You underestimate the brilliant Louis Suchet.

The reviewer in question is almost exclusively a reviewer of strategy games and wargames, so he is certainly not unfamiliar with them. [:D]

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Don't misunderstand me, I LOVE aspects of TW, CM, BG and HPS series and have played them BLIND. I just think you're proposing a standard for CoG that, if made normative, would basically leave you gameless and angry.<br/>
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Maybe it's just my motto now: If you want "I ...

<t> Good looking game; but then I would think so, working on something of the same type.<br/>
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If I may make a suggestion, what you would want to model to prevent "snowballing" is the effect of French policy in Europe. Napoleon/France's advantage initially (to put it a bit simplistically) was ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>These could be easily modified in our engine since I've programmed for every weapon from stones to stealth and tactics from a Legion's wedge to Guderian's Blitzkrieg. It's a matter of implementing the parameters on the proper map with proper leaders and units to make this ...

ORIGINAL: Sonny
Strategy, how goes your game? Any progress?

Check on the website (link in sig).

Regards,

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>I would disagree. I think the overall top level concepts of area movement, provinces, leaders of corps, fleets of ships port over well.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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Considering that the Corps was also a Napoleonic invention, I'd disagree. The kind of operational mobility ...

<r> Just to name some of the issues involved in ancient times as compared to napoleonic warfare:<br/>
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Military Options:<br/>
Assymetric forces. EIA essentially assumes that armies are the same and only distinguished by morale, whether we are dealing with Turkish militia, Austrian line ...

<t> From a purely game mechanics perspective, I'd have thought the Seven Years War would be the obvious candidate for an Empires in Arms extension. I'd be surprised if there do not already exist player "mods" for the EIA boardgame for this period.<br/>
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My suggestion if I were to go that ...

<t> There exists a Waterloo scenario for Empires in Arms; it was published in The General 26-6:<br/>
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Napoleon's Last Chance,Scenario,27,A Waterloo Scenario for Empires in Arms,John Sakelaris <br/>
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Could perhaps be useful as a tutorial scenario for the combat system? It spanned only ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Uncle Toby <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>What I’m saying is the whole approach is backwards, designers should decide what they want the game to do and how it should work then stick a veneer of history or fantasy on it......<e>[/B]</e></B ...

<t>Rather off-topic, but just a brief comment. As you say, Stars! is a classic 4X game. Back when I first encountered it, I was fairly dismissive as well; but I think it actually has a lot going for it in the strategy department.<br/>
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For one it has a detailed ressource model; which again ...

<t>I think it is actually extremely difficult to design a good multi-player computer strategy game (not classifying "pure" RTS games as such - Starcraft being an excellent multi-player game, but hardly strategic), at least if you want to have it being playable in single-player at the same time ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by Yohan <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>Sorry "Strategy" you are wrong.<br/>
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There are many people who played EiA that thought it was/is a great game. As with any game there is the opportunity to make changes/additions which some will ...

<r>Get a grip.<br/>
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Is there really anyone who is seriously going to say:<br/>
"Well, it's not exactly like the boardgame Empires in Arms, so therefore I will not buy it because it can not possibly be a good game."<br/>
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Yeah, right.<br/>
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Aside from which, Empires in Arms - while at ...

<t>Interesting to see a Boardgaming veteran like yourself on the project. Downloaded EIH back when I had time to play EIA, but never got around to ever playing it - too many new rules, exceptions, complications et al to make it possible to collect 5 guys to play the game (at least in my area - it ...

Well it can be played very nicely by two players and it is not an incredibly complex game (the rules can be convoluted, but that's due to the writing style).

I'd go for it if your interest is in the Napoleonic Wars. IMO, this is destined to become a classic.

<t>While we wait for a PC game of the Napoleonic Wars, I would suggest that you guys take a look at the new boardgame from GMT Games - "Mark McLaughlin's The Napoleonic Wars".<br/>
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So far, this game is great fun, playable by anything from 2-5 players (yes, really), and possible to complete in ...

The old Civil War game "No Greater Glory" game had a simmilar system with hidden leader skills. Was great fun - only problem was that the code was broken.

Their We-Go format? Simultaneous movement is as old as... well, very old.