Well, since you haven't taken 3-4 years to play a PZC game, you can't truthfully make that statement.
On the other hand, I may just be stupid!
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<br />From Rich W. "Example: Recently I loaded Minsk 44 from the PZC series. But it's been so long since I last played that series that I'm finding it difficult to catch up on the new rules and play in general."
Au contraire:
One man's burden is another man's treasure I guess. I find the ACW series lacking some essential things for me to ever put it up against the Panzer series which IMHO is NOT hard to figure. The new rules for the Panzer series are NOT hard to figure out at all. If I had to pick one series of the two that was easier to figure it would be the Panzer series. Why? Here is why?
1. ZOC issues: both have a weak ZOC rule but the Panzer series one is simpler to figure out. I had to create a special scenario to figure out all of the different configurations that it takes to ZOC kill a unit in the ACW. In other words for me, how to avoid it. The Panzer series makes it simple. If you have a ZOC around the unit then it cant retreat. There is no rear hex thingie to figure out.
2. Command Control: much simpler for me to figure out. The command test also is easier to understand. The ACW either has or needs the K hot key to be added to help you highlight the command ranges. Its in the menu but if its not there now it needs also to be a hot key.
3. Attacks - MUCH simpler to figure out if you will win an attack or lose it. If the units are disrupted in the Panzer series for the most part they are going to retreat unless ZOC'd and then they take additional losses.
Any day of the week if I was not playing either series I could jump right back into a Panzer game right away and get going. The ACW series has cavalry getting disrupted moving in woods, etc. Lots more in this series for me to remember.
Bill Peters
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