Is anyone here?

[Gil R.]

Makes sense. To be honest, I don't think it's explained in the manual (though I haven't read it in some time). You make a good point that perhaps such decisions should be explained in the manual. (We did try to do this to some extent -- every one of those "flavor quotes" in the manual was chosen because it illustrates or is somehow relevant to a feature in the game.)

You've got me curious: where will this review run?

[Moltke71]

Gamesquad.com and it's not in the manual. I love the PDF formats; I can just search on "artillery."

Edit: I found brigade artillery on P 158 under A2.a. Could be clearer.

[Gil R.]

Great. We're looking forward to it.

[Erik Rutins]

Jim,

I believe the unit attributes are explained in the Appendices, but there's no designer's guide to the thought process in how the scenarios are laid out. FWIW, the player can also use the OOB prefs to see "at a glance" which attributes, weapons, etc. each unit has.

Regards,

- Erik

[Moltke71]

Yep, I'll mention that.  In fact, I may use that as a lead-in to mechanics'gameplay.

[ericbabe]

I think that the best place for explanations like this would be in in-game text displayed at the start of the scenario.  Scenarios evolve much more than other manual text does.

[DrewGator]

ORIGINAL: JoePirulo

But wait I notice that I´m not a recruit anymore... I´ve earn my first star and now I´m a trooper!! Wow, any congratulations are welcome...

Yes - Congratulations and all that. Furthermore I now know that I need 6 more [er, make that 5 more] posts to earn my first star. If you'll excuse me now, I have some typing to do.

[JoePirulo]

Drewgator, Yogi: thanks for your congrats!! [8D] And hope you earn some more star soon... [;)]

[DrewGator]

Thank you. And apparently you need only 25 posts for the first promotion! I'm so proud I can't hardly stand it!

[Kung Karl]

ORIGINAL: cesteman

ORIGINAL: spruce

Ah, I'm back I kinda was more into AGEOD ACW and EU3 ... time to play FOF again [8D]

Sorry, What's EU3? Thanks.

Europa Universalis 3

[Grotius]

I've been AWOL for two or three weeks because lightning struck my house and fried every PC inside. Not to mention air conditioners, appliances, outlets, fax machines, modems, cable TV, and our outdoor sprinkler system. Sheesh! Anyway, I've just finished building a new PC, and I think I rescued my FoF download off my old hard drive. Still getting basic utilities up to speed.

So, that's where I've been.

[Missouri_Rebel]

Sorry for your troubles. I presume everyone is safe though?