Interesting!

I still play Warlords 2 Deluxe quite regularly. Does anybody know, if version 2.2.6(2) was the last one, or if there were even more recent ones?

Quick remark to WIF nomenclature:
The current boardgame edition of WIF is usually addressed as WIFCE, as the successor to WIFFE.
CWIF, on the other hand, was called the precursor of MWIF = Computer World in Flames, programmed by Chris Marinacci on behalf of Harry Rowland. Steve Hokansson used then ...

kjgokc2007,
MWIF is committed to truthfully emulate the boardgame WIF by ADG. So your demand for less "Luck Rolls" and less decisive ones must be directed to Harry @ADG in the first place, not at Matrix or developer Steve.
WIF started in the '80s in the first editions with D6 (six-sided dice) tables ...

are most people here is playing this game as solitaire?


No, quite the opposite, most people play multi-player games with 2,3,4 or 5 players. To do so, they may use the so called "solitaire mode" of the game by sending the game file back and forth though, in order to avoid additional ...

In the Presence of the Enemy
-Do you use this rule? I have never used it. Its seems to have the benefit of mitigating deep, and some might say somewhat unrealistic, excursions behind the nominal naval frontlines. Yet, wouldn't it have the also unrealistic drawback of restricting the EuroAxis sub ...

Indeed, such a PBEM mode has been designed and advertised, before it was abandoned without prior implementation. I feel, this was one of the better development decisions, as PBEM mode would have been just a slightly automatised process of exactly how we play this game successfully since many years ...

So, no pbem, so if wanting to exchange saves, where are the saved games filed ?

Nobody in their right mind would want to play this monster solo.


1. You can place your saved .gam files whereever you want, before sending them to your opponent. In MWIF under Files choose Save game as ... and ...

Yes, MWIF is a multi player only game. There is no AI. You can play well with 2-5 players, by playing in solitary mode and sending the game file back and forth. You could play it solo by playing both sides, for example in order to master the rules.

Hello RedwoodForest,

1. Yes, it is probably not the best choice for a real newbie to explore the world of wargames. The game is not beginner friendly. In many ways, it can be considered the pinnacle of wargames, not the bottom of the ladder. Important: MWIF is the computer adaption of a boardgame ...

I've always wondered about this one. If the game would only check for isolation at the final reorganisation phase, I wouldn't mind a long calculation at that time. After all, it's only one time each turn. But the game is now checking for isolation in every phase to give a unit that indication, so ...

Gamefile can be shared in whatsapp group chat as well easily, no need for a cloud server.

I concur, my understanding is, your bullet point (6) is valid.

It is just not allowed by RAW to disband units at will. It is intended and rightfully so, that MWIF does not allow such illegal action.

What's New in v08.00.00.00
Peace
- Fixed a problem where if a player has multiple major powers which are eligible to surrender, the program permits the player to decide about them one at a time. Previously, the player was only able to decide about the first one in the list. This comes up when ...

It looks like you are using MWIF 3.0.1.0?
Maybe you should try to load your latest save with 5.0.0.1 or 7.0.0.1 and see if the latest updates allow a correct French surrender.

As these two issues seem not to be related to each other, I wonder, if the cause of this phenomenon could be, that you encounter it only, if you have (unknowingly) two or more threads of MWIF open. Sometimes, when you exit the game, its thread is not closed and if you open another game, problems as ...

No. Using 5.0.0.1 works just fine for me in multiple games, no issues with the end phase button.

Maybe not especially cool, but I guess most readers on this board have never finished a MWIF game? Probably <98% of all games started never get finished? For those interested, I want to share some screenshots.

A friend and me bought a copy each of MWIF about 10 years ago, after I monitored the ...

This argument I do understand well. I agree, it would be nice to have a computer opponent, which is as capable as an average human opponent, using the exact same rules and not needing to be boosted by some artificial bonuses. Unfortunately I am not aware of ANY strategy game of at least moderate ...