Attn Mindfield

[Greybeard]

Hello All,

I was pretty stoked after winning/drawing my first souple of games of H2H/WAW.. and then I moved to try a game with Hawks in MBT.

I was unprepared for the slaughter.. I think he lost maybe 5 or 6 units, and cleaned me out to the last man.. and then he apologized for hammering me so badly..

lesson learned.. and he taught me alot in the process.. by the 3rd game that we played, I actually finished with some combat units on the map and held a couple of flags..and I began to enjoy the features of WW2/MBT so much over H2H/WAW that I now hardly ever play a WAW based game..

I find teaching the game, explaining basics, and just general conversation to be the most enjoyable part..

Oh, and did I say anything about having been a board wargame nutter since I was 15 years old - Panzerblitz was the first (I think I still have a copy) with Squad Leader as my all-time favorite.. so similar to SP in many repsects.

;)

I think the general observation is correct.. too many kids/people now-days are looking for instant results, and RTS games are so similar.. teaching players how to react, rather than plan and think things out..

In SP some reacting to your opponents actions is to be expected, but if you find that you are doing little 'acting' and alot of 'reacting' then your plan has gone down the crapper, and it's time to regroup, and make a change..

j2D.. you hang in there, and post your questions.. I agree with grumbler, the game set can be a suprise in today's world of X-box mania.. it is far more complex than when you last played not many years ago, and the MBT/WW2 games of today are a far cry from SSI's original creations.

the blitz is a good community.. and no matter how silly one might think a question might be, IMHO, it's far more silly to never ask the question.. nobody here will scream 'knucklehead'..

The blitz home page says it all:

Mission: To help the rookies, connect the regulars and honor the hardcore!

We all started at a beginning point

Best Regards

Greybeard