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The subsequent diplomacy phase brings interesting news: Turkey opens the Dardanelles to the Central Powers and swings two notches in favor of the CPs, nullified by swinging three points for the Allies On the other hand, Italy moves two bits closer to the Entente, but that's more than evened out by a...

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The events phase kicks off with the announcement of what warplans and opening options have been chosen. The Germans are going for the Schlieffen Plan: http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9504/004xj7.jpg The also chose the Option Fleet Sortie in case Britain goes to war. The Austrians go with the Prin...

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The events phase kicks off with the announcement of what warplans and opening options have been chosen. The Germans are going for the Schlieffen Plan: http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9504/004xj7.jpg The also chose the Option Fleet Sortie in case Britain goes to war. The Austrians go with the Prin...

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Ok, mastered the tutorials, read a bit on the boards, tinkered a bit with the game and decided that it's time for my first real game where I try to pick it up on the go. I acknowledge that V104b is not yet perfect, that the AI probably needs polishing (as does the game on the whole), but I think the...

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I think it would be nice if there's a way if you have the max of ten cards and have to pick two you get to pick which two to discard (either newly picked ones or ones from the hand). On the other hand it's a nice thing if you sometimes have to play events even though relatively useless to free up sp...

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Ah, good to know. And thanks for pointing to the Modding}DB folder, loads of useful stuff in there.

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calvinus wrote:Yes, it's correct.

So you can for example three War Economy changes and they will *all* be executed (if you're lucky)?

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calvinus, I think the question is not why there are impassable areas, but why there is an army in an impassable area in that scenario.

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Sean E wrote:Even though one contains an Austrian army, making it unmoveable?

Given Conrad von Hötzendorf's record as commander of the Austro-Hungarian army - are you surprised?

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Just chiming in that I really like the selection of music for this game. The English music hall songs are a very nice addition, too bad they didn't have digital recording back in the day. ;) And I love the Italian choirs. However, did "Under the Double Eagle" have to be included three times? I enjoy...

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Speaking of which, LIFE magazine has made its picture archive public, ranging from he 1860s through the 1970s.

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World War One is hardly at all remembered in Germany, for what it's worth. Mostly because the Third Reich towers immenselsy above anything else in German history. I doubt many Germans could tell you much about The Great War except the years and that we had a Kaiser. And that there were trenches. The...

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I am currently reading 1914 - 1918 by David Stevenson. It's a rather complete book, first giving a general overview, and then tearing into specific topics (economy, motivation/manpower, tactics/technology etc.). It's more exhaustive than Keegan (ca. 600 pages without appendix, 40 lines/page). I also...

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PhilThib wrote:For sure, but we would need a good scenario, story, and universe...

A Babylon 5 wargame with scenarios for Narn/Centauri War, Earth-Minbari War, and the big one: Shadow War.

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runyan99 wrote:Under what hypothetical situation would the Central Powers have won the war?

Italy beeing wooed to fight for Central Powers, not the Entente? Austria gets relieved of one bloody front while France faces a second in the south.

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Greatly looking forward to this one. I enjoyed Guns of August very much, am greatly interested in The Great War (which is sadly underrepresented in the computer wargaming arena) and await this game eagerly.

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The score is a fucking joke. The game deserved a 6.2/10 exactly how? In the good old days games did not get a lower score just because they were hard. It would have been enough if he had given a warning that this is really difficult game. Everyone who reads this should head over and write a comment...

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I am also puzzled how to translate VON to German: "Eitel Ruhm der Nationen", "Ruhm und Eitelkeit der Nationen" .. all sounds stupid to me. Much better sounding would be "Für Ruhm und Vaterland", but like "Blut und Eisen" it suggests a game from the Prussian / German perspective - which is not corre...

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The era saw the formation of nation states (Germany, Italy, Balkans) and the building of global Empires: "Nations and Empires" Many European nations (most notably England and Germany) found themselves destined to lead the world into a better, glorious future: "Destiny of Empire" "Destiny of Glory" "...

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DennyWright wrote:Well, Birth of...something.

Birth of the Modern World?

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Well deservedly!

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Frohe Weihnachten!

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Have you guys (and gals) at Ageod ever thought about doing something with the wars of the 19th century, such as the Austro-Prussian, Franco-Prussian, numerous Russo-Turkey Wars, among others? It seems the scale you have for both the ACW and Napoleon's Campaigns is perfectly suited to this badly neg...

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For some light relief can anyone name the only decent Christmas songs that have not already been posted? Not really light relief, but I have come to love Transsiberian Orchestra's Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 (though I find it bettwer without the video). :p And you weren't referring to Twelve Days ...

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I wanted to start the Russo-Swedish War with a friend, but the TRN he sent also complains about my password being wrong. I tried it with my "normal" password, plus an empty password, and without turn compression.

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Hmmm... that note of yours piqued my interest. Is there a place at AGEOD where one can apply to be considered as a beta tester? I have done a fair amount over time, mostly with productivity applications. Indeed I would be curious, too. I betaed Vicky (pleeease don't hold it against me :p ), and wou...

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To each their own, I guess.

Negative reviews do have to advantage of making you think about a few things you probably didn't notice yourself.

Also, kudos for posting the link - other game companies are a little more, shall we say: "selective" in the reviews they link and quote.

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A very interesting read is also The Mammoth Book of Soldiers at War: Firsthand Accounts of Warfare from the Age of Napoleon (the title says it all). It gives a rather good view into the life of the average soldier or officer. The funniest bit is probably the letters of an old American gramps fightin...

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Pak43 wrote:Try here...
http://www.abebooks.co.uk/

I got my copy of Chandler's through Abebooks a couple years ago for ~60 EUR from UK. It was in prime condition and hardcover, though.

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Chandler's "Campaigns of Napoleon" looks daunting, but is an easy read. It is an excellent book! Anyone who says there is a better Napoleonic History book, I will seriously fight you. Agreed. Also check "Cassell Military Paperbacks". I have Duffy's Borodino 1812 and Austerlitz 1805 - both good read...

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