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Well, I am starting to get very interested in this game. It will be quite a departure from my normal game types, but variety is a great thing. I have some questions though.

1.) If I played with the normal settings for a 1940 campaign there are approximately 24 turns to a full game, however I have heard that you can turn this option off. Does this mean it would be possible to attempt to completely take over the world as one of the main forces in the game?

2.) Can you turn off the historical accuracies within the game? It would be interesting to see what happened if the USSR didn't declare war on Germany or the U.S. didn't declare war with Japan.

3.) Will it be possible to save the game at any time?

4.) Can the game be played full-screen and in a window?

5.) What are the differences between the four campaigns?

6.) Will there be multiple difficulty settings.

That's it for now. Thanks in advance for answering these questions.

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ORIGINAL: Serian

Well, I am starting to get very interested in this game. It will be quite a departure from my normal game types, but variety is a great thing. I have some questions though.

1.) If I played with the normal settings for a 1940 campaign there are approximately 24 turns to a full game, however I have heard that you can turn this option off. Does this mean it would be possible to attempt to completely take over the world as one of the main forces in the game?

2.) Can you turn off the historical accuracies within the game? It would be interesting to see what happened if the USSR didn't declare war on Germany or the U.S. didn't declare war with Japan.

3.) Will it be possible to save the game at any time?

4.) Can the game be played full-screen and in a window?

5.) What are the differences between the four campaigns?

6.) Will there be multiple difficulty settings.

That's it for now. Thanks in advance for answering these questions.

1. Only Axis or Allies can win the game and "take over the world". So if you play with "No end date" you play to the bitter end, but only an alliance cen win.

2. Read the FAQ. They will have to fight, eventually, but the date is not set in stone.

3. Yes.

4. Both.

5. Different starting date [:D]

6. Yes.

O.

ORIGINAL: Oleg Mastruko

ORIGINAL: Serian

Well, I am starting to get very interested in this game. It will be quite a departure from my normal game types, but variety is a great thing. I have some questions though.

1.) If I played with the normal settings for a 1940 campaign there are approximately 24 turns to a full game, however I have heard that you can turn this option off. Does this mean it would be possible to attempt to completely take over the world as one of the main forces in the game?

2.) Can you turn off the historical accuracies within the game? It would be interesting to see what happened if the USSR didn't declare war on Germany or the U.S. didn't declare war with Japan.

3.) Will it be possible to save the game at any time?

4.) Can the game be played full-screen and in a window?

5.) What are the differences between the four campaigns?

6.) Will there be multiple difficulty settings.

That's it for now. Thanks in advance for answering these questions.

1. Only Axis or Allies can win the game and "take over the world". So if you play with "No end date" you play to the bitter end, but only an alliance cen win.

2. Read the FAQ. They will have to fight, eventually, but the date is not set in stone.

3. Yes.

4. Both.

5. Different starting date [:D]

6. Yes.

O.

In response to answer number one, Does this mean that Germany, Japan, and the Western Allies are the only sides that can win in a "No End Date" game?

In response to answer five, won't each of the four campaigns have different starting conditions as well (different countries occupied, more troops, etc)?

Only sides can win. Side 1 is the Axis (Japan and Germany) and side 2 is the Allies (Soviet Union, China, and Western Allies). Although you can have 5 players, individual players don't win, the side wins. So if the Allies win, all three of the players that make up the Allies win.

As for the scenarios, yes, of course all the starting conditions are different and historically set based on the start date. The dates of the games are:

1) Spring 1940 - Fall 1946
2) Summer 1941 - Fall 1946
3) Spring 1942 - Fall 1946
4) Summer 1943 - Fall 1945

If you choose to turn on the No End Date game option, then the games can go past the final date listed.

The reason the fourth scenario concludes at the end of 1945 is because in our opinion, the Axis lost the war in 1942 and early 1943. The battles of Midway, Guadalcanal, El Alamein, Stalingrad and Tunisia destroyed the Axis and events didn't need to go that way. Midway and Stalingrad were particularly devastating to the Axis. The 1943 scenario is a pure defensive struggle for the Axis, while the earlier scenarios give the Axis a chance to maintain the initiative longer than they did historically.

Thanks Joel. That explains everything perfectly!

ORIGINAL: Joel Billings

Only sides can win. Side 1 is the Axis (Japan and Germany) and side 2 is the Allies (Soviet Union, China, and Western Allies). Although you can have 5 players, individual players don't win, the side wins. So if the Allies win, all three of the players that make up the Allies win.

I thought of some new questions based off your explanation about win conditions. Since only sides can win, does this mean that the WA couldn't attack the USSR or China? Likewise, Germany couldn't attack Japan? If every nation can fight against every other nation, doesn't that change the win conditions for the game?

Is every nation required to be represented in a game, either human or AI controlled? I am guessing the answer is yes, but I want to make sure.

Germany can't fight Japan and the various Allies can't fight each other. Certain territories, when liberated, will revert to either WA, SU, or Chinese, and expel the liberating force.

If a nation is not controlled by a human it will be controlled by the AI. I play a lot of games where I only play one country (usually Germany or SU).