming as soon as the warranty process runs its course.

In any case you can download the CMAK TCP Pack as a whole or get any of the included battles:

Enjoy!

1.7.2004--Revamp!

Welcome to the new, modernized Boots & Tracks website. We hope you like it.

This rebuild has embraced many new techniques. The back end has been rewritten from scratch. It is now much more flexible and will allow us to give you many more features in the long run. In addition, this site is completely standards based, making for much lighter HTML and more advanced visual effects.

Given the completely fresh nature of the application, there are some bugs remaining. If you see anything that looks off or does not work, please do not hesitate to email me and inform me of the issue so that it can be resolved.

Thank you for visiting and enjoy.

12.28.2003--TCP Pack Announced

Boots & Tracks is proud to announce its upcoming TCP Scenario Pack featuring more than a half dozen scenarios by your favorite designers.

For some preview screenies, please visit this thread in the Battlefront.com forum.

12.22.2003--Scenarios Released!

After a bit of a hiatus, Boots & Tracks is proud to present three new battles for your holiday CMing pleasure:

9.3.2003--New Battles Posted

New battles posted: