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What I did in my miniatures game (different period and scope) was to relate activity to leadership and battlefield conditions. I know that someone out there has the ability to do the programming on a game such as CS, but certainly not me.

If one programs movement and therefore combat ability by what I shall term "initiative", this can be done by "command" in the game of CS. Take into account leadership (command structure) and conditions in the field by command (disrupted units, eliminated units, and so on) so that each command relates to the program a value. This value relates which command will move first, second, third, and so on. You might have a command from side A move first, and then a command from side B move second, and then two commands from side A move third and 4th, and so on, until a turn is completed.

A turn would take longer, but the scope of a game could be changed to accomodate that as well. In any event, the I go : You go scenario is eliminated, which IMO, has never produced a historic simulation with any degree of accuracy.

As it is, I enjoy CS. It is a good game, but gamesmanship rules the day! It is not (IMO) representative of actual combat in the period. By this, I mean it is not a historical simulation.

It is a game, and a darn good one, even with all its faults!

- Greg