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...very, very soon.

By popular demand, Saint Ruth has added casualties by the numbers. Combat losses are now presented as losses of men, guns, or vehicles; Desert War old timers still get their percentage losses. Advancing the football in Update 1.0.4.

Saint Ruth has also created a casualty-to-date roll-up.

Great work!

It´s a small addition but this one increases a lot the inmersion.
Awaiting Stalingrad, but now I´ll buy DW in Christmas sale... The effort must be rewarded.

great news, thanks.

Thanks BC!

Is this game much different than toaw4?

Totally!

ORIGINAL: Zovs

Totally!

you mind giving examples ??

ORIGINAL: demyansk

Is this game much different than toaw4?

Yes.

TOAWIV has longer legs and a broader reach. Operational Art of War was first published in 1998. Its robust editor attracted alot of folks who produced a large catalog of user-created scenarios. These scenarios span two centuries of warfare in multiple theaters of war. Desert War covers the War in North Africa between 1940 and 1943.

TOAWIV uses an IGOUGO system. Desert War uses a WEGO system.

TOAWIV employs an extensive and complex combat and logistics model. Desert War strives to have a simple and easily comprehensible combat and logistics model. Should the player be provided the most important information to make better decisions? We say--YES! Are we there yet? Working on it. Simpler and simpler is better we think.

Lots of new ships coming in v1.0.4...

Great update!!

Hi,

Great work! [&o]

Will we get loss estimates (subject to FOW) on enemy units as well??

BTW/ Just noticed in your initial post that the on screen info panels don't line up properly i.e. that the allied unit appears in a panel underneath the basic odds panel and the 3 DAK counters are in a panel underneath the Allied Header panel.

Regards,

Rob.

Oh yeah! Cheers, will fix that.
I've been looking at them so long I've got "snow blindness"! [8D]

ORIGINAL: Deathtreader

Hi,

Great work! [&o]

Will we get loss estimates (subject to FOW) on enemy units as well??

BTW/ Just noticed in your initial post that the on screen info panels don't line up properly i.e. that the allied unit appears in a panel underneath the basic odds panel and the 3 DAK counters are in a panel underneath the Allied Header panel.

Regards,

Rob.

I was thinking of giving the real (non FOG) Allied/Axis totals as that'd be interesting (to me at least) and doubt
it'd be giving away too much (?) [:)]

They look great going to have to buy myself this for sure.

I was thinking of giving the real (non FOG) Allied/Axis totals as that'd be interesting (to me at least) and doubt
it'd be giving away too much (?) [:)]

Mmmmm.... Dunno about that. At game end absolutely, but during game best not give too accurate a count for the other side. Just my opinion of course.

Rob.

I suggested this some time ago and really looking forward to the update with losses by numbers!

As always, thank-you for making the time to take look at our game and telling us what you think.

Body count included...

Loving the game since i got it look forward to the update. Desert War has always been my favourite campaign.