Pat O Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Please tell me I am not the only person who does this. I know the game you can pause but I need a real world medium to help plan my missions. The Op orders for scenarios are great but they are more like a WARNO, you have to come up with one for each piece. I think I spend more time planning than I do playing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat O Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 Yeah so I double posted this topic Unsure how I did that. This one Is the one that needs to be kept 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzersaurkrautwerfer Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I don't go quite as far as you do, but I'll often do out doodles and ponder troops to task sort of exercises when I'm out and about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat O Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 So I am weird. Great. I use the dry board because its right next to the pc I suffered a pretty bad head injury in 2006 so I have to use lists post its and visual aides like crazy to keep up with a plan bigger than a few moves. Plus you can't drop graphics in the game engine. With three kids and my work schedule I don't get to ussually play a single game uninterrupted so It helps me stay on track. Do you guys write down any initial strategy key points? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzersaurkrautwerfer Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Nothing wrong with being weird. I compulsively rename units in QB after units I'd been assigned to. I like keeping a timeline though. It keeps me on track if I'm 23 minutes in, and I really need to start accepting risk vs making ultra sure every Russian is dead on objective A. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 LOL that is definitely the bland end of weird. When you tell me you have to wear a helmet and play in your military skivvies with socks I wii start to wonder. Game aids to help track things, nah. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Placebo Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I might have to start doing this, like you with other stuff going on if i leave a save game for too long i forget the current situation & my battle plan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I do keep a hatchet ready in case thing go wrong and I need to cut the power cords. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASL Veteran Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 That looks very similar to my impression of what Bil Hardenberger's war room looks like. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 That looks very similar to my impression of what Bil Hardenberger's war room looks like. Nah, mine has canvas sides and I use grease pencils on acetate overlays Good job Pat O, you are definitely not weird for concentrating on planning, I think many of us love the game for the simple fact that taking this kind of care with our planning and analysis can really pay dividends in the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agusto Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 (edited) Please tell me I am not the only person who does this. I know the game you can pause but I need a real world medium to help plan my missions. The Op orders for scenarios are great but they are more like a WARNO, you have to come up with one for each piece. I think I spend more time planning than I do playing. FullSizeRender (1).jpg I draw plans like that when i am making scenarios. One time i was making a map and i had my whole desk full of printed out maps and satelite images of a military base in Syria, with lots of tactical symbols drawn on them. I thought if my one of my coresidents sees that, they might report me to the authorities out of fear i might be going on Jihad to the Middle East . EDIT: That' s the base. I had several maps of it printed out and also a hand drawn tactical map on a DIN A3 paper. http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.122069&lon=36.892648&z=15&m=b Hand drawn maps are great when making AI plans, really. It helps a lot with keeping the coordination of the different groups in mind and reduces the amount of testing that is required. Edited May 26, 2015 by agusto 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I draw plans like that when i am making scenarios. Yep, same. When I play I usually just take down written notes in the notes field of Whose Turn Is It? (which is my turn management program). One time i was making a map and i had my whole desk full of printed out maps and satelite images of a military base in Syria, with lots of tactical symbols drawn on them. I thought if my one of my coresidents sees that, they might report me to the authorities out of fear i might be going on Jihad to the Middle East . LOL good thing no one came and knocked on your door then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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