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Gary Grigsby’s War in the West 1943-45 is the most ambitious and detailed computer wargame on the Western Front of World War II ever made. Starting with the Summer 1943 invasions of Sicily and Italy and proceeding through the invasions of France and the drive into Germany, War in the West brings you all the Allied campaigns in Western Europe and the capability to re-fight the Western Front according to your plan.

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Against challenging axis AI, I regularly get +6+7 bombing VP vs -3-4 U-Boats VP in 1943. Sometimes I spend 2 or 3 turns in a row bombing the Ruhr without paying attention to U-boats. Then I go to Hamburg region for 1 or 2 turns, hitting both VP targets and U-boats. I feel a constraint but not too much of a constraint, and still enough choice of what and where to bomb.

My first impression is that the air war has a rather good balance vs AI. Maybe it's different when you play MP... Balancing fort both AI and MP is a difficult task. Just don't forget most games are AI, not MP.

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Perhaps I was unclear - this is about an air only scenario - not campaign

I was talking about the campaign too, but my comment stays.
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I saw what you wrote about short hops when moving. Great idea, wish I'd thought of it.[8D]
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I don't find the air vp's out of place really. Ask Pelton, in 9days bombing, I've got my vp loss from uboats to -1 on turn 9 or 10. I haven't lost anymore planes than usual, even with all those planes around the uboat factories. Having all those planes up there makes hitting other places much simpler, and I'm trying a new air strat. and so far the results are promising. The air war is like the ground war, just in the air, and gives the game an extra dimension. Three dimensions.
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ORIGINAL: Red Lancer

Perhaps I was unclear - this is about an air only scenario - not campaign

Are you talking about a pure air scenario? Like a BtR scenario? Would love that! [:)]
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Are you talking about a pure air scenario? Like a BtR scenario? Would love that! [:)]

That's the idea.
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Are you talking about a pure air scenario? Like a BtR scenario? Would love that! [:)]

That's the idea.

What would be the overall goal for the Scenario? To win purely by VPs or to have some other mechanic involved to decide victory/defeat?
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VPs - like in a small scenario although ideas are welcome.
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