Thank you: I've been working my way through the "must read" thread but I hadn't seen Spooky's piece.

Thank you.

Is their a fan-made, readable, manual and/or a monkey-see-monkey-do walkthrough anywhere?

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: VSWG<br/>
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For me, chatting about a PBEM (either my own, or in someone's AAR) is half the fun of playing this game.<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>I know that if I was playing any PBEM game and found my opponent trolling for help against me on a forum like ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: niceguy2005<br/>
Asking for advice is the way to learn and I'm not in the game to kick my opponent around. I want them to play the best game they could.
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"[T]he best game *they* could". They, not a committee of the great and the ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Feltan<br/>
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I would not consider it cheating.<br/>
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The mechanics of the game can be overwhelming to a new player, and simply asking "how" to do something aids the overall game in my opinion.<br/>
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As for strategy/tactics? I would tell my ...

<t> I'm just curious.<br/>
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I've noticed a number of postings which are along the lines of "my opponent has done X and I don't know how to respond please tell me what to do!". Now if you're playing against the AI fine, no problem with that. But if you're playing against another person isn't ...

Isn't it akin to cheating to post for help with a PBEM game here? What next: his opponent posts asking for help and the game degenerates into a fight by proxy?

<r> OK I've bought witp and even downloaded it (although I'm on holiday and only have my Mac with me so I'll to wait until I get home to play).<br/>
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It went against my instincts to buy it as I own two other GG games and they are probably the worsts strategy games I've ever bought! But the ...