Solution: Editor.
After some hesitation, I ventured into the realm of changing things–changing them a lot. I wanted a new set-up. Not altering some combat values or changing the OOB or likewise. Totally new.
Some posts had made me somewhat wary when it came to the editor, and when I finally got into it, I was expecting it would give me a good fight. But not so. It was very easy to figure out, possibly because I've learned some of the settings the hard way when fiddling with Strategic Command.
So I made an East-West conflict without any connection to historical context. Germany, USSR, Finland, Hungary, Turkey and Spain was turned into the Eastern block, with UK, France USA, Canada and the major part of the remaining lesser nations as the Allies. Then I started with all these countries at war.
New situation, new positions, new thinking. It became all very fresh. Instead of walking the old roads, there were new paths to try, hitherto unknown territory to explore. And a lot of fun so far.
I won't go on more about it now–I prefer to go back to playing–but must strongly recommend this to anyone that, like me, are balancing on the edge where you're still loving the game, but being a bit tired of the repetitions from the historical start-up.
Try the editor. Make new situations, even totally a-historical ones. The game has still very much to offer.
Here a screenie from the Southern front, late 1940. [:)]
