Curious about thoughts on this from experts here, understanding that solid facts are still hard to come by. But the linked article, copied below for ease of reading, posits some lessons learned. https://www.19fortyfive.com/2025/05/the-real-reason-indias-dassault-rafale-jets-lost-to-pakistans-air-for...

A question for someone here: What does mobility do? It is very expensive to give to units. And I assumed in a theatre where there is mainly jungle fighting and amphibious landings, having mobile units isn't helpful. Then I thought - does it allow you to make more than one amphibious attack per unit ...

Hi - Curious as to what the experts here think of this technical analysis of the potential impact of the Swedish ASC 890 on the war in Ukraine. It sounds almost too good to be true. JVJ https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/30/2243794/-Quick-Explainer-Why-the-Swedish-ASC-890-is-a-huge-deal-for-Ukr...

Question on MP. It says up to 16, but will there be only one vessel that will be enabled for players to control and the rest AI opponents? Or will there be player control of adversaries to the USN sub, like Russian or PRC vessels (not saying there should be RL war with either, but they seem plausibl...

The Supreme Ruler approves.

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Romainpek wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 4:44 pm I played and won as the French player, but I got ripped off by the British...

Albion Perfide!

This is pretty amazing, if true. How plausible would this be in CMO and CMANO? Maybe further patches needed! https://twitter.com/NLwartracker/status/1600197698057285632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1600197698057285632%7Ctwgr%5Eab178eb54c43861162804d0706c1b1c26b102d85%7Ctwcon%...

"War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength"

Back to the military side of this, I assume many wargames already model a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. I also assume most if not all predate the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. I assume the Think Tank report will address interesting questions as to whether the Russia-Ukraine war should cha...

Article on CSIS wargame being run to simulate a conflict over Taiwan. I smiled when I saw the pictures, as they looked like any shot from a hotel at a wargame convention! One of the highlighted results is the US losing half its airpower, but they seem to believe Taiwan would survive in the end. They...

I have played SC games, which abstract a lot of things, and also the monsters like WITE and WITP, which count every aircraft engine, shell and gallon of gas. And I find that, while I admire the latter, I am actually more likely to play the former. SC allows you, within a reasonable amount of time, t...

Just to throw some more fuel (or water?) on the fire, Ukraine has said they don't want A-10s: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/07/26/ukraine-official-says-country-doesnt-want-old-american-10s.html#:~:text=But%20in%20a%20message%20to,Sak%20said%20in%20a%20message. The classical trajectory. T...

Just curious how the A-10 is modeled in CMANO? Is it viewed as dead meat without complete air superiority? Sorry, but that's a weird question ;) The A-10 is modelled the same way as everything else in CMO, it is all just pure numbers and data and stuff. You could have asked the same questions about...

It was mentioned recently that A-10 Warthogs may be among aircraft considered for supply to Ukraine. Online forums immediately exploded into passionate argument between pro and anti-Warthog factions! Just curious how the A-10 is modeled in CMANO? Is it viewed as dead meat without complete air superi...

Now that Strategic Command: American Civil War is out, here are my two cents on what may be coming next and what my own personal wish list would be. All the below speculation proceeds from the assumption that SC series will remain two-player games. Here goes: What may be next: Strategic Command: Nap...

The Vox Populi has been heard

Thanks, I read that Post and it was excellent. I agree with the design philosophy, which is to not get mired in bullet-by-bullet calculations, but to attempt to capture the broad decisions that need to be made at the operational and strategic level. I haven't gotten that far into the game yet (and j...

The answer may just rest on the fact that Strategic Command games don't go to the level of detail the AGEOD games did. But assuming the USCT and contrabands have been abstracted, it would be nice to have a comment from a designer on that. FWIW, I am sure a design essay would be welcome on other item...

I am not arguing for making the Union stronger. But it seems the game is missing a significant aspect.

In other American Civil War Games, for example AGEOD's ACW2, there are rules for creating the US Colored Troops, manpower impacts from Union advances into southern territory (and resultant flight of enslaved labor), and so forth. But reading the notes, aside from the Emancipation Proclamation and Ga...