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Wargaming and the 4th Armored Division

Shoulder Patch of the 4th Armored | Wikipedia

I decided to cover the 4th Armored division because, for a division that achieved as much as they did, they don’t always get the press in wargames that perhaps they should. And second? Well, my grandfather rode with them. He was a proud member of Company F (Light Tanks), 25th Mechanized Cavalry Squadron, 4th Armored Division. If the 4th was the tip of Patton’s spear, then the 25th was the pointy end of that tip.

My Grandfather, SSG Albert C. Elfman (Left) | Jason Weiser

My grandfather was instrumental in many ways in being part of my becoming a wargamer. He not only bought me a copy of Tactics II, but his stories about the 4th Armored were, in many ways, instrumental in my early wargaming purchase choices. He talked a lot about the division’s role in the relief of Bastogne, and the headlong drive of the division across France, and, later, Germany.

As I got older and read more, I learned about the fights at Arracourt (which could be called the “Kursk of the Western Front.”), Singling, and the Lorraine campaign, which was just as bad as the Hurtgen Forest, but without the close terrain.

But we’re here to cover where the 4th Armored has been seen in hex and counter wargames. So, without further ado, let’s get started. I can’t promise I will cover EVERY game the 4th has been in, but I will try to reach as many as I can.

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The 1981 version of Avalon Hill’s Battle of the Bulge is the second wargame I ever owned, and it’s still my favorite. I never played the 1965 version, and I really didn’t think much of the Smithsonian version at all. To me, the 1981 version is still my idea of a perfect medium to low-complexity Bulge game that still holds up well today. Are there better state-of-the-art games out there? Of course! There’s GMT’s Ardennes’ 44, (which I have been meaning to play) and MMP’s Ardennes SCS game (which I did play and really enjoyed, but it’s a monster game!). If I want to be able to finish a game in four hours, this is the one I reach for thus far. I still have a battered but serviceable copy in my collection today!

Board Game Geek

The 4th is one of the weaker American armored divisions in the game, which makes sense as the 4th started the Ardennes offensive in a rest period after the drive across France and the Lorraine campaign. The division was understrength, and many of the vehicles needed depot-level maintenance. But it’s a tribute to the elite nature of the division in as beat up as they were, they pulled out of their rest areas, turned north, and attacked within 48 hours of being ordered to do so. I admit, as a nine-year-old, I’d save these counters for the epic drive to Bastogne against the German Fallschirmjager, who held the southern edge of the siege lines. History often repeated itself.

Board Game Geek

I remember not intending to buy this game when I saw it in the local hobby shop, but considering my grandfather was standing right there, I felt I had no choice. As it turns out, I am glad I did. Avalon Hill put out quite a few solitaire games back in the 80s, and all of them were great fun. Patton’s Best was no exception. What I really liked was that the entire combat calendar of the 4th was included in the game, and you could play it as a campaign. It was a really neat feature, and the game is still quite popular as people have made up tanks for all the major combatants of the war.

The tanks in the game run the gamut. Just about every mark of Sherman that served with the US Army is in the game. Sadly, there are no Stuarts or Chaffees, as those were the tanks my grandfather rode in to war. But people want Shermans when they want American tanks of the Second World War.

I’d really recommend this game for those of you into solitaire games.

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This game came out last year, and I remember thinking, “Boy, I’d like to get a copy,” but the almost $200 price tag deterred me a bit (Sorry, Gramps!) That said, I did go to Board Game Geek and looked at the counter scans, and lo and behold, look what I found?

Board Game Geek

The red circle denotes the fact that, for the first time that I had ever seen in a hex and counter wargame, someone did a counter for the 25th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron. Thanks, Decision Games. If I can ever get a copy, I am going to play this just so I can metaphysically bond with my grandfather again, if only for a little while. The game comes highly rated on BGG, and it looks like a monster, but for my grandfather, I will brave it if I get the chance.

There have also been a few smaller press games about the Lorraine campaign by High Flying Dice Games and Revolution Games. I don’t own either of them, but they sound like they might be worth trying. Lou Coatney also published a game about the Lorraine campaign as well.

Board Game Geek

I got a chance to play this game over VASSAL and I liked it. I haven’t hated an SCS game yet, so I really do enjoy the system as a whole, and it shines in Bastogne. The game does an incredibly good job of reflecting the challenges of the weather and the terrain. Naturally, the 4th Armored doesn’t appear until close to the end, and only then with the 37th tank battalion under the irascible Creighton Abrams himself, as well as an attached company from the division’s 53rd Armored Infantry Battalion. The units are as powerful as most German armored units, with only the 2nd Panzer’s units being more so (but they will have moved on by the time the 4th Armored shows up).

