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And that's an important point which the game engine does not reflect, which makes armor losses particularly frustrating in a ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Jason Petho<br/>
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As an interm solution, is increasing the reinforcements OK?<br/>
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That certainly works for me, although doubling the reinforcement points seems a bit excessive. Perhaps a 50% increase ...

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I could also adjust the amount of reinforcements in a DCG to compensate? <br/>
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That would go a long way towards addressing the difficulties inherent in the game engine vs. campaign ...

<t> Not to jump on the bandwagon, but I think I have to agree with Borst50 on this issue. We can debate whether or not 2% or 5% or whatever is the correct odds for indirect artillery vs. armor, but that misses the more basic point.<br/>
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A tank that is "killed" during a scenario by IF fire ...

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Thanks for responding, PaladinSix. I was hoping someone would bite.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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Happy to oblige. I figured someone was looking for an opportunity to explain that particularly bizarre Texas logic.<br/>
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Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general who nearly succeeded in splitting the United States in two (and which would have presumably perpetuated slavery in the Confederacy), and Martin Luther King, Jr., the black civil rights leader killed in the ...

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another attempt. for those ardennes scenarios:<br/>
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By the way, anyone know what happened to the Panzer VIBs that are promised in the OOB? They don't make an appearance, at least not in the first two scenarios.

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<t> That was my thinking too (after several costly minefield-mistakes). However, to properly clear the mines and the many roadblocks burns too many turns (unless I'm doing it wrong). By the end of the scenario, I'm not close to the final victory hexes, nor to the exit hex. Just can't figure this one ...

<t> Can anyone give me some tactical tips for the first scenario in the Kampfgruppe Peiper LCG? I seem to have an inordinate amount of difficulty getting past this first mission with anything approximating 'acceptable losses.'<br/>
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Given the relatively short time-limit (a common problem ...

<t> I'm planning on buying JTCS through digital download, but before I proceed, I have an odd question.<br/>
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When I go to the digital river site to download the game, it asks if I'm a US or UK customer (or Europe, Canada, Australia or Other). I have a standard US set-up on my laptop (Windows ...

<t> Now that is a quality AAR! Thanks Curtis for taking the time to explain some of the thought process behind your moves. Even on a first reading I can see some things that I was doing wrong in my own game. A closer examination and some experimentation will certainly help me even more.<br/>
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Thanks Curtis. I appreciate you taking the time to do this, and I'm sure others will as well. I'll read through your AAR right away and hopefully that will point me in the right direction.

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<t> First of all, if it's west of the Mississippi, it's not football; it's basketball with helmets.<br/>
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Second, if it's south of the Mason-Dixon line, it's not football; it's track and field with pads.<br/>
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Third, if it's east of Happy Valley, it's not football; it's Ivy League ...

Is it a safe assumption that the changes from 1.02 will be incorporated into a hard copy purchased after the patch release? I will be without download capabilities for about two months and I'd like to have the latest version.

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<r> Hail! to the victors valiant <br/>
Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes <br/>
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the leaders and best <br/>
Hail! to the victors valiant <br/>
Hail! to the conqu'ring heroes <br/>
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I was not aware of that, actually. Thanks for the tip. That means that Bob/Curtis would be uniquely suited to creating the D-Day AAR that I was talking about, but Larry, I'd be just as happy with one of yours (or JAMiAM's if you're so inclined.)

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Along those same lines, have you (meaning the guys at Matrix, not just yourself) considered posting tutorials on some of these concepts on the forums? Not so much a question and answer session ...

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yes I think that is the one. problem seems to be the strength of the German counter-attack on turns 2-4 when they rarely have any problems pushing off the invasion beaches and once ...

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Are you referring to Bob Cross' D-Day scenario, which is around 34+ turns long, battalion/regimental scale and goes from 6 June to around the end of September? If so, I've had similar experiences with that one, especially the crap shoot getting off the beaches. In fact, in ...