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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/16/2011 11:40:54 PM   
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Status: offline 		Adam has done it again! He sent my 10 more unit write-ups: these 3 for Portugal, and 7 for Turkey (I'll post those for you soon). The count for land units remaining is now 161. Enjoy these. I did.






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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/17/2011 5:01:46 PM   
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I was wrong. Only 156 units remain now. There were actually 12 Turkish units in the file, but a few got clipped. Adam sent the rest, so here is the MWiF Turkish Army:





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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/17/2011 5:02:47 PM   
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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/17/2011 5:04:03 PM   
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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/18/2011 10:08:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		I think there is a typo in the description of the Turkish Alp Mtn unit. Islahive should be Islahiye. All the rest is fine. It is a joy to read all descriptions. thx for the good work.

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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/18/2011 10:26:11 AM   
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I think there is a typo in the description of the Turkish Alp Mtn unit. Islahive should be Islahiye. All the rest is fine. It is a joy to read all descriptions. thx for the good work.


Good catch. Thank you. I have corrected the file.

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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/18/2011 12:48:51 PM   
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ORIGINAL: dogancan

I think there is a typo in the description of the Turkish Alp Mtn unit. Islahive should be Islahiye. All the rest is fine. It is a joy to read all descriptions. thx for the good work.


Good catch. Thank you. I have corrected the file.



perfect. If I can find the screenshots of game map, I will double check the spelling of Turkish cities as well.

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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/18/2011 12:56:56 PM   
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I think there is a typo in the description of the Turkish Alp Mtn unit. Islahive should be Islahiye. All the rest is fine. It is a joy to read all descriptions. thx for the good work.


Good catch. Thank you. I have corrected the file.



perfect. If I can find the screenshots of game map, I will double check the spelling of Turkish cities as well.

This is from my most recent report to Steve on the Land Unit master file:

Still to do:
4. Add unit size to all headers
5. Standardize header structure
6. Proof all copy

As you can see, I haven't proof-read the older descriptions yet, but I did check these. I was careless and forgot to check city names. Thanks for keeping me honest.

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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/18/2011 1:05:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		got it. I got three suggestions regarding the map of Turkey:

1) For the two towns (Scudari and Panderma), old spellings are used on the map. By 1940, people were not using Panderma or Scudari anymore. So, I suggest you to change these with the contemporary spellings.
Scudari --> Uskudar 
Panderma --> Bandirma

2) The name of a river, Kizilirmak, is shortened as Kizil. Kizilirmak means Red River, but is generally regarded a single word. So, shortening it to Kizil (i.e. red) sounds weird. Better it be Kizilirmak.

3) In Turkish spelling of Dedagach, we do not use the last 'h'.

Oh, and of course, in 1940, there was no ancient city of Antioch but a city very close to it: Antakya.

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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/18/2011 6:58:19 PM   
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got it. I got three suggestions regarding the map of Turkey:

1) For the two towns (Scudari and Panderma), old spellings are used on the map. By 1940, people were not using Panderma or Scudari anymore. So, I suggest you to change these with the contemporary spellings.
Scudari --> Uskudar 
Panderma --> Bandirma

2) The name of a river, Kizilirmak, is shortened as Kizil. Kizilirmak means Red River, but is generally regarded a single word. So, shortening it to Kizil (i.e. red) sounds weird. Better it be Kizilirmak.

3) In Turkish spelling of Dedagach, we do not use the last 'h'.

Oh, and of course, in 1940, there was no ancient city of Antioch but a city very close to it: Antakya.

best.


Thank you.

I let Patrice make these type of decisions concerning the map.

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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/18/2011 11:01:26 PM   
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got it. I got three suggestions regarding the map of Turkey:

Thanks for that.
I've got 1935 & 1944 World Atlases, and I'm looking at what you've suggested compared to what the atlases show.
Bear in mind that we try not to use the localized city name, but rather English names for places, otherwise Copenhagen would be København, Warsaw would be Warszawa, Moscow would be Moskva and Cape Town would be Kaapstad.

