Batlle length

SPWaW is a tactical squad-level World War II game on single platoon or up to an entire battalion through Europe and the Pacific (1939 to 1945).

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Apollyon
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Batlle length

Post by Apollyon »

Where does it tell you how long the battle is for other than on the purchase screens when it tells you how many hours, or can anyone tell me how many turns equals one hour?
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Post by Bonzo »

When in the game, at the map screen, there is a picture in the top right corner of the screen. move the mouse cursor over this picture. a pop up info box will tell you the time, date, weather, visibility, what turn you are on out of how many turns.

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Post by Wild Bill »

The time factor in relation to movement is about 3-5 minutes per turn.

Now many scenario designers either abstract or compact battles so that the time for the actual turn is still 3-5 minutes but the actual battle may represent much more time than the scenario would portray.

Example: The Scenario "Eagles on the Move" encompasses the time from the arrival of the paratroopers on the Contentin Peninsula till the arrival of troops off Utah Beach, a time frame of some 18 hours but compacted into one scenario of 25 turns (if I remember correctly - Image )

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