Frido1207
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Joined: 11/16/2006 From: Lower Saxony, Germany Status: offline
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Hi Noakesy, will try to answer your questions, although i didn´t played this game for quite a while (hopefully some more engaged forum members will stepp in) 1. Yes & no. The basic game mechanics are quite easy to learn, & you don´t have to read 400 pages of the manual, but some rules are quite tricky & will require to refer to the manual sometimes. 2. I think the AI will give you a good fight while you´re learning the game & getting comfortable with it. H2H is possible, but i don´t know how many people actually play WBTS H2H. 3. Game pace is reasonably fast. At the start, planning & organisation of your troops will take some time, but afterwards a turn will take no longer last than ~30-45 min., depending on the situation you´re confronted with. 4. Not sure, what you mean. Huge advantage for the Union. South cannot win (against a somewhat skilled human Union player) by occupying the northern territory. South`goal & only chances to win the war is just to delay the advance of the North. Production is handled quite basic, & mainly reflects the economic advantage of the Union. South has no chance to match the Union regarding its economic capacities. 5. There are no weak points. Knowing the early SSG titles (KP, BiN, BiI), i think the first difference is, that WBTS is a strategical game & not operational. But far more important are some game concepts of WBTS which aren´t really comparable to the mentioned SSG Titles. E.g. in WBTS Leaders have a huge impact not only on how your troops perform, but they have to gain "Initiative" (a main concept, how leaders are handled in WBTS), to be able to act with your troops on offence. So, sometimes you cannot do, what you like to do, because your leaders / troops stands iddle, & you have to wait for another opportunity. Overall i would (surprisingly ?) say, that you can´t go wrong with WBTS. It offers alot of fun, without fiddeling too much with economical & other stuff, so that your main focus can be always concentrated on the military action. Its still a great game. Hope i could help you a bit. And many excuses for my poor english.
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