A how-to for beginners

Qbec · Post by **Qbec** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 3:19 pm

Sorry, I forget a important thing....... Thanks.....

Qbec

larryfulkerson · Post by **larryfulkerson** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:54 pm

Very very good questions Andre, thanks for asking. I've answered your questions at the end of document 12 in detail with pictures and everything. I'm publishing it now so you can have your answers since there isn't enough bandwidth here on the forum ( pictures are limited to 200Kb for instance ). You can find document 12 at this url:

12th Doc: http://www.mediafire.com/?o3t02c4zj3f

Keep those questions and comments coming you guys. TOAW is a great game and so it deserves great players. Let's learn together.

Qbec · Post by **Qbec** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 12:28 am

Wow !!!! What answer to my request .It's exactly the kind of information that I won't. Merci beaucoup! Mr Larry. I printed the doc and I read it again ,again and again......I love this game and now I am more confortable with some subtle mechanisme .

Thanks again ( I will continu to read your AAR with concern)

André ( Qbec)

larryfulkerson · Post by **larryfulkerson** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 3:31 am

Wow indeed Andre.  You are too kind by half.  A disclaimer is in order I think.  I'm no expert...there are lots of players better than me.  I loose to Karri E. everytime we play.  I've never won a FITE game ( so far ) ( Curt Chambers is another excellent player ) and there's lots of things that I'm doing wrong probably.  I don't press my units until they are out of supply and cherry-red in health like some other players and I guess that's why they win and I don't.  I'm just trying to put some of my thoughts in words for whatever they are worth.  I'd love to read a 'watch over the shoulder' document by the true experts so that I can become a better player too.  I love TOAW and the depth of detail(s) it provides can cause the learning curve to be rather steep at times but with more practice it's getting easier to keep track of every little detail.  I just thought some of our beginners deserved to watch over the shoulder of someone rather than nobody at all.  I would really love to have had a document like this one when I was learning the game.  I've been playing TOAW for about 5 years now and it's still the game I keep coming back to because it's really that good.  Thanks again for your kind words.

junk2drive · Post by **junk2drive** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 6:09 pm

I'm about to buy the game because of the holiday sale and I'm sure a few others will too. I'd much rather read your how-to than go through all the forum posts here and elsewhere.

Thanks

larryfulkerson · Post by **larryfulkerson** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 9:36 pm

Thanks junk2drive, but if you don't go through the forum posts and other sites you might miss some other excellent articles written by real experts like the one shown in the image below. I've read them and I can vouch for their excellence etc. There are other sites, I'm pretty sure, that have other articles. Someone has collected all of them into one place for people like us to peruse I think, but I cannot remember where since my mind just went blank. Anyway, thanks for your kind words. I've gotten about 6.9M bytes into document # 13 so it should be published here in an hour or two. Stay tuned.

And to save some typing mistakes on the address shown in the picture I'll tag it here for you:

http://www.the-strategist.net/RD/phpBB2 ... php?p=1090

junk2drive · Post by **junk2drive** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 9:58 pm

I intend to go through forum posts, in fact I just came here from the blitz AAR section. I know about Gamesquad too. Never been to Rugged Defense. Thanks for the linkpic (new word)

larryfulkerson · Post by **larryfulkerson** » Sun Nov 29, 2009 11:36 pm

Document # 13 is ready to publish. It's about the wrapup of turn 11 of Directive 21 and you can find it at this url:

13th Doc:http://www.mediafire.com/?zn0n0zmhojy

larryfulkerson · Post by **larryfulkerson** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 11:34 pm

Document # 14 is ready to publish. It's about the turn 11 Soviet attacks and the start of turn 12. Odessa is under seige and I'm pounding away at Kiev and doing mop-up southeast of Kiev. The push to Sevastapol is underway and progress is being made. You can find doc 14 at this url:

14th Doc:http://www.mediafire.com/?nzb5muo2i2m

larryfulkerson · Post by **larryfulkerson** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:25 pm

Document # 15 is ready to publish. It's about the turn 12 attacks and the results thereof. Some spectacular results were made and the push is on. You can find doc 15 here:

15th Doc:http://www.mediafire.com/?kvydlhmmnji

larryfulkerson · Post by **larryfulkerson** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:48 am

Document # 16 is ready to publish. Odessa is under serious seige and the Finns are making progress toward Leningrad...parts of the Finn Stop Line are manned already. The air war is going fabulous for the Axis. Smolensk looks closer all the time. You can find doc # 16 at this url:

16th Doc: http://www.mediafire.com/?lyfz3hihowj

larryfulkerson · Post by **larryfulkerson** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 5:25 pm

Document # 17 is ready to publish. This is the tail end of turn 12. You can find doc # 17 at this url:

17th Doc: http://www.mediafire.com/?ngenyyzy1tz

larryfulkerson · Post by **larryfulkerson** » Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:14 pm

Document # 18 is ready to publish. It's got one of those fabulous entire front line in motion 'movies'. Also a close-up of the entire front lines. You can find # 18 here:

18th Doc: http://www.mediafire.com/?ede33jmm2oj

larryfulkerson · Post by **larryfulkerson** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:30 am

Document # 19 is ready. It's got some rather large pictures, some of them in motion and it's about the start of turn 13. You can find it at this url:

19th Doc: http://www.mediafire.com/?yzowq4hmg4z

larryfulkerson · Post by **larryfulkerson** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:57 am

Document # 20 is ready to publish. It's about the turn 13 round 1 moves and attacks. You can find it at this url:

20th Doc: http://www.mediafire.com/?etgngm1zojy

larryfulkerson · Post by **larryfulkerson** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:06 pm

Document # 21 is ready to publish. I did something different this time. sapper32 is a loyal follower of my AAR(s) and I thought he should have some kind of reward. I've promoted him to General and put him in charge of the 206th Inf Div and made a movie showing he and his division from the start of the game until the fall of Minsk. It's kind of interesting to watch a single formation to see what it did and where it went etc. You can find document # 21 at this url:

21st Doc: http://www.mediafire.com/?1rq2qyjjy0z

Hey, that's an idea.....let's put the members of the forum in charge of a specific unit and watch them as they fight their formations. Anybody want to be in charge of a unit? Just lemme know and I'll do your movie for you and post it here. My christmas present to you guys.

EDIT: the 206th was chosen completely at random, sapper32, and if you want to be in charge of something else lemme know and it'll be done.

Karri · Post by **Karri** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:31 pm

Me! STAVKA

No, some panzer formation.

sapper32 · Post by **sapper32** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:33 pm

Nice one Larry i hope i dont get them wiped out [:D] Never thought i would rise to the dizzy heights of General how much did a German General of this Period get paid [:)]

larryfulkerson · Post by **larryfulkerson** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:43 pm

ORIGINAL: Karri
Me! STAVKA
No, some panzer formation.

How about the 1st Panzer Div? You got it.

larryfulkerson · Post by **larryfulkerson** » Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:04 pm

Document # 22 is ready to publish. This doc has Karri driving his own tank as the General in charge of the 1st Panzer Div from the start of the game until turn 7 round 1. He plays a part in the fall of Riga among other things. You can find doc # 22 at this url:

22nd Doc:http://www.mediafire.com/?jkyhkmhtjt0

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