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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Oh, and just so you newbies are not confused, you cannot take the Minnesota out of the Chickenboy who has gotten himself lost somewhere in Texas.

I think CB had to move out of MN because Bullwinkle moved in.

Illinois exiled Bullwinkle to Minnesota because the Cubs would have no chance of ever winning a World Series with him there. As a result, however, Kirby Puckett is in great distress.

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ORIGINAL: HansBolter

Stop trying to use lists to find your units.

While the lists will tell you their location, they provides no context.
You need to review the units in place on the map to understand the context of what they are doing.

Idleness is a relative term.

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ORIGINAL: pavel01

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ORIGINAL: rustysi

Another thing I will suggest here. If you haven't read an AAR it will describe a lot for you and you will get the 'flow' of the game better. I would suggest Mike Solli's since you are playing Japan. Its dead now, but you'll find it on page three of the AAR board. Immense info there that should help newbies' get started, and you'll get a 'real' sense what it takes to tackle this game. Remember its not a 'learning curve' its a 'learning cliff'.[:D]

You mean this one ? Once Again into the Breach - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A)

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ORIGINAL: pavel01

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Your question is a complicated one because there is no easy answer. There's no "Find" box for the game where you can type in "Which units are idle" and - presto - get the exact info in the exact format you're looking for.

As you become accustomed to the GUI (graphical user interface), you'll find ways to find information that you need, though perhaps not everything you wanted. For instance, with regard to "idle" units for Japan at the start of the game, you can click the Ground Units tab on the main Information Screen. Then you can sort the list of ground units in a variety of ways. One way would be to sort for "Preparation" - which shows you what base the unit is prepping for. You can also sort for "mode." Any unit in "move" mode is "walking" somewhere. Units in "strategic mode" may be aboard ship or embarked on a "train," and units in "combat" mode may simply be sitting at a base or in a terrain hex. Those are the ones I think you are most interested in. So you then, manually but relatively efficiently, check each unit in "combat" mode to see what they're doing and what they're prepping for. Then you can issue new orders for the unit.

You can also narrow the filters to only apply to army units or infantry or engineers or HQ or armor, etc.

So it's not necessarily quick and easy to do what you want to do - the GUI is dated and sometimes a bit cumbersome - but as you become accustomed to it, you'll be able to quickly access the kind of information you need to do things.

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ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Oh, and just so you newbies are not confused, you cannot take the Minnesota out of the Chickenboy who has gotten himself lost somewhere in Texas.

I think CB had to move out of MN because Bullwinkle moved in.

Illinois exiled Bullwinkle to Minnesota because the Cubs would have no chance of ever winning a World Series with him there. As a result, however, Kirby Puckett is in great distress.

And also pinin' for the fiords.