I thought the accuracy of the simulation was what was important

http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v07/v07p231_Hall.html

Just a suggestion, if you are looking for numbers about 1918.

I average 45 min a turn after turn 5.
If that helps. Faster for the South because much fewer units.

<t> depends on the type of player you are.<br/>
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if you can settle for making 'less than optimal' decisions thru ignorance, and still forage ahead<br/>
it is easy to play.<br/>
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If your a perfectionist however, it can be VERY time consuming.<br/>
Imagine WitP as the Japs on turn #1 ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: SMK-at-work<br/>
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Sardonic your analysis is simplistic and basically wrong......Germany was already starving before 1918 - have a look at the 2nd link I gave above (its a pdf & takes a while to load tho). German troops were perhaps slowed as much by eating ...

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I do see the point he is making. <br/>
In the game if Russia surrenders, as it historically did, there is no food problem for Germany. Even before Russia surrenders there is rarely a food problem for Germany.<br/>
Historically the German ...

<t> The problem is that dispersment allows infiltration.<br/>
The key to rendering arty ineffective is dispersement. This is hardly a revelation.<br/>
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The game IS flawed in that.... the training involved in holding ground, as vs TAKING ground, is very different.<br/>
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The Brits didnt ...

One unit is enough for FT Sumter.
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Just not the Cav or Arty.
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Mangudai<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Sardonic<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Mangudai<br/>
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Thanks for the reply.<br/>
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Regarding shipping, part of my problem is i havent figured out which ships to use for which ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Mangudai<br/>
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Thanks for the reply.<br/>
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Regarding shipping, part of my problem is i havent figured out which ships to use for which functions. CSA starts with several ships with little transport capacity... maybe these are war ships. Are some ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: SMK-at-work<br/>
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That's not a reference.
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Possibly not to you, no. But then again, this isnt Academia, and I am not doing a dissertation.<br/>
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In his book 'Blood, Tears and Folly: An Objective Look at World War II ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Mangudai<br/>
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I just got this game, about a day and a half of play + reading the manual and browsing the forum. I'm confused about a lot of things.<br/>
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Grouping: <br/>
How does horizontal grouping as a stack differ from vertical stacking ...

ORIGINAL: SMK-at-work

Got any references for that?  AFAIK his war diaries published in the 50's 25 years after his death so he didn't ahve much chance to edit them!!

I gave you one, Len Deighton

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: SMK-at-work<br/>
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Sardonic wrote:<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>My beef with Haig is his post-war editing. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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What general didn't edit his record for posterity (assuming he was alive of course - cf Patton)?<br/>
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the idea ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: EUBanana<br/>
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Well, your arguments in his defence appear to be mainly along the lines of, he was commanding the wrong army.<br/>
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Well, thats kinda too bad. If he misjudged so horribly - and he is at the very least guilty of repeated misjudgment of ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: EUBanana<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Sardonic<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: SMK-at-work<br/>
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Yes Haig gets a lot of bad press, but he was very keen on improving matters and reducing casualties - he was eventually ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: EUBanana<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Sardonic<br/>
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Conrad was a very gifted strategist. But he was not commanding the German Army.<br/>
He had some brilliant ideas, that had they been acted on by the GERMANS, would have<br/>
damaged ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: SMK-at-work<br/>
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Yes Haig gets a lot of bad press, but he was very keen on improving matters and reducing casualties - he was eventually persuaded to increase artillery preparation in order to reduce casualties, and if he didn't realise the effect it ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Rhetor<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Sardonic<br/>
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Conrad was a very gifted strategist. But he was not commanding the German Army.<br/>
He had some brilliant ideas, that had they been acted on by the GERMANS, would have<br/>
damaged the ...

Conrad was a very gifted strategist. But he was not commanding the German Army.
He had some brilliant ideas, that had they been acted on by the GERMANS, would have
damaged the ET badly.

The AH army simply wasnt capable of implementation.