Still love this game!

[Mosby]

School got crazy for a while, but I just had to say that coming back to the game made me realize just how good it is.

Seems that some of the last posts were a bit negative, so I figured I'd put in my two cents.

Thank you Frank.

[MorningDew]

Just a note that I think the negative posts are mostly about issues getting support during the holiday (never an issue otherwise that I've experienced).

[jomni]

In my opinion, this game beats AGEOD's WW1 at the moment. Too many problems and awkward design issues regarding the other title. And I used to think GOA had to be one of the strangest UI's I ever encountered.

[1925frank]

When I have a moment, I'll have to browse through the posts to see how people like the game.
 
I just finished Winston Churchill's "The World Crisis."  It gave me a taste for a WWI game that covers both the diplomatic and the military aspect of WWI.
 

[micha1100]

ORIGINAL: 1925frank
I just finished Winston Churchill's "The World Crisis." 

How did you like it? I already thought about buying and reading it but I also heard that Churchill often misrepresents things to make himself look better, which would detract a lot of value for me as I'd like to read it not only for entertainment but also for learning and I'd hate to learn incorrect things.

[1925frank]

I liked it a great deal.  It's split into three parts, and each part is about 300 pages long.  I liked the second and third parts best.  So, after being about 300 pages into the book, I was only lukewarm about it. 
 
What I liked about it was how he shows all the various options that were available to both the Allies and Germany during the course of the war.  He sets out the pros and cons of the various choices.  He doesn't try to hide which one he thought best.  As a grand strategy analysis I thought it was fascinating.  I've read other books that state what happened when and what the objectives were, but I hadn't really read one that showed what the other options were and what might have happened if those other options had been pursued.
 
I generally thought a WWI game wouldn't be that interesting because it was a war of attrition on a stagnate front.  On a grand strategy scale, however, it seems to be a gold mine after reading this book.  I'd want a game that allowed for history to take a wide variety of paths.  There were a number of countries who vacillated on which side they wanted to fight, and there were a variety of factors that weighed on which side they eventually fell.  Italy could have sided with Germany or remained neutral.  Turkey didn't necessarily have to side with Germany.  The various Balkan countries all played a high stakes game of Russian roulette.  If Germany had not invaded Belgium, Britain may not have entered the war.  If Germany had played its cards differently, the US may not have entered the war. 
 
There were also a number of options about where each country wanted to focus its efforts.  Churchill criticizes the Germans for focusing on Verdun in 1916 instead of on Russia, and he criticizes the Germans again in 1918 for lauching the March offensive.  Churchill argues there were other options that were far less risky and which arguably would have proven far more profitable to the Germans.
   

[Alan Sharif]

I would like to add my name to those heaping praise on this game. How are you other designs coming along Frank?

[justaguy93]

Throw me in there as a fan too.  It's probably been since Steel Panthers first hit shelves that I've had as much fun with a pc based wargame.

[EWGuttag]

GOA is a GREAT GAME.  I'm a certifiable WWI buff.  I still have fun with when I get a chance to play it (currently occupied with the Guadalcanal scenario in WitP, another GREAT GAME).