How many are playing a GC right now?

[hgilmer3]

Against the AI or an opponent?

[BletchleyGeek]

Against Axis AI (currently turn 4).

Soon against a human opponent

[morganbj]

Against Soviet AI (and the damn partisans).

[Tzar007]

Not me. Still have one turn to go for the Road to Minsk scenario !

After that, I am not going to play the GC but rather another scenario, probably Road to Moscow or Road to Smolensk to go along the the latest Glantz book I am reading right now "Barbarossa Derailed" [:)]

I don't want to tackle a GC before I am through the manual, cover from cover. I have 200 pages read so far.

[Speedysteve]

Not yet but will be within 24 hours vs Soviet AI.

[Timmeh]

After a few small scenarios and several rounds with the manual I was like all this when contemplating the daunting task...

[Timmeh]

but after a few turns into my axis campaign and reading all the informative post here, I'm like all this now...

[PyleDriver]

And this is me after the game being released.

[PyleDriver]

The beer and the babe...

[comsolut]

I need the sense of accomplishent these days, so I plan to stick with the shorter scenarios. Finished the Turtorial (Russ), Road to Minsk (Ger)(Draw), Road to Leningrad (Ger)(Minor V), and have just started Road to Leningrad as the Russian.

I also need these scenarios to help me learn the rules and interface. Smaller number of units means I get to see what is happening with support units, fatigue, morale, etc.

Someday, maybe, the GC.

[AZKGungHo]

I'm having a go at Leningrad again, trying out a better approach, last time I got a minor victory. This time I'm rolling out my plan, and the AI is acting in very different ways! It killed my rail repair unit (where that Russian division came from I have no idea!), it cut off my panzers for a turn or two, and in general it's fighting a much better fight than it did the first time!

Are we sure the AI doesn't LEARN from game to game? Hmmmmm...

[amatteucci]

I'm playing against the Axis AI (turn 4). But it's more to explore the game in its entirety (after playing the smaller scenarios) than because I think I'm ready to manage a frand campaign.

I have also to add that, unlike what I feel while playing WitP-AE, the initial phases of the campaign game in WitE give me a eerie sensation of doom impending. In WitP-AE I think that, if I'm not careful enough I might lose some carriers to the Kido Butai but even that would not count that much in the long run. In WitE I thik that if I do not pull some very smart and bold actions right now, it's game over in a few moves, literally!

The advantage of having an Ocean between you and your opponent is priceless! [:D]
(as long as you're going to have the strongest navy [;)])

[Dr. Foo]

I'm playing the GC was putting in 5-8 hours a day. Mostly learning I have probably played the first 5 turns as Axis about ten times now. However, today it's back to work so I doubt I will get back into it hardcore until the weekend. [:(]

[Neal_MLC]

German AI, turn 15 and with each turn I am learning a couple of things and finding out there are hundreds(thousands) of things I have no clue about.[&:]

[Michael T]

After reading the manual and a bit of a practice run as axis I have just started a 41-45 CG against my friend via the server. Might as well just dive in at the deep end, I learnt to swim that way.

Ola if your out there I think I can squeeze you in to my second gaming slot....

[Topo]

Captured Moscow now!!! (turn 8, Road to Smolensk, against easy AI)

...i'm happy [:)]

[Rosseau]

Some funny posts here.

No PBEM for me until I understand the system. Road to Minsk vs. the AI right now.

[hgilmer3]

I was curious because I see sometimes someone mention they have only played the tutorial and Minsk twice, but then others imply that they are doing the GC.

I have done so far...

Tutorial - 1

Road to Minsk - 10 (That's a guess, but I know it is more than 8 based on how I started doing saves after 4 or so games.  I started naming them Kurt RTM 1, Kurt RTM 2.  And I got to 6 of them.

Road to Smolensk - 2

I'm playing fast, probably too fast.  In my early games of RTM, I was doing turns as fast as 30 minutes.  As I got better, I was doing them more slowly as I put a lot more thought into them.

[Swayin]

I'm on about turn 15 or so (late September) as the Soviets vs the AI (challenging) and am praying for mud!

[jomni]

I'm stuck on a business trip for two weeks already.
Only played tutorial.  Will play the smaller scenarios once I get back.
Actually the short scenarios sounds good enough even for PBEM.