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meyerg -> Russia is hard to play (11/7/2004 6:55:48 AM)
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Russia is one of the toughest countries to play. They are not as vulnerable as people think. Now, the 2d10 combat system with modifiers can make it tougher. To successfully attack Russia, you only have to spot one major mistake, but to successfully defend Russia, you only need make no major mistakes. Which is easier?
Finally, Harry Rowland is an above average player, but one of his published defense of Russia allowed Germany to crack the river line in the south on impulse one with paradrop assisted blitzkriegs. In the Australian vs American Wif match he failed to take out Denmark as Germany and only incompetent allied play let Denmark fall at all.
I do not think you should take Harry as the final authority on strategy (although he is quite good). I have watched Alan Emerick toasted many times trying to defend Russia in Totaller Krieg, an excellent game he designed.
Finally, optional rules should can be added to benifit Russia. These are all my humble opinions.
greg
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