My boxed version had a printed manual, but I got it right when the game first came out. The box is a double wide DVD case, not a cardboard box, but if you like to hold things in your hand, I guess that's nice.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Goodmongo<br/>
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Well, does the game have "some weird bugs"? What are they? Can you demonstrate any?<br/>

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Well first off when starting the game it always fails. But ...

<t> Well, does the game have "some weird bugs"? What are they? Can you demonstrate any?<br/>
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Assuming there MUST be some bugs somewhere, because... gut feeling - perceived statistical probability - my talisman fell in the toilet this morning -- doesn't help with anything.<br/>
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If you ...

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Civ War2, while interesting and full of potential is still filled with bugs and stupid rules that will disappoint in the end. It could be a good game if they fixed the problems.
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CW2 does have some bugs ...

<t> The game engine, which CW2 uses was not written specifically for CW2, although during the development of CW2 and CW2 patches it was updated extensively, but I would expect nearly all of these updates to improve all games using the engine.<br/>
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WON was a highly ambitious project. Not only ...

<r> The capital <I><s>[i]</s>can<e>[/i]</e></I> run out of supply. It depends on how much is being brought in, produced, and used. If the harbor is blockaded, production is halved, but it is never reduced to zero. With 450k troops in the region, they will be eating up supplies like mad every turn ...

<r> Wow 420K!! that would make me ummm... kind of nervous [X(]<br/>
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Then again, with 19k power I think even Grant might have not had enough CP's to handle that, unless every corps was maxed out and Grant's stack as well, and I don't think I've ever seen Athena so so well with that.<br/>
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<r> BTW if you really, Really, REALLY want to see where supply is moving during each supply phase, you can have it listed, but it will not tell you supply paths, and it's a PITA to assess.<br/>
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You need to have debugging turned on (from the Main Menu -> Options -> System -> Error Logging [On ...

<r> Naval and Riverine Supply<br/>
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Naval Supply (Union only)<br/>
Transports in the Shipping Lanes box not only provide income through trade, but also are used to provide Naval Supply. If you hold your mouse pointer over either the train engine or steamboat at the top left of the main map ...

<r> First, with regards to giving your army commander fighting troops or keeping him alone IMHO depends mostly on which and how many good corps commanders you have.<br/>
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The issue on the one side is that with regards to MTSG (March to The Sound of Guns, corps coming to each other's aid) Lee ...

<t> It sounds like you walked into a power vacuum in eastern Kentucky. You never mentioned what your force size was, so I was thinking of when it happened to me.<br/>
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IIRC it was very early '62. I had just mustered enough troops for almost 2 divisions for Grant in Cairo and was getting ready ...

<r> A couple of points GM. If you've taken Louisville and Lexington, you really have to take Cincinnati as well as quickly as possible, otherwise there was no real point.<br/>
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Pile on the troops. Louisville and Lexington (and Frankfurt) are important for Kentucky, and cost the Union not a ...

Normally during installation your key is requested. But if it's not been verified yet, run the Settings program and enter it there.

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Well... After soldiering on with this mess via PBEM with a friend of mine, we have run into MORE seeming insanity. In one instance my opponent had a Corp under Lee attack Union troops that I had crossed onto the Confederate side of the ...

<r> I don't think it's a bad idea, but be prepared to support each other in learning and understanding new concepts and their application. <br/>
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Often times just reading the rules, or seeing them in the tutorials, is not enough. You have to learn to use the rules to your best advantage, and ...

<t> No, that's not true. Each scenario you start has a number of previous turns saved. The number is at least 3, but up to 12, depending on what you set in Options -> System -> Previous Turns saved.<br/>
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Saves contain the .hst file, which is the complete status of the game after the previous ...

<t> The biggest difference is the larger map; all the way out to New Mexico and up into Canada.<br/>
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Then the next absolutely new thing are RGD (Regional Decision Cards). You get some at the start of the grand campaigns, and then some more and renewals at the start of each year, with a few ...

<r> I think if you want to hear the roar of cannons, ripping of massed rifle volleys, and the thunder of cavalry charges, this is not the game for you. You don't play the battlefield commander, down on the field, watching the progress of advances, guiding reinforcements, ordering the charge. Your ...

<r> I don't have a Steam installation, but a player who does was asking in the AGEod CW2 forum about how to change display options and explained a few things. From his reports, there is no link to 'AGESettings.exe' installed in to the Start -> CivilWarII menu. The desktop starts 'autorun.exe', where ...

<r> You cannot overwrite the scenario-setup, which is part of the game installation, by clicking on Save.<br/>
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The Scenarios are generally installed in 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Civil War II\CW2\Scenarios', depending on whether you installed from Steam or choose to install the game.<br/>
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