Manual and Scenarios?

This exciting new release is a faithful adaptation of the renowned Conflict of Heroes board game that won the Origins Historical Game of the Year, Charles Roberts Wargame of the Year and the James F. Dunnigan Design Elegance Award, as well as many others!

Designed and developed in cooperation with Uwe Eickert, the original designer of Conflict of Heroes, and Western Civlization Software, the award-winning computer wargame studio, no effort has been spared to bring the outstanding Conflict of Heroes gameplay to the computer. Conflict of Heroes includes an AI opponent as well as full multiplayer support with an integrated forum and game lobby. To remain true to the core gameplay of the board game, the PC version is designed to be fun, fast and easy to play, though hard to master. The game design is also historically accurate and teaches and rewards platoon and company-level combined arms tactics without overwhelming the player with rules.

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Gerry4321
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Hello All:

1) Does the computer game use the same rules as the board games? If yes, do I need to download a manual (and which one) to understand the game mechanics better.

2)One thing I loved about ASL was the scenario cards. I know there are downloadable pdfs of the scenarios for the board games at Academy Games. Is there something similar for the scenarios in this game?

Thanks in advance,

Gerry
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Manual at the wiki

tm.asp?m=3113551

The board game rules are interesting but don't apply to the PC game.

There are some user made scens with scen cards in the scenarios forum.
Conflict of Heroes "Most games are like checkers or chess and some have dice and cards involved too. This game plays like checkers but you think like chess and the dice and cards can change everything in real time."
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Thanks for the quick reply. Not sure what you mean by the bold text? I thought the computer game was a true port of the board game? Do you mean we just don't need to know the rules in detail as they are programmed into the system?

Gerry
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Manual at the wiki

tm.asp?m=3113551

The board game rules are interesting but don't apply to the PC game.

There are some user made scens with scen cards in the scenarios forum.
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Better to spend the time reading the PC manual to learn about FOW, persistant APs, right click here, left click there... and play the game. Later you can read the board game rules and see the differences.
Conflict of Heroes "Most games are like checkers or chess and some have dice and cards involved too. This game plays like checkers but you think like chess and the dice and cards can change everything in real time."
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ORIGINAL: Gerry

Thanks for the quick reply. Not sure what you mean by the bold text? I thought the computer game was a true port of the board game? Do you mean we just don't need to know the rules in detail as they are programmed into the system?


With the next patch the classic AP option is supposed to be like the board game. If they also implement board game LOS rules as an option you will be able to play the game exactly like the board game. The default options, however, are not like the board game.
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