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Hubert I just wanted to add my thanks to you as well for this patch, and for the game in general. I truley love this game you have created. There realy is nothing else quite like it out there. I've had it since Jan and it has already become one of my all time favorits. There will always be a spot for SC on my HD. Thanks Again!

Does that mean we're getting another patch after the one in beta now or will the improved graphics be included in the beta currently testing now when it goes gold

xwormwood I think thats a great idea! It would make a great game even better. Over the past months there have been tons of great ideas on how to improve SC most however change the game so fundamently that they can't be incorporated in game and are thus Ideas to be considered for the hopefully eventual SC2. Your idea however seems on the surface to one that could be incorporated in the game we currently have. ( I could be wrong on that I'm no programer) Anyway if it is possible maybe Hubert could spend a little of his valuable time looking at the possibilty of adding this feature (I know hes very busy ) Like you many of the boardgames I play have random events incorporated into them either by cards or die roll they certinly do add flavor and excitement as well as contribute to replayability Once again great idea I wish I had though of it

LOL that is so true. Ever here this exchange Ted- it's not clear in section 33.04a if you can do that or not Ned- Did you check the 4th edition FAQ Ted- No but I think I may have something on page 3 of the eratta let me check Those really were the days. Another fun thing was checking LOS in ASL with a string, but only after you called the shot! But hey that was all part of the fun plus rule contraversies always afforded that much needed stretch of the legs, bathroom break or what have you. God sometimes we would sit down in the early afternoon break for dinner and before you knew it,it was 2 in the morning. Now I need a nap just to stay up this late. Ah to be young again

Jersey John Thanks for the tip. Just recently I had a game where I had left no units on the soviet frontier. Russia can in sooner than I expected and really caught me with my pants down.I had no idea untill now that my pulling those units affected Russias readyness.*sigh* Still so much to learn. BTW great stuff you've been putting up about Neutrals and Minors.

Konstatin Thank you kindly. I guesse I'll have to make quick work of France, Denmark and the Low countries if I want to get set up how Ide like to in the east before 7/14/40!

I've got a quick question about Russia and the Baltic States. Is there a set date that Russia will annex the Baltic States I missed it if it was in the Rules doc. Ide like to try invadeing the baltic states before takeing on russia. Ive noticed that russias war % goes through the roof when ger. invades the Baltic States (makes sence to me) any way if there were a set date for russian annexation I could plan to attack right before it occures thus allowing me the most time to prepare for my russian offensive. Thanks

BriantheWise Thanks and no hard feelings. I finally beat the Axis. It was a strange game though I had it set beginner, 0 bonus, neutral minors, random russia. I invaded Siclay before the fall of france bringing Italy in early and a strange thing happened the axis took paris with a Italian unit thus giving Italy the French plunder and income. This changed everything. With no Axis minors and Italy takeing France instead of Germany I was able to win by late 44. It was a wild ride. I'm now feel ready to increase the difficulty a bit and add the minors back in however,I still feel I'm not ready to take on a human yet.It will probaly take a few more games to really get my feet wet. I look forward to takeing you up on your offer of a game and any tip or pointers you may have to offer after I'm a little more aclimated with the game. I turned my friend who I tabletop with on to this game and were going to try a hotseat game next time we get togeather. Thanks for the encouagement this is a great board and I'll definatly be sticking around.

BRIANTHEWISE Wow that is pretty harsh. I suppose I may be comming off as criticising the game but thats really not my intention. After only 4 times playing I allready love this game. Also by stateing the flaws in the AI play while at the same time aknowdlgeing that I have yet to beat it playing the allies was me being humble and not intended to come off as whiny.My goal is to beat the Axis in the original 1939 patched scenario(not in one of the more evenly matched 1939 mods that are out there) when I can do this I feel I'll then be ready to take on Human opponents.You apear to be a far more compentent player than I as you've stated that you can beat the Axis easily on the hardest setting. Maybe my brains gone soft from too much RTS play and not enuf real stratigic play and thats why I am struggling right now. The only real stratigic gameing I've been able to do latley is a once a month game of Paths of Glory with my one gameing buddy as our other commitments and schedules don't permit for more that that right now and Paths of Glory plays a lot different that SC so maybe I'm in the wrong mind set Oh well Im rambling now that all.

