New to WW1 Gold, but not to AGEOD

[decaro]

I just purchased this title during the holiday sale, but I managed to go thru some of the tutorial, which was poorly translated from the French by referring to items as "she" as in "elle".

After BoA and AGEOD's Civil War title, I thought this game wouldn't present a steep learning curve for me, but the tutorial so far is perplexing. In fact, after reading the installation procedure in the hard copy manual, I'm amazed I managed to install this game at all!

So is there any advice in general for a veteran AGEOD gamer who is new to this title?

PS: Should I bother to read both the WW I and the Gold pdf manuals?

[NefariousKoel]

I managed to pick up some basics from the tutorial and playing the smallest scenario until I was confident.

I'd think reading parts of the manual is required for a full understanding, though. There's just SO MUCH in this game that isn't covered in the tutorial. Besides whole parts not really touched upon such as aircraft and naval operations, there's tons of small details that helped immensely in all the other sections.

[decaro]

ORIGINAL: NefariousKoel

I managed to pick up some basics from the tutorial and playing the smallest scenario ...

Which scenario was the smallest, and what larger scenario would you recommend next?

[NefariousKoel]

ORIGINAL: Joe D.

ORIGINAL: NefariousKoel

I managed to pick up some basics from the tutorial and playing the smallest scenario ...

Which scenario was the smallest, and what larger scenario would you recommend next?

It's been awhile since I've played them. I think the smallest one is the Russian attack for Konigsberg, like the one in the tutorial (IIRC) but with none of the popups. So running that from start to finish on your own is a good start. There's also a scenario covering the Austria-Serbian part at the beginning of the war that's fairly short and would be a good second step. Neither of them have air or naval to worry about so they're pretty basic.

After that, it's some big stuff. I skipped over the yearly ones and went straight to the full campaign. I figured.. why start the war and end it early when I can just start it all the same and continue on. Anyway, that's when I had to start really reading up on the manual to understand the rest of the game. There's a lot to learn. I don't use the term as loosely as others on the net, but this game is definitely of epic proportions and I enjoy it for that and other reasons.

[06 Maestro]

Tannenburg is the smallest. That scenario is good for learning the mechanics of the game. IMO, is does not seem to fit the game engine very well-it is quite a small/short campaign. I think the Serbian scenario is much better-and is still quite small. The new 1914 scenario can be played in a few hours-which is not bad at all.