Board Game Geek

In more tactical games, Avalon Hill’s Panzer Leader had a scenario about the 4th Armored’s encirclement of the French city of Nancy. West End Games’s West Front Tank Leader had a scenario based on Aaracourt and another about the 3rd Army’s crossing at Oppenheim, in which the 4th Armored participated. There is also an Advanced Squad Leader campaign for the Singling campaign.

All in all, the 4th has a bit of a presence in quite a few games. I am sure I have not named them all, as there are a lot of European Theatre of Operations (ETO) games out there. But I hope it has you interested in the ones I did name.

Further Reading

Patton’s Vanguard, The United States Army Forth Armored Division by Don M. Fox, McFarland Publishing, 2015

Final Battles of Patton’s Vanguard by Don M. Fox, McFarland Publishing, 2020

Patton at The Battle of the Bulge, by Leo Barron, Dutton Caliber, 2014

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(This article is credited to Jason Weiser. Jason is a long-time wargamer with published works in the Journal of the Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers; Miniature Wargames Magazine; and Wargames, Strategy, and Soldier.)

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the elder scrolls iii morrowind pc

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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind cheats & more for PC (PC)

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Also Known As: Elder Scrolls 3, The: Morrowind and Morrowind

Genre: Role-Playing, First-Person RPG Developer: Unknown Publisher: Bethesda Softworks ESRB Rating: Teen

Hints

Get Ultimate Weapons

There is a way to make an ultimate weapon real easy. Just go find someone that enchants and get a soul gem with a soul in it and some spells you would like to be as a weapon effect. Then just fill in the slots at the enchanting screen and viola! You got an ultimate weapon. (if you made it that way.)

Easy Way Around Solstheim

If you are not an Argardion and are tring to get to the other end of Solstheim and don’t want to worry about wolves, bears, or worst of all werewolves than you should start a new game and choose an Argardion as you player and you can go around the island using your Argardion’s abilety to breath water. The only thing in the waters around that island are these things that looks like a wolres or a seal just uglier, but they don’t attack you.

Cheats

Artifact Codes

Wraithguard left wraithguard_jury_rig Wraithguard right wraithguard Sunder sunder Keening keening Shadow Shield shadow_shield Moon-and-Star moon_and_star Stalhrim Longsword of Flame BM ice longsword_FG_Unique Mace of Aevar Stone-Singer BM_Mace_Aevar_UNI Spear of the Hunter BM_hunterspear_unique Hunter’s Amulet of Strength bm_amulstr1 Hunter’s Amulet of Speed bm_amulspd1 Hircine’s Ring BM_ring_hircine Trueflame (without flame) nerevarblade_01 Trueflame(with flame) nerevarblade_01_flame Hopesfire Sword of Almalexia Barilzar’s Mazed Band mazed_band_end

Secret Master’s Equipment

Player->AddItem “pick_secretmaster” 1 Secret Master’s Lockpick Player->AddItem “probe_secretmaster” 1 Secret Master’s Probe Player->AddItem “repair_secretmaster_01” 1 Sirollus Saccus’ Hammer Player->AddItem “apparatus_sm_mortar_01” 1 SecretMaster’s Mortar and Pestle Player->AddItem “apparatus_sm_alembic_01” 1 SecretMaster’s Alembic Player->AddItem “apparatus_sm_calcinator_01” 1 SecretMaster’s Calcinator Player->AddItem “apparatus_sm_retort_01” 1 SecretMaster’s Retort

Vampire Cheats

StartScript “vampire_quarra_PC” Turns your character into a Quarra Clan vampire StartScript “vampire_berne_PC” Turns your character into a Berne Clan vampire StartScript “vampire_aundae_PC” Turns you character into a Aundae Clan vampire startscript “vampire_cure_pc” Cures vampirism

Disposition Cheats

setdisposition 100 Makes the targeted NPC love you. setdisposition 0 Makes the targeted NPC hate you. player->setreputation 255 Makes you really famous. player->setreputation 0 Makes you not famous. setpccrimelevel 0 remove bounty on your head (no longer breaking the law)

Disease Immunity Cheats

player->addspell “Common Disease Immunity” Gives you immunity from all common diseases (also gives immunity from vampire bites) player->addspell “Blight Disease Immunity” Gives you immunity from the Blight Disease player->addspell “Corprus Immunity” Gives you immunity from Corprus

Guild/faction Cheats

replace “factionname” with the faction name you want to affect: pcjoinfaction “factionname” Forces player into faction pcraiserank “factionname” Raises player’s rank in faction pclowerrank “factionname” Lowers player’s rank in faction PCClearExpelled “factionname” Clears expulsion status from faction

