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Hi, I have recently been trying for the third time to tackle WIR, and seem to be getting some success finally. The game needs some serious devotion to it. The greatest problem for me so far has been the fact that I don't know well enough the rules by which the game operates. As I get most of my hex-strategy dose by board wargames I've been used to this. I tried to go thourgh the pdf manual I found at The Underdogs, butthat isn't as clear as a real rulebook, and not exactly accurate for WIR 3.3 either. So a few questions, with more to come for sure:

The stacking points seem to have been changed. Is the following correct?
limits
Axis inf korps: 3
Soviet inf army: 5
pz/tank/shock: 10

amount occupied
tank corps 3
mech corps 3
pz/tank div 3
PzG Div 3
Pz Bde 3
Mot div 1
other divs 1
indep. sub unit 0

How many OPs are distributed among the HQs each turn? The manual says that heavy industry, oil and resources affect this, but that's all.

On what basis are the replacements distributed?
What affects the amount of replacements each unit gets each turn, and how?
Distance to HQ?
Supply?
Terrain?
Command rating?

I read somewhere that the unit must be within 5 hexes of it's HQ to receive replacements, is this true?

The strategyguides at the end of the manual propose that one should move the units to cities or HQs for the to receive replacements faster. How come?

How many units should one place under one HQ? As the Russians? As the Germans?

Would you be interested in compiling an updated manual/rulebook for the recent version? Seeking this info from all over the forums, faqs, readmes, etc is a real pain. A compiled reference could really help beginners like me.

thanks in advance

a lot of your questions will be answered if you read the post halfway down this page called Basic questions from a beginner about WIR... .

i'm pretty sure the only div that takes 3 stacking points is the tank/Pz divs - the rest are all 1 point.

final HQ OP's are deturmined by the leader rating - it looks like the HQs gets the leader rating*10 OP's, + extra according to the leaders rating - high leader ratings almost always get the extra points. but if you are low on OP's overall, all the HQ's will get the average amount evenly distributed to all OP's, with high leaders perhaps getting extra.

i know nothing about how reinforcements work, but i don't think you have to be in range of the parent HQ to get them. if the HQ's replacement level is at say 80%, then all units under it are replenished to 80% of their max inf/equipment levels.

attached is an old doc i found that details some of the intricacies of the game. some of it no longer applies withe the newest version of the game, but most is great reading!
also check the WiR 3.3 readme changes from 2.0 - 3.3, as it gives some nice hints on how some parts of the game work.

Thanks for the answers.

I did read the Basic questions from a begginner thread, the changes readme and the manual, and did quite a bit of searching in the forums too. I too hate it when people post the same questions allready answered a while ago. Also I've got the basic feel of the game figured out quite well, and would just like some clarifications on the mechanics. Maybe I'm just a controll freak, but I hate it when I don't know the real hard rules behind a game, and have to feely-feel zen-like my way through.

was the attachment from Web-Grognards? I think I came across it too.

I think german infantry korps has 4 stacking points (not 3).

i did a test on the german korps, and inf only have 3 stacking points - it should be 4 though!

yes, the txt file was originally from grognards!

unfortunatly, in some ways this game is very unforgiving if you don't know the unwritten "basic rules of success", but just try to keep having fun if you get your assed kicked the first few times in PBEM! this is a game where you have to learn some things the hard way!