Just purchased.

Norm Koger's The Operational Art of War III is the next game in the award-winning Operational Art of War game series. TOAW3 is updated and enhanced version of the TOAW: Century of Warfare game series. TOAW3 is a turn based game covering operational warfare from 1850-2015. Game scale is from 2.5km to 50km and half day to full week turns. TOAW3 scenarios have been designed by over 70 designers and included over 130 scenarios. TOAW3 comes complete with a full game editor.

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Just purchased.

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I remember buying the first release of TOAW as well as Century of Warfare, over a decade ago. Recently been reading the forums, seen the graphic update, and thought I would give this game another run through, to see if the PO has improved and if it still is as good as I recall it being. Looks like a lot of work has gone into it since its last release, which looks more than interesting. I remember liking the Korean War scenario and the Normandy scenario, which I spent ages playing. Its downloading, and am eagerly awaiting...
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I purchased yesterday!!.. I also owned the original, even installed it a few months ago and removed it right away, cause the graphics were so small..

when does the new patch come out of beta?
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I have been playing around with the Korean '50-'51 scenario and some quick impressions: Yes, the AI (PO) seems better than what I remember it, although back when it was first released it was not that poor, but nothing spectacular either. Notice it seems to be doing more; it took a chunk from my right flank and sped its forces through the gap it created, which was quite interesting so this is good. I think also that graphically it has improved, and some minor interface changes which is more user friendly than it was originally. So this is also a bonus. I need to spend more time with it I guess to fully understand what is different, but so far for me it has brought back those memories I had of TOAW all those years ago when Talonsoft first released the game. Did you ever fix the jeep problem? I remember there was a flame war when some people pitted jeeps against tanks and the jeeps won the engagement?? A minor point but it created a furore!

Looking foward to those new map graphics though, looked really impressive.

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Oh yes I remember reading about that in the history books. The new M4-SuperJeep. It was the answere to the Tigerphobia effect. This lightweight-open-topped & 4-wheeled vehicle was to use its speedy agility to gain the initiative vs the heavy weight panzer classes.

It looks like TOAW proved it would have been a great success if higher numbers had been ordered.

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PO might not be unimportant for new players or old ones who get back into action but a capable PBEM opponent is gold worth.
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