I would add, i come from playing Panzer Campaigns. Maybe i'm used to acting like a bull in a china shop? I dunno
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| Author: | Tony Hernandez [ Tue Feb 04, 2025 5:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | I absolutely SUCK. Please help! :-( |
Guys. I’ve played the Getting Started Scenario and Hougoumont Historical (Waterloo). I like Hougoumont H ‘cause it’s only 10 turns. Also, getting into the famous castle is a good time limit. Should i try something else to whet my bayonet? Like the title says, i suck. Everything out there is either a firehose or it’s a “Click here to start”. Even the introductory posts are too much! I just want a solid foundation that i can build on. The Getting Started Scenario even says to fire in column ‘cause it’s powerful. But i thought you want to be in line formation? Do i break up my light infantry into skirmishers and have them become cannon fodder? But then i lose TONS of men and VPs. I get that i have to play and learn by getting my hand burned. “Okay, Tony. Don’t fire uphill into a stack that’s in an orchard.” But are there ANY basics on how to advance without it always saying “Advantage Defender”? I can’t even find a YouTube video that just shows me what are the common sense things i should do. I would love a, “Make sure you do 1, then 2, then 3,” post. I just want to be a LITTLE competent without getting destroyed every game. I try different things, but the Allies offer me a plate and i see that my ass is always on it! lol If there is a post, or link, please, let me know! I’m tired of dying! |
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| Author: | Tony Hernandez [ Tue Feb 04, 2025 5:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I absolutely SUCK. Please help! :-( |
I would add, i come from playing Panzer Campaigns. Maybe i'm used to acting like a bull in a china shop? I dunno
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| Author: | Christian Hecht [ Tue Feb 04, 2025 6:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I absolutely SUCK. Please help! :-( |
Not sure if we have something really compact out there because this engine is just more complicated then most other Tiller engines, that is why any explanations are usually rather large. For example the introduction to this series, originally a post post blog on WDS, here as a 95 pages pdf: https://wargameds.s3.amazonaws.com/down ... attles.pdf There are also videos by WDS but then again taking them all you got a lot to watch: https://www.youtube.com/@wargamedesignstudio4166/videos In the end for the latest patch level with the new OR that allows pushing skirmishers there is surely no other way then trying it out. |
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| Author: | Tony Hernandez [ Tue Feb 04, 2025 7:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I absolutely SUCK. Please help! :-( |
| Author: | Tony Hernandez [ Thu Feb 06, 2025 3:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I absolutely SUCK. Please help! :-( |
| Author: | Alexey Tartyshev [ Fri Feb 07, 2025 3:11 am ] |
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Hi Tony, To start with the basics, I think there’s no way around this—you have to read the manual from start to finish. I had extensive experience with this engine over 10 years, but when I returned to NWC after an 8-year absence, I re-read the manual at least three times before things started to settle in my head. Even now, after completing close to a thousand PBEM turns, I still refer to it as I go. This game offers so much depth that it will take time to master. But once you reach a certain level of understanding, and marching, toorps deployment, and actions happen in a controlled way as you planned them, you will enjoy it tremendously. |
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| Author: | Tony Hernandez [ Fri Feb 07, 2025 1:09 pm ] |
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| Author: | Bill Peters [ Fri Feb 07, 2025 6:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I absolutely SUCK. Please help! :-( |
I would stick with playing more field battles to get going with the series. Hougomont was really a bad place to attack. It sucked in the BEST field division that the II Corps had. Might be the best division in the army, aside from the French OG division. I would try playing a similar sized scenario in the game that has less fortifications. An aside: Hougomont sucked me in too when I first played Wellington's Victory by SPI long ago back in the 1970s. Its just a huge "troop magnet." Capturing it was not really necessary in order to win that side of the battle line. Its the same in Austerlitz where you have a chateau on the Allied left. Beating the army is the key in these games. Not taking hard points. |
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| Author: | Andy Moss [ Sat Feb 08, 2025 7:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I absolutely SUCK. Please help! :-( |
Certainly read the manuals and all the material at WDS and here and at the Blitz. If you can bear to. I started with Napoleonics then moved to PzC. Both seem difficult at first. In fact the latter is still difficult for me but I couldn't face reading all that manual. My advice is jump into PBEM and learn as you go along. An understanding opponent will point out where you are going wrong rather than just take advantage of you. |
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| Author: | Nicholas Ferry [ Sat Feb 08, 2025 8:50 am ] |
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Care for a friendly maneuver game, sir? |
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| Author: | Tony Hernandez [ Sat Feb 08, 2025 10:17 am ] |
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| Author: | Tony Hernandez [ Sat Feb 08, 2025 10:58 am ] |
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| Author: | Tony Hernandez [ Sat Feb 08, 2025 11:04 am ] |
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| Author: | Nicholas Ferry [ Mon Feb 10, 2025 10:43 am ] |
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I can assure you sir, there will be no beating up on, or destroying of any kind. My intention is an instructive maneuver game for the benefit of all of France! |
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| Author: | Tony Hernandez [ Mon Feb 10, 2025 12:35 pm ] |
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