Todd Treadway

One of the features of Gary Grigsby's World at War that I really liked was the supply model. The consumption of supplies and having to plan ahead for their use is really simple in that game, but adds a lot to the experience in that game (playing Axis & Allies might even be my preference if the supply simulation wasn't in that game). By forcing a power to expend resources when it is taking actions, it can effectively limit the forces and employment in a fun way (possibly even preventing some gamey activity). Any thoughts from anyone on whether such a supply system might work with SC?

My vote would be for a retreat rule as well, optional or not. I really liked the way Clash of Steel did it. I guess you could also add in the additional combat randomizers that were in CoS as well (Kampfgruppes, etc.) It was always a bit more entertaining and added some additional randomness.

That's a cool idea.

To help simulate the effects of a blitzkrieg, could units of the defending country have their morale lowered on the first turn of the declaration of war? Any thoughts on this?

I guess what I'm wondering is whether (given competent play on both sides) it will be LIKELY that France will fall in one or two turns if the attack is made in the early summer of 1940.

I'm not an expert like some of you at SC1, but it seemed that there was no mechanism to simulate the French rolling over like they did. This resulted in long, drawn out affairs with much higher casualties than historically occurred. (Granted, like I said I may have been doing something horribly wrong.) Such a feature was implemented in Clash of Steel as the "Blitzkrieg" which would happen in the first clear weather turn of 1940 when the Axis attacked the low countries. The French morale dropped to 30% or so, if I recall. Would such a feature work in SC2 to help France put up the white flag in a more historical manner?

I know the game is designed for 1024x768, but can it somehow be run within a window, rather than fullscreen? I have a widescreen TV I'm using as a monitor, and its highest resolution is 1280 x 700, thus it can't run SC. I can use the S-video connector to display a tv image at 1024x768, but it looks really crappy.