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ORIGINAL: Sarge

Here is screen shot of the game that would wreck all of our social interaction

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ORIGINAL: EricGuitarJames

It would be great RB. We discussed adding a campaign 'feature' to the next of the AA series but we ran into a couple of problems. Firstly, the sheer computing power required to run a campaign in 'real-time' is absolutely enormous! Secondly, although you can have a series of 'linked' battles as a way of getting around this, it makes it very linear and, imho, very unrealistic in the context of WW2. I know for others this is less of a problem.

I agree with what you say about CM, nowadays I only play online where the interaction with a good opponent is almost as much fun as the gameplay itself.

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ORIGINAL: Joe 98

In spite of the joke, I have had a dream for years.

In playing a operational game such as BIN ot TAOW or Avalon Hill's - Crusader/Stalingrad/America Invades. In each hex there is a battle and the outcome is based on a whole series of variables.

Imagine instead, you are transported to a game of Close Combat to play out the result at a tactical level, then transported back to the operational level.

In paractical terms, it would take waaaay tooooo long just to to play the campaign. Has anybody completed a PBEM game of the WITP campaign scenario?

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ORIGINAL: hank



But, the reason I included Joe's comment is because that's my dream too. I would like to play a BiN type of game to make my decisions and commands; then hit a button to zoom into a view like you get with Rome Total War to watch the battle unfold. That would be awesome. ... and have the control to rotate, zoom, pan like in the old game, Ground Control, to see what's happening. I don't really want to be forced to command every battalion or company; I would rather the AI do the detailed work ... sort of how Highway to the Reich is ... which I also play.

For me that would be the ultimate war game.

hank

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ORIGINAL: KG Erwin

Now, if one were to combine an operational -level game such as Korsun Pocket or TAO with tactical combat like CM or SPWaW, then this is closer to doable. The individual combats could be scaled-down proportionately to the forces involved in the tactical combat, a variation on the Rome/Medieval Total War system. In other words, a Panzer Regiment would be only a platoon for tactical resolution. It would still be abstract, but possible.

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Basically think quickly of the Axis & Allies RTS

Nelson stood on deck and observed as the last of the Spanish fleets sank below the waves…