<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: JanSorensen<br/>
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You can also save up population from turn to turn to a certain degree
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Can you elaborate on this? I'm also curious. Germany has 4 unused pop on the 1st turn. Do they carry over to turn 2, or will they be lost ...

<t> I would have thought so too, but it happened the next turn as well. I had 30 bleedin' points for research.<br/>
The turn after that, my pop read 10/4 in Germany, with a huge load of production. But when I started buying units, the pop stat didn't move, so I was able to buy 3 Ftr,3 Stukes,3AA ...

<t> Balto,<br/>
I appreciate the offer. I've never played a game over internet before, and I don't know what it involves. It may be that I'm not viable material, as I don't have much free time. I've had the flu for the last 5 days, and so I've spent my time surfin' the web and learning this game ...

The manual stresses taking out Leningrad on the 1st move,
so Finland gets activated. What's your take on it?

I drove through N. Michigan once over the hairiest damn bridge.
Gave me vertigo.

<t> I was just reading in the manual about this. It recommends exactly the opposite,<br/>
by making a 2-pronged attack on Leningrad and the south. My intuition was<br/>
similar to yours originally(and Napoleon),take Moscow. <br/>
IIRC, from a historical point of view, the Germans had a 3-pronged ...

Thanks for the info. The learning curve here ain't beer & pretzels.

Regarding point 2, would you research evasion or air attack to
strengthen AA effectiveness against aircraft?

I just got the game and I'm much worse off than balto, as I haven't figured out how not to waste pop points.
Can someone enlighten me about it?