JERSEY JOHN thanks for the input but axis strat from 39 isn't the problem it's playing as the allies thats killing me. the Axis AI is not very agressive in both the games I've played all it does is take the low countries denmark and france then when Italy joins it takes Yugo then after a turn or two of build up it goes after russia. It dosent even bother with Nor,Swe or greece but its dosent seem to have to, the plunder and subsaquent income from those conquests alone allow it to overwhelm me with numbers and eventual win. Its lack of agression makes for long games both times I played the allies the games lasted till May of 47 at which time the games ended and the axis was given the wins even though the UK and US were both still in the game. The Ai is tacticaly foolish and quite passive at times but the fact that its an economic powerhouse makes up for it. I just cant match the amount of units that gre and ita can throw at me eventualy they wear me down I lose expensive units like air fleets and tank groups and it takes me turns and turns to save up and replace them I'm just starting my 4th game now 3rd as the allies and plan on trying some things in the med to maybe keep italy from pumping all its units into russia.I dont start with much to work with down there so it should be interesting. Btw Ide just like to tell you your knowledge of History is quite impressive i've followed several threads where you have made many execlent posts the" what if "thread most recently has some execlent stuff in it by you ranging from aztecs to rome. I've read many a history tome myself and minored in it in college you sound like the kind of guy I could sit around with a six pack and talk history with for hours. you are one of the people, and there are a few others out there to that make this a great forum not just for SC but for hisory in general

I agree the allies are a a great economic disadvantage and while not historical they need to generate more mmps from somewhere. I'm currently playing my 3rd game of SC all my games have been 1939 scenario set on beginer with no handicap. In my first game I played the axis and managed to win just before the end of the game. My next game i played allies and *bows head in shame* the comp owned me mostly because I couldn't keep up with the massive amounts of troops the Axis threw at me. They made more of everything and could afford to invest in upgrades while I on the other hand had to save up for several turns to produce units and could not afford to research any up grades. In the game I currently playing now Im in some what the same situation however this time I spent most of englands money on techs ive got leve(5) jets and level(5) industry and still cant afford to match the axis in units. I took spain and port. and with a neutral V-france I have a nice choak point keeping the hun hoard at bay for now however his airforce can and is beating down my forces faster than I can replace them Ive got level (5) tanks with US but only makeing 180 a turn it takes many turn to save up unuf to buy a tank corp. so bascily I'm still screwed and will be going down soon as Russia is on its last leg and it won't be long before theres 10 air fleets hammering me a turn. so here I sit with 17+ years of war gameing experience getting owned again by a lousy AI set on beginer. I'm going to keep plugging way playing the allies untill I can figure out a way to give the Axis a decent game and if I can come up with anything worhwhile ill share it with you guys. also if anyone has come up with something good to do with the allies within the scope of the original patched game no alt scenarios ide be greatful to here about it thanks

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Thanks for your input guys. I have ordered the game and am eagerly awaiting its arrival. This seems like a pretty friendly and thoughtfull gameing board. I'm looking forward to hopefuly makeing some worthwile contrabutions once I get a good handle on the game. just a side note on my posts, while I am college educated I never quite learned to spell real well so pardon my mispellings as the occure

Hi all I'm new to the board and Have a quick question about the quality of the AI in single player mode but first a little about me. I'm in my early 30's and have been tabletop wargameing since my early teens over the years with marrage,job and a child my boardgameing time has been reduced to 1 or 2 times a month with some friends now also in my situation. some of the games we currently play are We the people, Paths of glory, Hannible, Battle Cry and the new starfleet battles cardgame. Back in our prime gameing years we played games like ASL, Diplomacy,SFB and R3R for reasons stated above our gameing has by necessity become more beer&pretzelish. anyway. The majority of my gameing is now done on the PC where I mostly play rts because with the exception of A&A and the new medieval total war I have found very few good turnbased grand strat games. Imagen my excitemant when i heard battlefront was makeing a turnbased grand strat game.This company did such a good job with combat mission( did my old ASL heart good when it came out ) that I was looking forward to the release of SC. Things came up however and I am only now trying out the game and evaulating as to whether to order it Which brings me to my question about the AI I have read in several reviews that the AI is not very good and the game is more suited to multiplayer. I was just wondering how you guys that have been playing a while feel as I will be primarily playing single player and am looking to be at least somewhat challenged. ( I do understand that nothing compares to the challenge of a human oppenent ) I'm just wonerding how challengeing is it as computer games go. Sorry this is so long Thanks in advance for any and all of your good opinions