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Forget WitE2 and go for WiE!
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:27 pm
by Capt Cliff
Forget a WitE 2 game and go for a regiment level War in Europe game! I do like Monster Games! An do a WEGO system like WitP!
RE: Forget WitE2 and go for WiE!
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 3:32 pm
by Wild
ORIGINAL: Capt Cliff
Forget a WitE 2 game and go for a regiment level War in Europe game! I do like Monster Games! An do a WEGO system like WitP!
I think they will join WitW with WitE2 in time.
RE: Forget WitE2 and go for WiE!
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 1:38 pm
by dwesolick
ORIGINAL: Capt Cliff
Forget a WitE 2 game and go for a regiment level War in Europe game! I do like Monster Games! An do a WEGO system like WitP!
+1
And with a fully functioning naval war as well (individual ships, as in WitP).
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:38 pm
by Anonymous
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RE: Forget WitE2 and go for WiE!
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:01 pm
by Joel Billings
You guys are killing me. Maybe I can be like the designer of Campaign for North Africa. He knew it could never be tested all the way through given its complexity. He reportedly was asked what to tell players when they complained it was unbalanced, and he said to tell them they were playing the game wrong. Well we have one advantage over boardgame designers. We can have the AI play against itself to test these monster games (assuming we can make a decent AI), so who knows what might get done. But having a fully functioning naval game and a WitE2 level ground/air game is asking for a game that is beyond what I think is doable given human/financial/computer limitations.
RE: Forget WitE2 and go for WiE!
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:46 pm
by Capt Cliff
ORIGINAL: Joel Billings
You guys are killing me. Maybe I can be like the designer of Campaign for North Africa. He knew it could never be tested all the way through given its complexity. He reportedly was asked what to tell players when they complained it was unbalanced, and he said to tell them they were playing the game wrong. Well we have one advantage over boardgame designers. We can have the AI play against itself to test these monster games (assuming we can make a decent AI), so who knows what might get done. But having a fully functioning naval game and a WitE2 level ground/air game is asking for a game that is beyond what I think is doable given human/financial/computer limitations.
Ah Campaign for North Africa!! Fond memories!! But I always lost the game ... I would forget to order toilet paper!! [:D]
RE: Forget WitE2 and go for WiE!
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 6:22 pm
by loki100
ORIGINAL: Capt Cliff
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Ah Campaign for North Africa!! Fond memories!! But I always lost the game ... I would forget to order toilet paper!! [:D]
or that Italian units needed more water as they had to cook the pasta ... [;)]
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 6:25 pm
by Anonymous
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RE: Forget WitE2 and go for WiE!
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:57 pm
by Erik Rutins
ORIGINAL: loki100
or that Italian units needed more water as they had to cook the pasta ... [;)]
The good old Pasta Point. [:D]
For those who have no idea:
https://warisboring.com/the-wretched-ex ... th-africa/
RE: Forget WitE2 and go for WiE!
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:11 pm
by keitherson
The good old Pasta Point
"Italian battalions not receiving their Pasta Point that have a Cohesion Level of -10 or worse immediately become Disorganized"
Wow I honestly thought he was joking. Just wow. I also cant even imagine the pain of Battalion level counters in a cardboard game.
Fun fact, many contemporary Italian "MRE"s (I don't remember what they're called) contain a shot of liquor with the meal. (I don't think the poor bastards at Stalingrad got them though)
RE: Forget WitE2 and go for WiE!
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 4:35 pm
by ncc1701e
Looking forward to the naval aspect of the game for WiE..
RE: Forget WitE2 and go for WiE!
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 5:34 pm
by GloriousRuse
Beautiful as a 1941 or 1943 start for WiE might be, WitE2 took how many years? I think even if it's your dream, you'll have plenty of time to buy, plya, shelve, break back out, play again, and maybe write an AAR, for WitE2 before a WiE.
RE: Forget WitE2 and go for WiE!
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 5:49 pm
by wodin
That Africa game is being remade!!
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Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 6:52 pm
by Anonymous
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RE: Forget WitE2 and go for WiE!
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:53 pm
by Erik Rutins