POLL: fixed or variable?

[Mad Baron]

It's a game after all. The ''realism'' of fixed or variable turn games is all relative. So was such-and-such a battle just 30 minutes in length, or did it go for 33, or 36..?? Fixed implies a timetable, which often is a part of any real battle. Influencing victory locations is part of the game, regardless of how many turns the game lasts. And I would add that sometimes games are already decided well before the last turn...so I don't particularly care, but prefer the fixed setting.

Optimum realism might be to play battles with the turns set to maximum (120, which is only 2 hours ''real time''), or to play operations with max time limits. But I still personally prefer the fixed setting. Like, ''Hey, you have 25 turns to do what you have to do...now do it, or lose.''