Ability And Power Cheats

player->addspell “Vivec_Abilities” Fortify Strength 100, Attack 50. player->addspell “Royal_Blood” Fortify Heavy Armor, Block, Long Blade, etc.(Tribunal only) player->addspell “Royal_Resistance” Resist magic, fire, ice, paralysis, etc. (Tribunal only) player->addspell “regen_imperfect” Regenerate Magicka and Health (Tribunal only) player->addspell “magicka mult bonus_15” Fortify Maximum Magicka 1.5x INT player->addspell “immune to normal weapons” 100% Immune to normal weapons player->addspell “Her_mirror” A series of reflect and shield effects; *very* powerful (Tribunal only) player->addspell “Her_mirror_2” A series of reflect and shield effects; almost as powerful as the first Her_mirror ability. (Tribunal only) player->addspell “Chameleon_100_unique” Chameleon 100%. player->addspell “ghost ability” Chameleon 50%

Spells

To use these spells, open the console window and type: Player->addspell “SPELLNAME”. You must use the quotes if there is a space in the spell name. These are the spell names and what they do: Spirit Knife Adds Spirit Knife Soul Trap Adds Soul Trap (useless without soul gems) Water Breathing Adds Water Breathing Levitate Adds Levitate Mark Adds Mark (Useless without Recall) Recall Adds Recall (useless without Mark) Summon Scamp Adds Summon Scamp Summon Winged Twilight Adds Summon Winged Twilight Summon Frost Atronach Adds Summon Frost Atronach Summon Daedroth Adds Summon Daedroth Summon Bonelord Adds Summon Bonelord Summon Flame Atronach Adds Summon Flame Atronach Detect Creature Adds Detect Creature Restore Strength Adds Restore Strength Restore Intelligence Adds Restore Intelligence Restore Willpower Adds Restore Willpower Restore Agility Adds Retore Agility Restore Speed Adds Restore Speed Restore Personality Adds Restore Personality Restore Luck Adds Restore Luck Quicksilver Adds Quicksilver Bound Boots Adds Bound Boots Bound helm Adds Bound Helm Bound Shortsword Adds Bound Shortsword Bound Longsword Adds Bound Longsword Bound Longbow Adds Bound Longbow Bound Axe Adds Bound Axe Bound Spear Adds Bound Spear Bound Dagger Adds Bound Dagger Bound Club Adds Bound Club Fire Bite Adds Fire Bite Fireball Adds Fireball Flamebolt Adds Flamebolt God’s Fire Adds God’s Fire Frostbite Adds Frostbite Frost Adds Frost God’s Frost Adds God’s Frost Spark Adds Spark Shockball adds Shockball God’s Spark Adds God’s Spark Hearth Heal Add;s Hearth Heal Water Walking Adds Water Walking Buoyancy adds Buoyancy Chills adds Chills Vivec’s Feast adds Vivec’s Feast Vivec’s Fury adds Vivec’s Fury Vivec’s Humility adds Vivec’s Humility Vivec’s Kiss adds Vivec’s Kiss Vivec’s Mercy adds Vivec’s Mercy Vivec’s Mystery adds Vivec’s Mystery Vivec’s Tears adds Vivec’s Tears Vivec’s_wrath adds Vivec’s_Wrath Vampire’s Kiss adds Vampire’s Kiss Summon Clanfear adds Summon Clanfear Summon Golden Saint adds Summon Golden Saint Summon Least Bonewalker adds Summon Least Bonewalker summon_centurion_unique adds Dwemer Animunculi Summon Dremora adds Summon Dremora suicide_test adds Suicide (if you have less than 30 health, don’t bother casting) Slowfall adds Slowfall Shockbite adds Shockbite Shrine *skill* skill adds Shrine *skill* skill (put a skill in the *skill* part like Shine Axe Skill) Shard adds shard

Commands For The Console Window

BC Beta Comment PT Purges’ Textures RA Resets Actors SA Show Animation SG Shows Group ST Shows Target SV Shows Variables TB Toggles Borders TG Toggles Grid TL Toggles Lights TM Toggles Menus TS Toggles Sky TW Toggles WOrld ORI Output Reference Info SCT Stop Cell Test SSG Show Scene Graph T3D Test Models TAI Toggles AI TCB Toggles Collision Boxes TCG Toggles Collision Grid TCL Toggles Collision TCS Toggles Combat Stats TFH Toggles Full Help TDS Toggles Dialog Stats TGM Toggles God Mode TKS Toggles Kill Stats TLF Toggles Load Fade TMS Toggles Magic Stats TPG Toggles Path Grid Display TSO Toggles Script Output TST Toggles Stats TTS Toggles Texture String TVM Toggles Vanity Mode TWA Toggles Water TWF Toggles Wireframe MOTO Moves one to one TFOW Toggles God of War FixMe Fixes Me (No idea what for though) TestCells Starts Exterior Cell Test TestInteriorCells Starts Interior Cell Test ToggleScripts Toggles Scripts