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1) For the two towns (Scudari and Panderma), old spellings are used on the map. By 1940, people were not using Panderma or Scudari anymore. So, I suggest you to change these with the contemporary spellings.
Scudari --> Uskudar 
Panderma --> Bandirma

On my 1935 & 1944 maps, Scutari is Üsküdar. From Wikipedia US article Scutari seems to be the medieval name of that place.
But from this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_exonyms, Scutari looks like it is the correct English exonym for Üsküdar. So, which one is correct, in English ?

About Panderma, on my 1935 & 1944 maps, the city is labelled Panderma, so I think I'm going to let it that way.

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2) The name of a river, Kizilirmak, is shortened as Kizil. Kizilirmak means Red River, but is generally regarded a single word. So, shortening it to Kizil (i.e. red) sounds weird. Better it be Kizilirmak.

Well, we tried to write "Euphrates", and not "Euphrates River" on the river names to shorten the name. Well, in Sweden we added back "River" for "Lule River" instead of "Lule", I don't remember why, but in China I think that we did not put the Chinese word for rivers all around.
Wouldn't writing "Kizilirmak" break that rule ?
Is calling it "River Kizil" that weird ? Then, writing "Kizil" on it, being a river, is it so much weird ?

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3) In Turkish spelling of Dedagach, we do not use the last 'h'.

Where is that ? Is it Dedeagach in Greece ?

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Oh, and of course, in 1940, there was no ancient city of Antioch but a city very close to it: Antakya.

On my 1935 map, this city is labelled "Antioche (Antakya)", and on my 1944 map it is labelled "Antakya (Antioche)". What is best ?

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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/20/2011 9:42:25 PM   
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On my 1935 & 1944 maps, Scutari is Üsküdar. From Wikipedia US article Scutari seems to be the medieval name of that place.
But from this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_exonyms, Scutari looks like it is the correct English exonym for Üsküdar. So, which one is correct, in English ?


Üsküdar is the correct one. I have never heard an expat to call Üsküdar as SCutari. And in most maps you will find Üsküdar not scudari.

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Well, we tried to write "Euphrates", and not "Euphrates River" on the river names to shorten the name. Well, in Sweden we added back "River" for "Lule River" instead of "Lule", I don't remember why, but in China I think that we did not put the Chinese word for rivers all around.
Wouldn't writing "Kizilirmak" break that rule ?
Is calling it "River Kizil" that weird ? Then, writing "Kizil" on it, being a river, is it so much weird ?


If it was Euphrates or any other river, it would be totally fine. No need to call it "euphrates river". But as I mentioned, the word Kizilirmak is regarded as a single word. So it is really weird to shorten the name. And more importantly, if one tries to google the word kizil to see the photos of the river, she will most probably fail to see one. So, on this point, I urge you to change the name to Kizilirmak.

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3) In Turkish spelling of Dedagach, we do not use the last 'h'.

Where is that ? Is it Dedeagach in Greece ?

It was. After the Greco-Turkish war in the early 1920s, it was given to Turkey as a war reparations. It is now a border town. But herei I am surprised the mentioning of this town on the map. Why not a big and significant city like Edirne (aka Adrianapolis) but Dedeagac?

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On my 1935 map, this city is labelled "Antioche (Antakya)", and on my 1944 map it is labelled "Antakya (Antioche)". What is best ?


I would go for the latter but it does not actually matter.

hope these comments help to your efforts.

best.


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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/20/2011 10:04:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		From the first items, I've decided to make the following changes :

Rename Scudari as Üsküdar.
Rename Antioche as Antakya.
Rename Kizil as Kizilirmak.

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3) In Turkish spelling of Dedagach, we do not use the last 'h'.

Where is that ? Is it Dedeagach in Greece ?

