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I was at the pre gathering Friday night. I was surprised by the new point system. It led to many different angles of attack, and forced players to play aggressively. So, I thought it was great. I'm not a tournament style player and not hard core like many, but it was IMHO a improvement. The battlesh...

Because if it was true, just from the reponses from all the politican and lawyers around the world the cat population would have been wiped out long ago...

Oddman's post about keeping it simple, with other thoughts and reactions from Krieghund and IL, got me thinking about all these different ideas. I think we all agree that we want AAR with a deeper strategy, we just disagree on what that means and how to achieve it. Some want more unit, and while I t...

Differentiating by country seems needlessly complex to me. The German tanks were better, granted, but the Allies simply had more. It's just a question of resource allocation. On a strategic scale, the commitment is about equal. Same with German vs Russian infantry: sure, the germans were better tra...

The tech tree is the weakest aspect of A&AR. It results seem extreme. While I like NA to a point, I would prefer a marriage of both systems into one. Why can't National advantage be part of the tech tree itself? Example tech advances for armor may be a +1 defence. The german army could start the gam...

To IL: No amount of words or agruements, can cover up bad manners. Since you clearly do not understand how rude you are, I will not address your comments, which are in many cases when ON TOPIC are quite good. As my father told me "never agrue with a crazy man". I believe many here want to turn what ...

IL wrote: Yes but Artillery units are "inside" of infantry/armor units and yet artillery pieces got their own mold. Anti- Aircraft guns got a mold and no nation had divisions of these guns just set up for anti air combat. If you noticed I did state that artillery represented the large divisions of ...

I have to respectfully disagree. New playing pieces, do not advance the game. It adds really nothing to the game except more of the same. I prefer instead to hone in on the things that can make the player think in a more strategic manner. Maybe I'm just not smart enough, but I do not see how more pl...