Fortress Italy - Few Good Men Tourney - Official Sign-Up Thread

OnePingOnly · 2026-09-22T16:13:26Z

I'm setting up a separate thread for sign-up. This Combat Mission: Fortress Italy tournament is a non-elimination tourney where the ultimate winner is based on the best score over the course of five (5) 20-30 minute small battles that span the length of the Italian Campaign in WW2. The battles feature different nationalities, different ORBATs, different terrain types, and a mix of mission types (meeting engagement, attack, etc.). Scenarios have all been playtested, but the Sly Sniper-style scoring system takes into account possible imbalance between sides by having scoring dependent on how much better players do than other players on the same side. The tourney will last 5 rounds. Target time for each round is 45 days. I'll be running the tourney thru Dropbox via the Manual PBEM system. Easy-peasy. @rico was kind enough to create an awesome, official map for the tourney, showing where the tourney battles will be fought: Rules will be posted below. I'm hoping for 8-16 players. On the old FGM site, there was always some tourney activity going on (from Rico, Gunner, Sly Sniper, etc). The new site has a good number of members and those who are posting for H2H opponents. It would be great to have a good turnout and be able to re-create the tourney culture from before. Current participants: @nort @a-canadian-cat @markm @guardsman @cargol @thegreatwhitenorth @timo @manzcaser @buckykatt @cleanercode @spoogles @ben-dover @shady-side @holoween @skelly @nathangun Spamming some of the "old guys" who were in tourneys or playtesters past: @jackal338 @bleskaceq @doubled @probus @animander @spoom @gunner @deadpanic

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hedgehog

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@onepingonly Let me say well done for doing this Tourney, back in the CM1 days we use to have a lot off them going on, with good designers of Tourneys @Rico being one of them

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Posted : October 9, 2026 9:44 am

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Shady Side

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@hedgehog it's raining... i have developed a deep burning hatred for mud...... but i guess that means you can expect daily turns for a lil while

Posted : October 10, 2026 3:54 pm

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OnePingOnly

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Hello all - I'm looking for a replacement player for the CMFI tourney. Will be on the Axis side. PM me if interested or post here!

Posted : October 11, 2026 11:05 pm

Nort

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Just a quick note to let @a-canadian-cat know I am going out of town for a bit and will not be able to play turns while I am away.

I leave October 20 and return November 1. So I can play turns up until the morning of October 20, and start again on November 2. Otherwise, I am good for multiple turns a day.

thank you for your patience and understanding.

Posted : October 12, 2026 11:44 am

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