<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: TheTom<br/>
Yes, I know. I was just wondering why in his example the enemy strength is shown and when I try, the enemy strengh is unknown. I mean, the enemy forces are located on adjacent tiles, and he hasn't done anything so far. Just started the scenario and ...

<r> I wrote a tutorial for the game based on my own experiences of trying to learn it, with an emphasis on teaching how to manipulate the UI, and how to translate strategy into action.<br/>
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Wargamers do this all the time: turning Russia into a battleship grey, coloring France blue, painting the Pacific Ocean a bright yellow, and so on.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Missouri_Rebel<br/>
And a WitP-2? Has there ever been a wargame with such a dedicated fan base? Maybe it wasn't as commercially successful? I never got far into it but it seems like it is a very active forum especially considering when it was released.
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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen<br/>
How does War in the West address your fears?
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War in the West (and East) is probably one of the worse offenders of computer wargaming's excesses. It utilizes all of a computer's horsepower to simulate incredible ...

<t> Until the advent of Rule the Waves, one might make the argument that Space 4x games in the vein of Master of Orion was really just a way for wargamers to sublimate their desire to engage in dreadnought ship design.<br/>
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You have to pretend that weighing different laser cannons is ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Jagdtiger14<br/>
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Actually, a board game version of WWI: Fatal Aliances is an incredibly fun game to play. Its WWI WiF. It shouldn't be difficult to code since the vast majority of the code already has been written in MWiF. It has the best diplomatic system ...

<t> You could make a pretty good argument that the impact and contribution (and life-expectancy) of any single soldier on a WW1 battlefield would be so minor (and short and brutal) that you couldn't represent any sort of compelling gameplay with it.<br/>
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You'd either have to turn it into a ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Fallschirmjager<br/>
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So horses from that era could of never used that pass for any other reason [&:]<br/>
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Sounds odd to find some carbon dated horse dung and declare it belonging to Hannibal's army. <br/>
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Hearts of Iron 4.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Zap<br/>
Why don't those seeking equality of women in the service care. Its a symbolic act(they like symbolic acts) to again show women are equal to men. Its obvious there is something they don't like about women registering for selective service but I'm stumped ...

<t> Realism would ideally be a way to allow "gameplay balance" to fall into one's lap as-is, and make the learning curve easier for players by letting them use actual tactics instead of having to learn the idiosyncrasies of the particular ruleset you're using, but if you have a super-detailed game ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Jim D Burns<br/>
Your words are simply not true. As the image I posted back on page 10 clearly shows, the women are not being held to the same standards.
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Setting aside the veracity and context of that photo, "is not being" is not the same ...

<t> There's a difference between military service and a sport deliberately crafted to allow for competitive entertainment, and there's literal centuries of historical gender politics as background context beyond simply saying "well if women are so tough maybe we should just let them fight men, huh ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: JW<br/>
Let Ronda and Hope fight men in the same weight class then.
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This isn't nearly as much of a gotcha as you might think it is, considering it's the same patronizing attitude towards women that keeps them cordoned off into their own ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Jagdtiger14<br/>
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I have a close friend in the Army in Afghanistan (wargaming buddy). He has some sad stories to tell about RoE and politically minded officers. If I had a son graduating from military college today, I would advise him to wait and see who the ...

<t> It seems rather counterproductive to sign your posts considering your username is already displayed to the left of your post.<br/>
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And you also have your "signature" at the bottom, which then people use to post images and/or profound quotations, but never their username ... and then sign ...

I'd hardly consider it a problem if putting women into combat might actually get politicians to more closely consider whether it's worth getting America involved in ground operations that are going to result in American casualties.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: JW<br/>
Relevant. If there are no gender distinctions or differences between men and women, as has been claimed and defended here, then shouldn't we be seeing women in growing numbers playing "men's" professional sports at the highest levels, or even at lower ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Jagdtiger14<br/>
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Since this is a political decision (not a constitutional or legislative one), it can be changed with a new administration. The President is the Commander in Chief. This 'experiment' will likely only last another <13 months.
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