On the fence

[oldbaldwargamer]

Well, my wife buys shoes, lots and lots of shoes. She admits she only wears 30% of them. So, if I buy some wargames every once in awhile and only play 30% of them, at least I enjoy the fact I bought them. I bought Steel Beasts Pro and still haven't really played that. But at least I have it if I ever want to dive into it...I assume it will be the same with this!

[henri51]

Let me add as I pointed out in a new thread that when I wrote the original post of this thread, I thought that the seven "WoW" screens were the first set of screens in the first message of that thread, and only found out afterwards that there are a lot of other screens after the numerous fan comments. So those like me having a hard time figuring out what this game is about can get a pretty good idea by scrolling and reading through that thread.

I was reading the threads by some hardcore WiF players who are disappointed that this game does not have all the capabilities of the board game. I have yet to see a game that has been computerized that had all the features of the original game (remember the furor when they tried to computerize Squad Leader a couple of times?). Since I have never played the original, I don't think that will be a big issue for me.

My philosophy has always (I think) been that if I get a week's play out of a game, I have got my money's worth - and believe me, there are games that I have not played for more than an hour or two...). With this game (if I bite the bullet and buy it) chances are that I will still be trying to figure out the manual after the week...

[FroBodine]

Amen, henri! My feelings exactly. This is a game to enjoy! It's very complex, but the functionality is really pretty easy for each step. Making the whole game come together to play it well, that's another story. But, I don't think I will struggle with actually playing the game, my struggles will come from making the right moves.

I think this is the major difference between other monster games, e.g. War in the Pacific and War in the East, where people are struggling just to understand how to play the damn game.

[alexvand]

ORIGINAL: jomni

On the fence as well. Pretty adverse to playing a war game by myself . which is the only way to play this at its current state.

I do not buy the hours of enjoyment reasoning because there is a big chance that this game will collect dust for me.

You can play against other humans via netplay right now. Only 2 player at the moment, but multiplayer will follow.

although I would recommend playing solo for a while to learn the game.

[jomni]

ORIGINAL: alex_van_d

ORIGINAL: jomni

On the fence as well. Pretty adverse to playing a war game by myself . which is the only way to play this at its current state.

I do not buy the hours of enjoyment reasoning because there is a big chance that this game will collect dust for me.

You can play against other humans via netplay right now. Only 2 player at the moment, but multiplayer will follow.

although I would recommend playing solo for a while to learn the game.

OK who wants to play with me? 8 to 9 pm GMT+8. I don't have the game but I just want to see if there will be potential opponents. I suspect there are a only a few in my timezone.

[Neilster]

That would encompass a lot of Aussies and there are a lot of Aussie WiF freaks. Like me, for example [:)]

Cheers, Neilster

[jomni]

ORIGINAL: Neilster

That would encompass a lot of Aussies and there are a lot of Aussie WiF freaks. Like me, for example [:)]

Cheers, Neilster

Ok I'm pretty much closer to pulling the trigger.

[BletchleyGeek]

Here reports a prospective WiF player living in Melbourne

[Missouri_Rebel]

And I know of 1 living in Indonesia and 1 at least in Singapore.

[ozpom]

another oz player here , Newcastle NSW