<t> Hi guys!<br/>
I've been away for a while. Old PC died...saved up for a new one...etc. But earlier I'd given up on CoG because we were always unable to connect with more than one other person at a time. Seven players at once? Never happened. Reinforcing armies was another connection issue.<br ...

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The Microsoft DirectPlay 4.0 libraries we used to implement the TCP/IP library has known stability issues. Unfortunately the later versions of DirectPlay are so different from 4.0 that porting to them is beyond the capabilities of our budget ...

THe worst 'I can't win' affect I ever saw was when everybody with fleets ganged up on England because he was in the lead and viscious when it came to going after anybody else with a fleet.&nbsp; He bailed when he was left with only the England province.&nbsp; Kinda killed the game.

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I didn't hit LeJeune until 1985. I didn't start boardgaming until 1988, and by that time I was a Kaneohe Bay Hawaii.
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hmmm maybe you knew an old ...

Wilsonslley,
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Many of us experience the same connectivity issues.&nbsp; Hopefully they'll be ironed out someday.

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Sir Sydney Smith.<br/>
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If we're using all of history then I do think Montgomery gets consideration. Had Market Garden worked (and it might have) he'd have been a hero for the ages.
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I didn't hit LeJeune until 1985.&nbsp; I didn't start boardgaming until 1988, and by that time I was a Kaneohe Bay Hawaii.

Will development of this game continue, or will we wait for all of the patches that are being clamoured for in FoF?

<t> I like the idea of rolling for new leaders.&nbsp; Works great if yours get killed or whatever.&nbsp; Don't think you should be able to buy a quality general...that takes the uncertainty out of it.<br/>
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It's like when you send your kid off to college.&nbsp; There's no guarantee that ...

<t> Napoleon's only problem was that by 1812 he believed so much in himself and the abilities of the French soldier that he seemd to have forgotten that he actually needed to think about strategy.&nbsp; After 1812, he acted as if he just had to be present for a victory to occur.<br/>
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<t> This is a French solo game of version 1.2.26. On the turn in question I was to have inherited Silesia through revolt. However, I've not only inherited Silesia but also the state of Brandenburg. Prussia is now down to her two Baltic States.<br/>
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I should hate to lose my home province like ...

<t> We all had our firewalls turned off. What else could it be? Hell, all of us have strong PC's, ADSL, and live no further than 60 miles apart.<br/>
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Here is what we did after failing to get a third player to join:<br/>
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1. Switch hosts. Got one player to join, then the third player ...

<t> I could bear with the poor graphics...it was functionality of certain units that bothered me.&nbsp; Twenty-five guys in an open field stopping the movement of 2000?&nbsp; I don't think so.<br/>
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I you can't repulse them or overrun them, you're just set up as cannon fodder.&nbsp ...

I've advanced now to the end of 1797, and the C++ assertion errors are coming 2 per turn...every turn and have for the past 6 months.&nbsp; I'm still able to click ignore to get through them...I have to double click it now, though.

<t> I've called the attached zip folder crazyPoles. The files therin are named the same. I just downloaded the 1.2.25 upgrade this morning, so haven't advanced in as many years as others.<br/>
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The scenario I'm playing is 1792 Prussia. Spain, Sweden, and Turkey have all been set at lower ...

I have two Napoleonic games.&nbsp; Both of which work great for solo or two-person play.&nbsp; However, when it comes to multi-person play they all fall down.&nbsp; This really blows when you have a great game like COG which gets better when there is less and less AI involved.

Has anybody successfully had a TCP/IP game with more than two people?

Is it possible to play this game in TCP/IP? I hate AI's for anything other than learning a game, and find PBEM too slow.

<t> Waste is caused by the number of provinces you have.&nbsp; Once you hit 30 provinces, you get waste like crazy.&nbsp; Best thing to do is to start shovelling linens and money into courts once your army is decently upgraded.&nbsp; because...if you don't, your people will start to starve, your ...

<t> Budg,<br/>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The AI will always make war on the player who is in the lead no matter how smiley their face is.&nbsp; 3 million diplomats won't make a difference.<br/>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If you ever had the chance to play the boardgame Empires in Arms (7-players with ...