<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Capitaine<br/>
There is no AP cost for combat, nor for disengaging with the enemy. It's my opinion that there is simply too much movement available after combat. But I guess such is the cost of an effective AI?<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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<t> What I think many fail to understand is that a scenario from SSG it's not a simple hack job. It's an accurate Order of Battle, finely researched. It's an artistically depicted historical map. It's an artificial intelligence system adapted for the scenario, that actually tests the player skills ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Tzar007<br/>
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You've got only one action to make with your units in a turn so knowing what kind of movement penalty represents a detachment would help deciding in which case I better keep my action capability for entrenching instead [:)] <br/>

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<t> In my opinion, that screen shot does not show the AI exploiting AO boundaries. In fact, I find it to be a good example of how Areas of Operations restrict the human player to do something gamey.<br/>
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If this is the Historical variant, the 21st Soviet Army is given an AO with an axis ...

<t> While playing Kharkov I found a small cosmetic bug in the Order of Battle screen. Once an alert unit is triggered by the capture of a victory location, it stops writing "alert" under its counters, and it should write "oma", to indicate that the unit is awaiting to be assigned.<br/>
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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: HansBolter<br/>
So, before you take some one to task and lecture them on how all encompassing the design and playtesting of a game by a professional game company can be assumed to be you might one to consider that they may have valid reasons for asking the ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: JudgeDredd<br/>
At the same time, surely Hans has a point?
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He had point in his first post. Then the game designer answered him, gave a reasonable explanation , and, under my point of view, he stopped having one.<br/>

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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: HansBolter<br/>
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You are correct in your assumption that I do not oppose the AO concept. I also do not play against human opponents. What is important to me is to know if the AI exploits it's knowledge of the AO limitations. I am not arguing for the mere ...

Whenever you decide to work on the mentioned Spanish Civil War scenario, I will be there to give you a hand.

My LCD is set up at 1680x1050 and I just run the game full panel. Yes, the aspect/ratio is slightly distorted, but I rather have that than two ugly black bars on each side.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: HansBolter<br/>
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If variable or mystery AOs are the only way to avoid having the fixed historical AOs being "gamed", then of what real practical use are the historical AOs and why are they even included in the game?<br/>

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<t> I don't understand the complain about the number of scenarios.<br/>
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Few years ago we would have been happy to buy a boardgame box that included only one major operation: for example, the many boardgames about Ardennes, Market Garden or Gazala. These included a few minor scenarios based ...

<t> Well, there's a way to do what you ask, but it is "buggy".<br/>
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If you press the next turn red button, you will be given the option of starting the emeny AI turn. Instead of pressing the "Play" feature to see the enemy turn resolution/movement, there's an "X" small button that, if ...

<t> Since the Battlefront system allows for units to be reintroduced in the game after being eliminated, it basically simulates what you are asking for. That is, if I own a gun battery that has been eliminated after a counter-battery action, I may be able to reinsert it in the map through an OMA ...

I'm proud of having paid for what is probably the best operational wargame available in the market.

I'll make sure I buy every single product that SSG releases in the next decade. The more I study the system, the more I like the logic and soundness of its rules.

<t> It means that you'll need 4 additional attack points to reach the next column value in CRT . That is, if your current attack is going to be at 1-3 odds, adding a unit to the attack that contributes at least 4 additional attack points will make the attack at odds 1-4.<br/>
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Yes, it's ...

<t> Horrible screeching sounds? Poor graphics? Pixeletad number ones?<br/>
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Those sound like real tough problems. I mean, I'd rather be in Arhem with Frost's second battalion, facing a couple of SS armoured divisions, than face these horrible problems. Give me a 7.92mm MG-42 burst in the ...

<t> Hi JSS,<br/>
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I believe you are correct. [&o]<br/>
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Soviet Air attacks have a 30% Scatter Chance in good weather in this scenario, and what I'm witnessing is just an example of it. The green arrow that is printed over the attacked hex was confusing me, leading me to believe it was ...

<r> Ok, I've found a bug that i'm able to reproduce sometimes:<br/>
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- Start the Novorossisk scenario<br/>
- With Russian naval bombardment, eliminate the two step fortification on top of the 58 Eng. Romanian battalion.<br/>
- Now land one Russian unit next to the Romanian bat., but do not ...

I like the map graphics and interface. I think they are superb and probably the ones I like the best in the whole hobby.

That's my full Euro €.