Thank you all for your responses. Maybe I just have an unusually thick skull but after further frustrations I've lost pretty much all my initial enthusiam for this and have put it aside. Good luck in your campaigns, gentlemen.

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I'll try to find that tutorial. I know there is a way to make this thing work ...

If Matrix offered me a refund or the substitute of a working game I'd certainly accept it. Do they ever read this board?

<t> Thanks, disintegration. I've just now found some more time to play with this game. Still can't control my forces. Russians are having a field day and now, still 1914, are about to take Breslau. My troops stand idle. German Navy did move. Declared war on Luxemburg but was not allowed to move ...

Still no luck. Don't see any mention of declaring war or means to do so. I'll try it again.

Thanks! First I 've got to figure out how to make my armies advance [&:]

I haven't declared war. Might be the problem. I don't see any mention of that in the manual. How do you do it?

<t> Sorry, can't provide a screenshot.&nbsp; Don't know how.&nbsp; The situation is this: assume a new game.&nbsp; You are playing the Central Powers.&nbsp; First you mobilize and all that stuff&nbsp;then comes the activation phase where hdqtrs are activated.&nbsp; Next&nbsp;comes the orders phase ...

<t> Just got the game this afternoon. Playing as CP, 1914. After activating hdqtrs I find that any attempt to make my armies advance results in a message saying that forward moves are "invalid". My trrops will retreat or sidestep but not advance. What am I doing wrong. The enemy, of course, has no ...

Eric got me on the right track and I've got the game running and have updated it to v1.20.&nbsp; I've got a lot to learn about it.

Thanks Eric. I have the game running and have installed the update. Now to figure it out...

Thanks for responding, Erik.&nbsp; I've sent two messages to that address, one yesterday and one today.&nbsp; I'll try the findmyorder link.

Yes, I'm very much looking forward to playing the game. I wanted a decent WW1 game for many years. I was thrilled to find this one. I wish the Matrix people would get back to me. I need is another attempt to download the product. They have my money and I have nada.

My download timed out. I'm on a high speed connection. I've got nothing. Help!

I bought August 1914 yesterday via credit card and tried to download it. The download timed out. I have nothing. Help!

I bought this game yesterday but the download timed out. I'm so bummed. Guess I need some help.