<t> +1<br/>
I'm in the same boat.<br/>
Bought the game shortly following release last year after much looking. All indications from developer posts showed NATO style counters as an option but that turned out wrong.<br/>
There are periodic posts saying the counters are integral to the game and ...

I think MTTODD hit it on the head for me. I'm not opposed to the animations but don't seem to get a good visual sense of the battlefield and strategy with the 3D units that counters so easily supply. But no argument here--definitely a personal preference.

<t> Having seen the pictures of counters in the Slitherine forums and reading about 3D World, 3D Tactical, and 2D Tactical maps in the manual I was believing the game could be played with counters instead of animated units... so I purchased.<br/>
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To my surprise, it appears there are no ...