It was. After the Greco-Turkish war in the early 1920s, it was given to Turkey as a war reparations. It is now a border town. But herei I am surprised the mentioning of this town on the map. Why not a big and significant city like Edirne (aka Adrianapolis) but Dedeagac?

Well, not that I would like to lighten a Greeco-Turkish argument, but what I read tell me the the city was Greek during WW2, at least before Bulgaria invaded, and was named Alexandroupolis, so I'd rather name it like that.

As to why I did put the name on the map, it was just because it was the large town of that hex.

Edirne was put on the map, on the hex NE of there, in Turkey, on the Istanbul-Sofia railway.



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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/20/2011 10:09:41 PM   
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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/21/2011 8:25:13 AM   
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Well, not that I would like to lighten a Greeco-Turkish argument, but what I read tell me the the city was Greek during WW2, at least before Bulgaria invaded, and was named Alexandroupolis, so I'd rather name it like that.

As to why I did put the name on the map, it was just because it was the large town of that hex.

Edirne was put on the map, on the hex NE of there, in Turkey, on the Istanbul-Sofia railway.


You are right about dedeagac. Thanks to wikipedia, I realized that the town that was given as war reparations was karaagac (close to Edirne), not dedagac. Sorry for that.

Btw, if the town belongs to greece, it should be on the west of the Meric (Maritsa) river. So, you might consider moving the name of the town a little bit to the left so that it will look like being on the left side of the river.


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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/21/2011 10:49:46 AM   
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On my 1935 & 1944 maps, Scutari is Üsküdar. From Wikipedia US article Scutari seems to be the medieval name of that place.
But from this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_exonyms, Scutari looks like it is the correct English exonym for Üsküdar. So, which one is correct, in English ?


Üsküdar is the correct one. I have never heard an expat to call Üsküdar as SCutari. And in most maps you will find Üsküdar not scudari.

About Scutari, Harry Rowland replied to me that the naval base of Scutari was a naval base in the Crimean war and WWI.
Is he aluding to that : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutari_Barracks
Do you know the place named as Scutari in reference for that naval base during WW2 ?

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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/21/2011 10:52:18 AM   
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Here is a current screen shot (before Patrice's changes).

Here is the area after the changes.




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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/21/2011 11:42:30 AM   
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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/21/2011 12:19:18 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Froonp
On my 1935 & 1944 maps, Scutari is Üsküdar. From Wikipedia US article Scutari seems to be the medieval name of that place.
But from this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_exonyms, Scutari looks like it is the correct English exonym for Üsküdar. So, which one is correct, in English ?


Üsküdar is the correct one. I have never heard an expat to call Üsküdar as SCutari. And in most maps you will find Üsküdar not scudari.

About Scutari, Harry Rowland replied to me that the naval base of Scutari was a naval base in the Crimean war and WWI.
Is he aluding to that : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutari_Barracks
Do you know the place named as Scutari in reference for that naval base during WW2 ?


hmm, did not know that in English 'Scutari barracks' is used as well as the 'Selimiye Barracks' ('Selimiye' for the building is initially built during the reign of sultan Selim III) to name that building.

But as is written in the wikipedia entry, in the republican period Selimiye Barracks were mostly used for non-military purposes. It has been re-used by the Turkish military only after 1950's.

Checked the web page of Turkish military forces, no info there. But relying on a few forum entries and Turkish wikipedia page of Selimiye Barracks, I am almost sure that there was no naval base in Selimiye (Scutari) Barracks during WW2.

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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/21/2011 1:47:51 PM   
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Might I suggest moving it to one of the threads under this link.

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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/22/2011 7:29:44 PM   
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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/22/2011 8:58:56 PM   
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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/22/2011 9:08:01 PM   
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In 'Facts about Portugal. bullet point 'Capitol' should read 'Capital'. Thanks for all the information that has been coming out about the game, you don't often see developers being this open about their work. Never played the board game, but very interested in this title.

