<r> Ray,<br/>
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I was in your shoes 3 years ago -- I played&nbsp;EiA in High School (in the 1980's), but hadn't touched it since.&nbsp; As an adult, it is interesting that this is the only wargame from my youth that I even <I><s>[i]</s>considered<e>[/i]</e></I> playing again.<br/>
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<t> I LOVE the game, Marshall (and all others responsible for its development).&nbsp; I'm chiefly playing solitaire (where I play all 7 nations), as I find the AI a little weak (to be expected).&nbsp; My wife hates it, calling it "that evil game," because I've spent so much time playing it since its ...

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It was a beatiful, but complex system, basically you used the number of your troops to see the damage that you give to the enemy but the battles were usually won on moral, so a much smaller side with higher moral could defeat a much bigger ...

<t> Thanks for the reply. Lots of very good food for thought. I agree entirely with your strategy of placing militia in the corps that must forage through the Winter, in order to absorb any bad die rolls, and that this more than compensates for the money that would have to be otherwise spent.<br ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: hlj<br/>
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I belive that all down to the forage values of the land areas are the result of game designers balancing playability vs history.<br/>
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While I definitely agree that many of the ...

It would be nice, really, really sweet, if EiA could be released to coincide with the 200th anniversary of Trafalgar (Oct. 21, this year) . . . or, failing that, with Austerlitz a couple months later...

Here's to hoping... Can you make it a reality, Marshall?[:)]

<t> I agree entirely, Pippin, that diplomacy is one of the primary "unpredictables" in EiA; but I don't know if I would term that "luck." Luck is something totally out of your control; but diplomacy, at least, is an area where you have some element of control, at least in terms of persuasion (and ...

Welcome, Kraakstorm! All frogs welcome here.

When you say that you are a referee of a "special game 1805-1815," does this mean an EiA game (1805 campaign), or some other Napoleonic game?

<t> Quick question as a follow-up about board appearance: I am having difficulty seeing which cities are fortresses (how many fleches), or how many "spires" they have (i.e. what their size is, garrison capacity, and siege forage values are, etc.). Is this (i.e., my inability to distinguish this ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Pippin<br/>
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Well I agree about invading England. If you are trying to do this alone, then it is not very likely to ever happen unless Britain makes a mistake...<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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What would be an example of this mistake. I assume it has to do ...

<t> Ah, the good old days of Avalon Hill wargames. The first game I ever owned (at age 12) was Richtofen's War, followed quickly by Luftwaffe. After this "air force phase" I read C. S. Forrester's Hornblower series, and in my later teens moved into a naval fascination -- Midway, Jutland, and my ...

<t> I think if everyone goes to message ID 773980 in the thread labelled "EIA Setup -- 'View Available Counters,'" posted by Greyshaft, we will see that Tactical Maxmimum Ratings are being used by Matrix, although they are slightly modified from the original game. The essence, however, appears to ...

<t> J. P. Falcon -- the set-up thread you quoted above, is that from the Matrix version of EiA, or are you quoting the original (or Avalon Hill) board-game rules? If it's from the Matrix version (which is my suspicion, as 4.4.3.7 in the original rules is about Conditional Peace), then this whole ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: sw_myers<br/>
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...when it would be coming out... does someone have the answer?
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If only we DID have the answer![:(] Others have followed this site longer than me, and will perhaps reply to give you a fuller history, but since ...

<t> Say -- I'm curious where you're from. [:)] I'd send you a private e-mail, but it's not possible with your forum listing. You can reply to me privately. I'd love to find a group like yours that plays Napoleonics (even W&P!! -- as I said, it's my 2nd favorite game!) all the time!<br/>
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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: pasternakski<br/>
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The guys at my club say they won't buy this, because they would rather see a computer version of AH's "War and Peace," which we all consider to be a superior boardgame on the subject.
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Having played copious ...

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BTW: The new testers are doing a great job!

Go playtesters![;)]

On behalf of all unsuccessful applicants -- Thanks! We know to stop hoping.

And now, put those lucky playtesters to work, and lets get the game up and running!![:)]

<t> I respectfully agree with Soult. A brief update from Matrix personnel regarding the status of selecting playtesters would put a lot of minds at ease.<br/>
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Also, I assume that when playtesters are selected, a courtesy e-mail will be sent to unsuccessful applicants so that they know to ...

<r> I have heard often that people love playing France, some love Britain (others don't), most like Russia . . . but I've only rarely met people who like playing Prussia or Austria --here's an example from Barbu:<br/>

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... and a good reason as to ...