FYI I also saw a copy in Best Buy last Friday. I was quite surprised that they would have it!

<r> Thanks (again) for the replies guys. I guess I was thinking about this the wrong way. Obviously before battle is commenced units are at whatever strength that is available - some good and some bad. The timed replacements simply represent the unit's ability to call upon whatever reserves it can ...

Thanks for the responses - I think I may start this game over with hidden units on anyways, so I'll avoid this little frustration. After playing KP with the 'fog' on I was curious about what the AI was doing in its rear areas. Now I know - I'd rather not see [:)]

<r> So far there is only one thing in this game that annoys me - watching replay of the AI's turn when it uses its motor pool. Why does it move all the units individually?!?! <SM sm="00000018.gif">[sm=00000018.gif]</SM> Watching each battalion/regiment travel from the East map edge over to the West ...

<t> Ok, here's a question - why do units that start the game with missing steps not receive timed replacements? Is seems odd that units which take damage to the enemy while I am playing may receive timed replacements while units that started the game mauled remain so, unless I devote some of my ...

<t> I think the primary problem the AI appears to have is putting too much emphasis on combat odds in favor of overall strategy. This really came to light for me in my first game of AtD (which I am still playing). I'm playing with no-hidden units so that I can see everything the computer is doing ...