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Isn't this the US spelling? I think the use of US or English English is dependent upon the author for that unit. The naval write-ups for example are all English English.

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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/22/2011 9:50:27 PM   
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In 'Facts about Portugal. bullet point 'Capitol' should read 'Capital'. Thanks for all the information that has been coming out about the game, you don't often see developers being this open about their work. Never played the board game, but very interested in this title.

Warspite1

Isn't this the US spelling? I think the use of US or English English is dependent upon the author for that unit. The naval write-ups for example are all English English.

Rob, I'm trying to standardize (standardise?) the Land Unit write-ups to American English, but sometimes I get mixed up. When I do the full proof, I'll have my dictionary open in front of me.

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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/22/2011 9:55:33 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Rasputitsa

In 'Facts about Portugal. bullet point 'Capitol' should read 'Capital'. Thanks for all the information that has been coming out about the game, you don't often see developers being this open about their work. Never played the board game, but very interested in this title.

Warspite1

Isn't this the US spelling? I think the use of US or English English is dependent upon the author for that unit. The naval write-ups for example are all English English.

Rob, I'm trying to standardize (standardise?) the Land Unit write-ups to American English, but sometimes I get mixed up. When I do the full proof, I'll have my dictionary open in front of me.

Warspite1

Okay Aaron. In the interests of standardisation I'm happy for you to change any Land Units that I have contributed to, in whatever way you think fit.

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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/22/2011 10:06:58 PM   
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In 'Facts about Portugal. bullet point 'Capitol' should read 'Capital'. Thanks for all the information that has been coming out about the game, you don't often see developers being this open about their work. Never played the board game, but very interested in this title.

Warspite1

Isn't this the US spelling? I think the use of US or English English is dependent upon the author for that unit. The naval write-ups for example are all English English.

Rob, I'm trying to standardize (standardise?) the Land Unit write-ups to American English, but sometimes I get mixed up. When I do the full proof, I'll have my dictionary open in front of me.

Warspite1

Okay Aaron. In the interests of standardisation I'm happy for you to change any Land Units that I have contributed to, in whatever way you think fit.

WHAT?!?!?
You mean I'm not supposed to chop up your Naval write-ups???
But I've already done them all!!!
Just teasing. You know my rule about those. Nothing but typos get changed without talking to you first.
Actually, I don't think I've had to change any of your land write-ups. So far I've only changed headers, and mostly that means adding credit and turning abbreviations into real words (INF = Infantry), but thanks for the consent.
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Edit: Speaking of typos . . .

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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/22/2011 10:15:16 PM   
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In 'Facts about Portugal. bullet point 'Capitol' should read 'Capital'. Thanks for all the information that has been coming out about the game, you don't often see developers being this open about their work. Never played the board game, but very interested in this title.

Warspite1

Isn't this the US spelling? I think the use of US or English English is dependent upon the author for that unit. The naval write-ups for example are all English English.

Rob, I'm trying to standardize (standardise?) the Land Unit write-ups to American English, but sometimes I get mixed up. When I do the full proof, I'll have my dictionary open in front of me.

Warspite1

Okay Aaron. In the interests of standardisation I'm happy for you to change any Land Units that I have contributed to, in whatever way you think fit.

WHAT?!?!?
You mean I'm not supposed to chop up your Naval write-ups???
But I've already done them all!!!
Just teasing. You know my rule about those. Nothing but typos get changed without talking to you first.
Actually, I don't think I've had to change any of your land write-ups. So far I've only changed headers, and mostly that means adding credit and turning abbreviations into real words (INF = Infantry), but thanks for the consent.
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Aaron, where are you getting all the time for this proof reading anyway - from what I can see you are doing a ton of Beta testing, while learning the rules to the game.... and still fitting in this other stuff .

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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/22/2011 10:25:38 PM   
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In 'Facts about Portugal. bullet point 'Capitol' should read 'Capital'. Thanks for all the information that has been coming out about the game, you don't often see developers being this open about their work. Never played the board game, but very interested in this title.

