TOAW questions

[Bigwig]

Seems like the game does not promote totally defensive or offensive tatics but a mixture of both. Is this true in all scenarios?

Here's a simple trick - when out start a scenario, check the situation report. That's the magnifying glass icon on the big pallet. On the bottom it will tell you how many VP you have out of how many possible, and what level of victory or defeat this represents.

If you are at an overwhelming defeat, you need to try and get as many VP hexes as possible. If you are at an overwhelming victory, you can just hang on to what you have. If it is somewhere in between, modulate your efforts accordingly. And keep checking this, and the amount of turns left, throughout the scenario. Seriously, this seems simple, but I've lost games where I was doing very well because I was too laid back about grabbing VP hexes.

Tactically, I do find TOAW rewards agressive play, even for the defender. But that's another issue entirely.