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Now that WitE2 is released, I wonder about the possibilities of WitW2 and WitP2...
I wonder...

I would prefer some news on Steel Tigers first...

ORIGINAL: jupiter999

Now that WitE2 is released, I wonder about the possibilities of WitW2 and WitP2...
I wonder...

I'd be very peeved! Steel Tigers please.

ORIGINAL: wodin

ORIGINAL: jupiter999

Now that WitE2 is released, I wonder about the possibilities of WitW2 and WitP2...
I wonder...

I'd be very peeved! Steel Tigers please.

So, Wodin, have you any judgement on WiTE2 yet?

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: wodin

ORIGINAL: jupiter999

Now that WitE2 is released, I wonder about the possibilities of WitW2 and WitP2...
I wonder...

I'd be very peeved! Steel Tigers please.

So, Wodin, have you any judgement on WiTE2 yet?

Orm, the big grand strategy games are beyond me to be honest. I think it will be superb and one of the best wargames in that scale. I'm just hoping we see the same levels of detail and depth in Steel Tigers. I'd be very very happy if that's so.

At one point I think 2by3 were talking about doing a Med game and eventually integrating it all into a mega game but I can't find the post now. No idea if that's still on the table or not.

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How old is Gary now?

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If he started his war game career immediately after college that would put him in his mid 60s.

Tigers or there will be blood.

ORIGINAL: chris_merchant

Tigers or there will be blood.

hear hear!

ORIGINAL: TerribleIvan

ORIGINAL: chris_merchant

Tigers or there will be blood.

hear hear!

Turn the blood into sausage and then eat it. If you want to, you might even cook it first. [8|]

As I'm getting to understand it, some don't worship at the altar of War in the East/West. Even going so far to suggest the design isn't all it claims to be.

I'm not one of those, but I'm unsure if I need WitE2. As I see it, if the original is all the fans want to claim it to be, then 2 isn't a dramatic enough change if you already have the original.

Can't have it both ways eh.

Now Gary must be getting a bit worn out regardless. So I'm thinking Steel Tigers or a Med game or whatever, maybe he's had his day and someone else will take over for him.
But he's only a couple of years past me likely. I'm not slowing that much myself

But I think he'd be wise to put his time on Steel Tigers, or there might be a revolt

ORIGINAL: MrsWargamer

But I think he'd be wise to put his time on Steel Tigers, or there might be a revolt

War gamers are a revolting lot anyway. Or so I've been told. [;)]

ORIGINAL: Lobster

ORIGINAL: MrsWargamer

But I think he'd be wise to put his time on Steel Tigers, or there might be a revolt

War gamers are a revolting lot anyway. Or so I've been told. [;)]

Nah, some of you guys are kinda cute.

ORIGINAL: MrsWargamer

As I'm getting to understand it, some don't worship at the altar of War in the East/West. Even going so far to suggest the design isn't all it claims to be.

I'm not one of those, but I'm unsure if I need WitE2. As I see it, if the original is all the fans want to claim it to be, then 2 isn't a dramatic enough change if you already have the original.

I don't know. I haven't WitE2 so I can't comment, but if you truly are a fan of the original and the new game both deepens and improves it then Christmas arrived early this year. Some people are delirious down there.

This is what happened, for example, with War in the Pacific and War in the Pacific: AE, to be clear.

One thing that I envy in some people is how they are happy to focus on one game and get the most out of it. Being interested in everything, I often feel like I take a morsel from a lot of things I paid full price for.

I have to agree with warspite on this one. The WWII series are not complete without a Mediterranean theatre. Secondary or not, it is irrelevant imo. After all, what are the three classic turning points in WWII? Year '42 (in chronological order): Midway, Alamein and Stalingrad. The Pacific and Europe are already covered, we just need the third theatre.

One might want to consider combining Midway with Guadalcanal. Midway stopped the Japanese Navy while Guadalcanal started the reversal. That is what the other two places did for the European theatre area of operations.

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

One might want to consider combining Midway with Guadalcanal. Midway stopped the Japanese Navy while Guadalcanal started the reversal.

Yes, but the crucial point was the annihilation of the Japanese naval air personnel. An irreplaceable elite more important than the 4 hulls of the sunk CVs. The campaign in the Solomons or first counter-offensive was the consequence of that turning point or Midway.