AI has an incredible amount of units.

[vahauser]

ORIGINAL: FlashfyreSP

ORIGINAL: vahauser

Alby,

Nah. The Belgians are more interesting. Besides, the Dutch only fought a battle or two, not a whole campaign. Either the Dutch or the Belgians is a fantasy campaign. Also, the Belgians start weaker (55 in January 1942 compared to the Dutch start as 65 in January 1942). I'm still not sure if I'm even going to do this silly campaign, but if I do it will be as the Belgians.

Of course. Because why let history get in the way...[>:]

Do you even know what started this whole nonsense? You did (at least indirectly).

Riun T played a Pacific campaign as the Canadians (actually, it was a combination of Canadians and Indians and heaven knows what else tossed in) using the Flashfyre template as a campaign guideline. Yes, that's right. The Flashfyre template that you inspired. You.

Anyway, Riun T has been bugging me for months and months to play a campaign like the one he played. He basically told me that I was a sissy and that I could pick any nation I wanted in any campaign format I wanted. So, I chose one of the weakest nations (the Belgians) to go up against the Japanese. Why the Belgians? Because the Belgians are weaker than the "historical" Indians. The Belgians are weaker than the "historical" ANZAC. The Belgians are weaker than just about everybody. It's harder to play the Belgians against the Japanese because they are weak. That is why I picked the Belgians. The Belgians are weak and it's harder to play them against the Japanese. Got it? Climb down off of your "historical" soapbox. It's unbecoming.

People have expressed an interest in seeing me play this silly fantasy campaign (don't you think I realize that it's not "historical"?). They want to see me take a weak nation like the Belgians up against a tough enemy like the Japanese using AI Advantage ON and Hard Battle (x2). They couldn't care less about "historical". They want to see the challenge, and they want to see if I can show them anything useful about how to play this game. "Historical" has nothing to do with it. That's why this thread is in the Training Center sub-forum and not in the "Historical" Gaming sub-forum. Oh, there isn't an "Historical" Gaming sub-forum? Maybe you should go and start one somewhere.

EDIT: I was in a bad mood this morning when I wrote the above. I didn't intend to be harsh. It would have been gentler to say, "Yes, Flashfyre, I know it is a fantasy campaign, but there are reasons why I'm choosing it.", and left it at that. I don't want to start a flame war.

[FlashfyreSP]

My comment was in response to you not taking the Dutch, who, while having a higher base Experience and Skill rating, at least are hampered by only having native Dutch weapons, not British or German, which the Belgians in the 1942 OOB do. Belgians in 1942 are assumed to be re-equipped with British kit and are fighting as part of the British forces in North Africa, not as independent Belgian forces. Thus, they have British small arms, British armour, British guns, British planes. Or, if you choose the SS Wallonie units, you have all German weapons.

I am fully aware that you wish to play a 'fantasy' campaign...this is just info so others are aware of what you will be playing with.

[vahauser]

ORIGINAL: FlashfyreSP

My comment was in response to you not taking the Dutch, who, while having a higher base Experience and Skill rating, at least are hampered by only having native Dutch weapons, not British or German, which the Belgians in the 1942 OOB do. Belgians in 1942 are assumed to be re-equipped with British kit and are fighting as part of the British forces in North Africa, not as independent Belgian forces. Thus, they have British small arms, British armour, British guns, British planes. Or, if you choose the SS Wallonie units, you have all German weapons.

I am fully aware that you wish to play a 'fantasy' campaign...this is just info so others are aware of what you will be playing with.

Yes. You are correct about the Dutch equipment. However, one of the reasons I didn't select the Chinese was because they couldn't field an effective combined-arms force. Same with the Dutch. One of the purposes of this campaign is to use it as a training tool for people who want to see how certain tactics are performed. I can't do that with the Dutch or the Chinese. The Belgians are pretty much the weakest nation I can use to put together a combined-arms force for demonstration purposes. But yes, you are correct about the Dutch.

[vahauser]

Okay. I started an AAR thread back in May (before I had to go to the hospital) called "A Low-Carnage Long Campaign (Group LaCroix)". I'm going to re-activate that AAR thread.