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ORIGINAL: Kwik E Mart

ORIGINAL: sprior

I bought it but never got round to installing or learning it.

it was almost uplayable when it first arrived...there have been some major improvements since then...playing the AI is only good for learning the mechanics...the game shines in PBEM multi-player...

Yeah, as shipped it was pretty bad.

I'm pretty sure Brother Mynok is an old board game EiA player.  Not sure if he kept up with the computer version after it's "less than stellar" initial release.  [:D]

I am indeed an old EiA player. I have the new game but have not played it much recently. PBEM didn't work so well. Maybe they've worked on it.

Tend to like playing Turkey, though against the AI it is very difficult as it backstabs you fast.

Paper and cardboard EiA player as well... many fond memories of the game. We had a group that would meet weekly and play...the highlight was that each week a different person would have to prepare a lunch for the other players with the dish being from the country that the player was representing.

Great idea. Hope conquered minors and free states counted (hate to see Italian food go to waste). One thing I do remember from the boardgame were a lot of rules arguments at least compared to Diplomacy (one of the other games that we played).

Hi all,

Zsssssssss time... [>:][>:][>:]


Leo "Apollo11"

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

Great idea. Hope conquered minors and free states counted (hate to see Italian food go to waste). One thing I do remember from the boardgame were a lot of rules arguments at least compared to Diplomacy (one of the other games that we played).

Shades of 3R there!

Morning tithe, Hope all you Guys are safe from the wild weather you have been having. [:)]

Death toll up to 269 and counting..... [:(]

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

Great idea. Hope conquered minors and free states counted (hate to see Italian food go to waste). One thing I do remember from the boardgame were a lot of rules arguments at least compared to Diplomacy (one of the other games that we played).

Shades of 3R there!

There were lots of rules ambiguities in the original Australian Design Group version (which is what I played). The AH version was much better from that perspective. I liked the ADG counters better though. One of the games I still have, though the box is badly beaten up (and was when I bought it used at a convention). I'll never part with that one. Same goes with my copy of The Longest Day.

Now I just have to talk USS into playing twice a month and we could get on with it.

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

Great idea. Hope conquered minors and free states counted (hate to see Italian food go to waste). One thing I do remember from the boardgame were a lot of rules arguments at least compared to Diplomacy (one of the other games that we played).

Shades of 3R there!

Loved that game but, yeah, one of the worst rules manual ever written. [;)]

ORIGINAL: Mynok


Death toll up to 269 and counting..... [:(]

Fortunately for us, the clouds have passed, the sun is out, and we're in store for a beautiful weekend. [&o]

My little boy becomes a teenager on Saturday. [X(]

He's been very into the Army for about a year now, with lots of Airsoft and army surplus stuff, running around in the woods. His dream is to fly the Apache for the Army. For his birthday, my wonderful wife has found a helicopter flight school near Charlotte that allows people to start as a student at age 13. It's not going anywhere past the intro stage yet, but he's scheduled for an introductory helo flight, where he'll get to try his hand at making that contraption flit about the sky a bit. [8D]

It's going to be a great day. [:)]

ORIGINAL: Mynok


Now I just have to talk USS into playing twice a month and we could get on with it.

Hmmm...I've been poking around just a little bit with Cyberboard recently. Do you have any experience using it or VASSAL? If you know what your doing with one of those tools, I could probably be talked into a PBEM/IM game of 3rd Reich. At least I would only have to relearn that one, instead of completely learning EiA from scratch. [:)] I have the 3rd edition of 3R rules in a box with most of the counters, up in the attic.

I'd be interested in learning about Vassal as well. I've installed it on my box but haven't really futz'd around with it yet. Too busy letting witpqs treat me badly during the test of my mod...

Same goes with my copy of The Longest Day.

Ditto. All the divisions are in their own little baggies, just waiting to be marched across Normandy again. One day...

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

My little boy becomes a teenager on Saturday.

We've got another 18 months before that happens. Hopefully by then the teenage daughter will be shuffled off to uni, or on a gap year far, far away.

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

Great idea. Hope conquered minors and free states counted (hate to see Italian food go to waste). One thing I do remember from the boardgame were a lot of rules arguments at least compared to Diplomacy (one of the other games that we played).

Shades of 3R there!

Loved that game but, yeah, one of the worst rules manual ever written. [;)]

Won a bottle of whiskey in the Senior Rates' Mess raffle then tried to play it with 2 friends - disaster, up boarded, hillarity, hang over.

He's been very into the Army for about a year now, with lots of Airsoft and army surplus stuff, running around in the woods. His dream is to fly the Apache for the Army

Jack's really into planes. he plays MS Flight Simulator X non-stop. He talks about joining the RAF - oh, the shame of it.