Warspite1

Isn't this the US spelling? I think the use of US or English English is dependent upon the author for that unit. The naval write-ups for example are all English English.

Rob, I'm trying to standardize (standardise?) the Land Unit write-ups to American English, but sometimes I get mixed up. When I do the full proof, I'll have my dictionary open in front of me.

Warspite1

Okay Aaron. In the interests of standardisation I'm happy for you to change any Land Units that I have contributed to, in whatever way you think fit.

WHAT?!?!?
You mean I'm not supposed to chop up your Naval write-ups???
But I've already done them all!!!
Just teasing. You know my rule about those. Nothing but typos get changed without talking to you first.
Actually, I don't think I've had to change any of your land write-ups. So far I've only changed headers, and mostly that means adding credit and turning abbreviations into real words (INF = Infantry), but thanks for the consent.
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Edit: Speaking of typos . . .

Warspite1



Aaron, where are you getting all the time for this proof reading anyway - from what I can see you are doing a ton of Beta testing, while learning the rules to the game.... and still fitting in this other stuff .

Three answers to your question:
1. I sleep about 4-5 hours each day, no more
2. I'm on permanent disability, so I don't work a "real" job
3. It's a lot of fun for me, even the proofreading and other tasks that might seem tedious

It also helps that my closest friends are in far off lands, either due to work or doctoral field research.
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Edit: Also, I'm not married, and don't expect to be anytime soon.

< Message edited by Red Prince -- 5/22/2011 10:42:17 PM >

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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/23/2011 12:10:28 AM   
Shannon V. OKeets

 

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After reading through all these in-depth unit descriptions it occurred to me that this game could also be marketed as an "encyclopedia" of the units of WW-II and to folks who have an interest in the history of WW-II but aren't, and will never be, wargamers.  Has any thought been given to that marketing slant?


So far I have just drifted this possibility past Matrix Games. I think my last phone conversation, where I quoted Aaron's figure of 2100 pages of unit writeups, surprised them.

But really, getting the game done is just about my exclusive focus these days.

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RE: Unit Descriptions: Air, Naval, Land - 5/23/2011 12:22:36 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Red Prince

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ORIGINAL: Red Prince


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ORIGINAL: warspite1


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ORIGINAL: Rasputitsa

In 'Facts about Portugal. bullet point 'Capitol' should read 'Capital'. Thanks for all the information that has been coming out about the game, you don't often see developers being this open about their work. Never played the board game, but very interested in this title.

Warspite1

Isn't this the US spelling? I think the use of US or English English is dependent upon the author for that unit. The naval write-ups for example are all English English.

Rob, I'm trying to standardize (standardise?) the Land Unit write-ups to American English, but sometimes I get mixed up. When I do the full proof, I'll have my dictionary open in front of me.

Warspite1

Okay Aaron. In the interests of standardisation I'm happy for you to change any Land Units that I have contributed to, in whatever way you think fit.

WHAT?!?!?
You mean I'm not supposed to chop up your Naval write-ups???
But I've already done them all!!!
Just teasing. You know my rule about those. Nothing but typos get changed without talking to you first.
Actually, I don't think I've had to change any of your land write-ups. So far I've only changed headers, and mostly that means adding credit and turning abbreviations into real words (INF = Infantry), but thanks for the consent.
-----
Edit: Speaking of typos . . .

Warspite1



Aaron, where are you getting all the time for this proof reading anyway - from what I can see you are doing a ton of Beta testing, while learning the rules to the game.... and still fitting in this other stuff .

Three answers to your question:
1. I sleep about 4-5 hours each day, no more
2. I'm on permanent disability, so I don't work a "real" job
3. It's a lot of fun for me, even the proofreading and other tasks that might seem tedious

It also helps that my closest friends are in far off lands, either due to work or doctoral field research.
-----
Edit: Also, I'm not married, and don't expect to be anytime soon.



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