New Version 4.0 now available for download! I'm sure I've updated 98% of it - but please share any issues/corrections needed based upon latest changes - I'm sure I missed something.

Thanks all!


Appreciate your efforts. Very helpful when coming back after some updates to see how things have ...

A punishing early game that collapses into a broken mid and late game is not an accident. It is a recurring failure mode of strategy developers who let streamers become de facto design partners.

The spectacle takes priority over the system. What streams well is not the same as what plays well, and ...

I know a lot of wargamers like to micro every unit possible in order to overcome perceived AI deficiencies, but I also think many wargamers like micro-command and control a lot too.

TLDR: This is obviously my preference, but I think scenarios should refrain from task orgs that go below two levels ...

@mroyer, really like the terrain mod.

I suggest you add a one line "install" instructions to your readme (i.e., "Terrain Mod release notes.txt"). I would not assume it's well understood. There might be some new player to the game that would benefit. Typically, games have a mod folder for ...

No, I never received an answer to this or a few other questions.

I moved on to something else instead.

I haven't looked closely in a long time, but I think some of the OOB information is stored in a different set of definitions not outlined by the current diagnostic views and tools.

Imagine your credit balance as coolant for your nation-state. Overheat your spending (construction, army size, etc.) and you run out of coolant and the engine seizes and breaks. Too many credit's and you aren't investing enough (opportunity cost). Barely none and you're overheating. It's an engine ...

Lower taxes and use the appropriate investment stratagem cards.

build government welfare like hospitals, education, etc. and never push a zone above the level of your welfare infrastructure no matter how many times the governor asks to upgrade.

make sure the zone has population draws like ...

Looking for the table that contains the key-values for "Unit Id" (i.e., His. Unit ID) which is used in Library SE_Data and Table 227) Unit Logs.

I could not locate the table that lists the details about units with their canonical names and ID values.

Many table names in the libraries are preceded by the term "Flex".

What does that term mean as opposed to tables that are apparently not Flex?

Further, are tables that are mutable marked or named differently than tables that are immutable?

Looking for the table that contains the key-values for "ReinfTyp" which is used in Library SE_Data and Table 173) Flex TOE Types.

For example, 26 is Infantry, 27 is Machine-Gun, etc.

However, I have not found the table that defines these keys.

It does not appear to be Table 161) Flex Model Type ...

Yes, the logistic system can provide odd numbers sometimes that are difficult to grok.

The processes and rules have been described (accurately) many times by many players here.

The devil, however, is in the details of the sequential procedural operations the game runs. Different conditions (i.e ...

I've never lost a game since the game's release. In fact, I'm not sure it's possible to lose. Somewhere in the deep old posts here is an AAR where I was pushed (due to revolts) into a single city hex. I then fought back to clear the map. Players quit, they don't lose.

Others have said it repeatedly ...

The manpower thingy for Trucks is on my to-do list. Its a bit complicated, but I finally got a good idea to reduce the final manpower cost here. Next finetuning open beta.


Necro :shock:

It's almost 13 months later, was there any movement on this topic? :?

As of late March 2022, trucks seems ...

<t> I think the Charles S. Roberts awards are most well known in the historical tabletop, hex and counter, wargame community.<br/>
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Matrix Games' roots go back through David Heath. He worked for Mark Herman at Victory Games in his early years and has continued to publish games, to include ...

Vic, Congratulations on the Charles S. Roberts award!

Well deserved.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: DTurtle<br/>
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Get the beta patch and look at the added manual chapter. Those combat roles exist, they have various effects that are described in the manual, they just aren't correctly written on that screen.
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The manual? [:D ...

<t> Also, what kind of combat is the aircraft trying to avoid?<br/>
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avoid air-to-air combat?<br/>
avoid enemy air defenses?<br/>
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Flying NOE isn't the only technique. Depending on enemy air defense capabilities, it's very likely aircraft will fly at higher altitude.<br/>
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What ...

<r> Another more detailed example...<br/>
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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: jimwinsor<br/>
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And we players here on the Matrix forum have been pretty easy going and indulgent on this. However, the Steam release of the game is imminent. And as we all know, Steam users, in particular Steam reviewers, do not have such a happy-go-lucky ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Nachtjager<br/>
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Yeah I'm going to have to disagree here. With the current clunky way the game handles strategic warfare/asset damage big maps and dispersed industry are absolutely your friend. <br/>
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There are currently zero (0) methods in the game ...