Here is a link to a thread called: "Things you wished you knew in your first game." The advice is for SC: War in Europe but a lot of it pertains to this game as well.

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10651&t=312085


Thanks for linking that thread Platoonist. There is some good ...

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give a solo UK start a try. Once I'm familiar with most of the systems in the game I'll then remove the AI control from the rest of the Allies so I don't limit myself on how the full game plays.

Recently bought Strategic Command WWII: World at War and I'm loving the scope of the game. I've been looking for a turned based Grand Strategy game for a long time. After playing around with the game for a few days I can see it will scratch many of the itches I found unscratched when playing the ...

The perplexing problem was since the deployment hex was already occupied I couldn't bring up the New Unit dialog to see where the Wasp was supposed to be deployed. Kind of a Catch-22! Need to bring up the New Unit dialog to see what hex to empty but can't bring up the New Unit dialog. *lol*

Thanks CaesarAug, that was the issue. I didn't notice that the USS Wasp needed to deploy in the Los Angeles port. There was already a ship there which was blocking the deployment. Your hint made me move all the ships I had out of their ports and voila...I could then deploy the Wasp! Much appreciated.

Playing my first game as the USA in Strategic Command WWII: World at War. For some reason I can't deploy the USS Wasp which was commissioned from production in April '40. It's now November '40 and I've gone through multiple turns of being able to deploy other assets. While I can click on the unit ...

Very elucidating. Thanks K62 and MarkShot for your responses. The logistics system in WitE-2 sounds crunchy enough to be satisfying while not being excessively chewy (aka micro-management drudgery) which WitP-AE can be. Especially interested in hearing the logistics in WitE-2 can have more of an ...

Been reviewing the Matrix forum threads from over the years trying to decide what Grigsby monster game I should focus on. I want the logistical system of a game to have a big impact on what is and is not an effective strategy. The opinion from about 5 years ago seemed to be that WitP-AE was a much ...