I played the original board game, and I am pretty sure it had naval transport between certain Baltic ports, and certain Black sea ports. I think I still have a copy of the board game floating about, I must remember to check.

So when do you save non PBEM turns? At the start or the end of the turn, or it doesn't matter as long as you only save it once per turn (and not multiple times per turn).

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Does this only effect PBEM games?

I would say most people would control all units and not use the computer HQ control option at all. With a few notable exceptions people seem to let the computer handle the factory production and unit upgrades (I certainly do, but I am yet to start a PBEM),

<t>You got to do something to make playing against the AI interesting. But it is too tempting to try and take Leningrad early. <br/>
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I decided to take Stalingrad in the 42 scenario, before taking Moscow, which made for an interesting game. I originally meant not to take Leningrad in this game ...

<t>"... and there will never be a computer version of any of Avalon Hill's strategic board wargames ..."<br/>
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What about their tactical game, Squad Leader? This was the only other (war) boardgame that I learned how to play (Risk and Stratego aside). I looked into it a couple of years ago and ...

<t>My understanding is along these lines ...<br/>
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The Soviets had problems throughout the war with large scale attacks. They just did not have the organisation required. <br/>
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If anything the soviet tank formations should have a penalty to reflect this. Especially in 42 and 43. By the ...

<t>As a recent newbie, I can empathise with your struggle to come to terms with WIR. It took me hours of reading and watching and thinking before I could even start my own game.<br/>
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Air Missions and HQ's. Normally, each bomber can be given a specific mission, each turn. You set the mission as ...

<t>... and on the same turn attack both, but with differing units (and maybe on different impulses).<br/>
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The problem is that the first unit I attack is forced to retreat, and retreats to the adjacent hex where it shatters. I was expecting it to surrender. <br/>
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The second unit always ...

<t>I reckon we could base a game on the INTEL vs MOTOROLA saga. We could call it "Chip Wars". The aim, of course, is to achieve world domination. However, the AI controls two additional (computer) opponents, one a Harvard dropout with an amazing sense of timing (ie. Billy), the other a Scandanavian ...

<t>Thanks for the response, I'll be in touch.<br/>
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I'll just start one game for the time being though. I am not sure if I could stick to one day turnarounds. Is that the normal turnaround? Some nights and weekends I will be made to do something other than WIR. <br/>
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Also the (real) footy ...

<t>Thanks Ed and Loki.<br/>
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Turns out that I was not in the habit of immediately setting the replacement level when I Added an HQ.<br/>
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I am in the habit of bumping my replacement levels for all my HQ's, in my very first turn. But, so far have opted for setting them all at 80% or higher ...

<t>You guys are right, the AI is really stupid. <br/>
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Having beat it as the Germans, and just about to beat it as the Russians, I think it is time to step up to PBEM and play against a human opponent. <br/>
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But I want to play against a similarly experienced opponent and not for it to be ...

<t>When I played the Germans I noticed that the HQ's OP's soon got drained to below 60, but always bounced back to 61 (as long as they where on a fully supplied rail hex) at the start of most turns. I never lost a HQ, so never got to build one (as the Germans). <br/>
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However, when I played the ...

I guess that (the presense of the phantom HQ in Norway) explains the mysterious air activity that was happening while I was advancing on Helsinki.

Was this phantom HQ resupplying the Finnish HQ? Or was it the other way round? Or something else entirely?

<t>What if we change Loki's example to the following,<br/>
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PzKp A plots 3b3s (it is adjacent to an enemy unit)<br/>
PzKp B plots 606 (it is one hex away from being adjacent.<br/>
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Will a coordinated attack take place in the third pulse? Or should PzKp B wait an extra pulse and attack in ...

Merry Xmas.

Here's wishing you all a sunny xmas, and hope you all can get to the beach!

The house-rules themselves answer a few of my questions.

Can I assume then, if a unit has not moved, there is no penalty involved in changing HQ's. Even multiple times in a single turn. But changing HQ multiple times within a turn is against Lorenzo's PBEM rules.

The house-rules themselves answer a few of my questions.

Can I assume then, if a unit has not moved, there is no penalty involved in changing HQ's. Even multiple times in a single turn. But changing HQ multiple times within a turn is against Lorenzo's PBEM rules.