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Against the AI or an opponent?

Against Axis AI (currently turn 4).

Soon against a human opponent

Against Soviet AI (and the damn partisans).

Not me. Still have one turn to go for the Road to Minsk scenario !

After that, I am not going to play the GC but rather another scenario, probably Road to Moscow or Road to Smolensk to go along the the latest Glantz book I am reading right now "Barbarossa Derailed" [:)]

I don't want to tackle a GC before I am through the manual, cover from cover. I have 200 pages read so far.

Not yet but will be within 24 hours vs Soviet AI.

After a few small scenarios and several rounds with the manual I was like all this when contemplating the daunting task...

but after a few turns into my axis campaign and reading all the informative post here, I'm like all this now...

And this is me after the game being released.

The beer and the babe...

I need the sense of accomplishent these days, so I plan to stick with the shorter scenarios. Finished the Turtorial (Russ), Road to Minsk (Ger)(Draw), Road to Leningrad (Ger)(Minor V), and have just started Road to Leningrad as the Russian.

I also need these scenarios to help me learn the rules and interface. Smaller number of units means I get to see what is happening with support units, fatigue, morale, etc.

Someday, maybe, the GC.

I'm having a go at Leningrad again, trying out a better approach, last time I got a minor victory. This time I'm rolling out my plan, and the AI is acting in very different ways! It killed my rail repair unit (where that Russian division came from I have no idea!), it cut off my panzers for a turn or two, and in general it's fighting a much better fight than it did the first time!

Are we sure the AI doesn't LEARN from game to game? Hmmmmm...

I'm playing against the Axis AI (turn 4). But it's more to explore the game in its entirety (after playing the smaller scenarios) than because I think I'm ready to manage a frand campaign.

I have also to add that, unlike what I feel while playing WitP-AE, the initial phases of the campaign game in WitE give me a eerie sensation of doom impending. In WitP-AE I think that, if I'm not careful enough I might lose some carriers to the Kido Butai but even that would not count that much in the long run. In WitE I thik that if I do not pull some very smart and bold actions right now, it's game over in a few moves, literally!

The advantage of having an Ocean between you and your opponent is priceless! [:D]
(as long as you're going to have the strongest navy [;)])

I'm playing the GC was putting in 5-8 hours a day. Mostly learning I have probably played the first 5 turns as Axis about ten times now. However, today it's back to work so I doubt I will get back into it hardcore until the weekend. [:(]

German AI, turn 15 and with each turn I am learning a couple of things and finding out there are hundreds(thousands) of things I have no clue about.[&:]

After reading the manual and a bit of a practice run as axis I have just started a 41-45 CG against my friend via the server. Might as well just dive in at the deep end, I learnt to swim that way.

Ola if your out there I think I can squeeze you in to my second gaming slot....

Captured Moscow now!!! (turn 8, Road to Smolensk, against easy AI)

...i'm happy [:)]

Some funny posts here.

No PBEM for me until I understand the system. Road to Minsk vs. the AI right now.

I was curious because I see sometimes someone mention they have only played the tutorial and Minsk twice, but then others imply that they are doing the GC.

I have done so far...

Tutorial - 1

Road to Minsk - 10 (That's a guess, but I know it is more than 8 based on how I started doing saves after 4 or so games.  I started naming them Kurt RTM 1, Kurt RTM 2.  And I got to 6 of them.

Road to Smolensk - 2

I'm playing fast, probably too fast.  In my early games of RTM, I was doing turns as fast as 30 minutes.  As I got better, I was doing them more slowly as I put a lot more thought into them.

I'm on about turn 15 or so (late September) as the Soviets vs the AI (challenging) and am praying for mud!

I'm stuck on a business trip for two weeks already.
Only played tutorial.  Will play the smaller scenarios once I get back.
Actually the short scenarios sounds good enough even for PBEM.