Unique Item Passwords

Open the console and type Player->additem “ITEMNAME”. ring_khajiit_unique ring of khajiit ring_mentor_unique mentor’s ring ring_wind_unique ring of the wind ring_surrounding_unique ring of surroundings ring_vampiric_unique vampiric ring ring_warlock_unique warlock’s ring ring_denstagmer_unique denstagmer’s ring ring_phynaster_unique ring of phynaster staff_hasedoki_unique staff of hasedoki staff_magnus_unique staff of magnus daedric_scourge_unique scourge daedric_crescent_unique crescent katana_goldbrand_unique goldbrand katana_bluebrand_unique eltonbrand spear_mercy_unique spear of bitter mercy dagger_fang_unique fang of heynekutnawhatever cuirass_savior_unique cuirass of the savior’s hide boots_apostle_unique boots of the apostle helm_bearclaw_unique helm of oyren bearclaw spell_breaker_unique spell breaker

Daedric Weapons Cheat Codes

player -> AddItem ”daedric club” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric arrow” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric_crescent_unique” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric battle axe” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric dagger” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric claymore” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric dagger_mtas” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric dagger_soultrap” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric dai-katana” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric long bow” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric staff” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric warhammer” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric war axe” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric mace” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric longsword” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric tanto” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric warhammer_ttgd” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric katana” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric dart” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric spear” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric_scourge_unique” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric shortsword” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric wakizashi” 1 player -> AddItem ”daedric wakizashi_ttgd” 1

Weapon Cheat Codes

While playing, open the console window by pressing the ” ~ ” key. For cheatsthat affect your character, type: “player->” followed by any of the codes from thelist below. To alter the amount you gain, enter a number after the code. additem katana_bluebrand_unique Katana Bluebrand additem katana_goldbrand_unique Katana Goldbrand additem glass_dagger_enamor Glass Dagger Enamor additem misc_soulgem_azura Misc. Soulgem Azura additem dwe_jinksword_curse_unique DWE Jinksword Curse additem banhammer_unique Banhammer additem Azura_star_unique Azura Star additem bonebiter_bow_unique Bonebiter Bow additem longsword_umbra_unique Longsword Umbra additem dagger_fang_unique Dagger Fang additem daedric_scourge_unique Daedric Scource additem daedric_club_tgdc Daedric Club additem ebony_bow_auriel Ebony Bow additem ebony_staff_tges Ebony Staff additem ebony_dagger_mehrunes Ebony Dagger additem magic_bolt Magic Bolt additem spark_bolt Spark Bolt additem shard_bolt Shard Bolt additem flame_bolt Flame Bolt

Unlock Anything!

Go into first person mode and click on your guythen open the console by pressing ~. Type additemskeleton_key 1

Console Codes

To open up the console, press ~, or whatever key is next to your 1 key. Open up the console while in third person mode, and click on your guy. Here is a list of many codes (note: codes not case sensetive):

Level: setlevel [number]Max Health: sethealth [number]Max Magicka: setmagicka [number]Max Fatigue: setfatigueTeleporting: coc, "cellname" (note: only for interiors)Gold: additem "Gold_100" [#] (get #x100 for gold)All Journal Entries: filljournalFull Map: fillmapMove Fwd 128 Units (for if you are stuck): fixmeEdit Name: EnableNameMenuEdit Race: EnableRaceMenuEdit Birth Sign: EnableBirthMenuEdit Class: EnableClassMenuShow Sleep Menu: ShowRestMenuGod Mode: tgmTo affect other objects: While in the console, click on the item you wish to affect.OpenLock [locklvl]There are many more codes. just learn the scripting for the construction set. Note: scripts must be one line.

Unlockables

Currently we have no unlockables for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind yet. If you have any unlockables please feel free to submit. We will include them in the next post update and help the fellow gamers. Remeber to mention game name while submiting new codes.

Easter eggs

Currently we have no easter eggs for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind yet. If you have any unlockables please feel free to submit. We will include them in the next post update and help the fellow gamers. Remeber to mention game name while submiting new codes.

Glitches

Currently we have no glitches for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind yet. If you have any unlockables please feel free to submit. We will include them in the next post update and help the fellow gamers. Remeber to mention game name while submiting new codes.

Guides

Currently no guide available.

Achievements

Currently we have no achievements or trophies for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind yet. If you have any unlockables please feel free to submit. We will include them in the next post update and help the fellow gamers. Remeber to mention game name while submiting new codes.

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