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
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