<r> I never surrender <E>:-)</E> <br/>
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Of course the long time since starting the project is the major problem mentioned in numerous threads here. There were a few design decisions made at the atart of the project which are not reversible, that may have contributed to that time spending ...

<t> To add a movie not mentioned above:<br/>
Kukurushka, a low budget production (i think finnish) about a finnish sniper pressed into german service, who is in a complex situation with a russian officer and a lappish woman, each speaking a different language.<br/>
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By the way from my point ...

<t> I was at the first table metioned above, playing aggressivly as german with france first versus very able enemies.<br/>
Our idea was that if playing conservative we will be played out easily and so let rampage.<br/>
Japan was attacking USSR in SO39 and taking all east of chita with zhukov ...

<r> @ jose: Don't drive to beautiful Essen, better drive to Hofgeismar <E>:-)</E><br/>
I'm there in October for the first time in my life and as you i don't matter in winning.<br/>
We played factory in flames in our latest games and so regarding wif deluxe i'm a little bit out of practice.<br ...

<r> Now I signed in for the EuroWIFCon 2011 in Hofgeismar. There is still possibility to check in. <br/>
Infos in Englisch are available at<br/>
<URL url="http://www.eurowif.de/">http://www.eurowif.de/</URL><br/>
Reservation in the local Hotel is possible via contacting eurowif.<br/>
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Most ...

I am "allowed" to go there in 2011 if i spent 14 days in August 2011 at lago garda in italy with my family.
I'am planing forward in the company to achieve this!

I think any communication regarding further "release dates" would be wrong. The game is too far away from completion to make a serious guessing.

<t> My point vs. an AI is that i never saw an AI that is really (without cheating) competetive. And there are games with not so bad performances (in my eyes Total war, CIV III and IV). For example Panzer General I like to play, but the only way to make a "Advanced Game Level" was to give the AI ...

If it will be released (maybe the year after David Gerrolds fifth book of the Chtorr-Series that should come out in "octobre", since 1993 [;)] ), I will buy it anyway. Promise. And in the meantime the working staff has to stand vs. my growing depression.

And there has to be a "seperate AI" for each permutation of important Options:
1. Oil (see example above)
2. Japanese compulsatory peace
3. Night Air Missions
4. AMPH Rules
etc.

<t> I can hardly imagine an AI that is competitive. For example:<br/>
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In my last game, the Russian player suddenly concentrated two white circle and two other TAC4 around Dneprpetrowsk. In this time I had five Oil Ressources.<br/>
So this was of course a very crucial situation. In this ...

<r> I have to work the time to and my family will veto my participation if not <E>:-(</E><br/>
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Two of my friends were there each year and their feedback is everytime very positiv.<br/>
They say, that there is a inspiring Input from all the different games there and from the different ...

I don't understand your post (but I try to give an answer): Informations abaut the EuroWifCon are found on:

http://www.eurowif.de/

Date is 8th Octobre to 17th Octobre.

<t> IMO to use Argus, Eagle, Hermes as Escort Carriers in the North Atlantic is the right decision as long as the Sunderland from Bermuda or the ASW Carriers are not available. CONV are more important than this old carriers. In any case it absorbes 3 Surprise points otherwise available for raising ...

<t> Vs. a full scale german attak on poland (not often seen from experienced players) in SO39 nowadays I prefer to put all units arround the cities (no units in the cities or only the div to secure a retreat hex or a supply base vs. ZOCs). German may AirStrike 4 units and attack some other but usual ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s> The AIO will take a broader view. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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I base my own decisions in this and other matters not on units in Theaters of war, but on global aspects.<br/>
Important for me is the distiction of BREAKING PACT and DOW and ATTACKING. This are three levels ...

<t> An other aspect is that breaking the pact is not leading automatically into a DOW (Russia to Germany)! I would suggest three "escalation levels" for the AI:<br/>
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1. Trying to break the pact is always (almost always) the right thing. Germany looses the ressources, russia gain the ...

<t> @ Morgil a few annotations to FoF (if we play it the right way!):<br/>
1. The shipyard give you 1 BP Bonus for the first ship only. One of us said that the german shipyard is the best allied unit, because germany pumps BP into ships, and that may be not good.<br/>
2. In our second FoF Game we ...

<t> I would like to have an AI because I want to test some new strategies, although i don't think, that this AI and furthermore any AI can compete with a human opponent. I think that it is impossible for the AI to run the game for 36 turns or so. Every little fault in the beginning of a game will ...

<t> An idea for MWIF Product 2:<br/>
A "Center for Strategic Studies" Form, activated per button or so. In the board game before important decisions you sometimes count ARM or FTR in some parts of the front. The Computer is good in counting, so it would be an advantage of a Computer WIF to have ...