New Player PzC Questions

[Ubercat]

I had a misconception about John Tillers games for years. I thought that they were just simplistic ports of a generic board game system that didn't really utilize the strengths of computers very well. I read a post on a forum some time back that gave me that impression, and as a consequence I never looked too closely at them.

I'd sure like to know where you saw that post that lead you astray if you happen to recall where it was.

I have a few questions for the veteran players. First, I should point out that I have Vista 64 and haven't been able to access in-game help, even though I DL'd and installed the Microsoft WGAplugininstall file to make .hlp files work.

You know the docs are in WOrd format as well and the newer games have them in PDF format. So there are other options for docs as they are common for the entire series.

Glenn

I'm guessing it was on the wargamer. The only phrase I recall from that post was roughly "If you play one Tiller game, you've played them all." It's been at least 6 years, so I can't recall any more specifics. At the time, it made me think of being younger and trying board war games that I didn't like very much because they didn't innovate anything, had ugly maps, and weren't very realistic. I'm thinking of some of the old, generic, cookie cutter Avalon Hill games from the late 70's. It may be that the poster wasn't even attacking the game, but couldn't anticipate the connotations that it brought up for one of his readers.

The few days that I've had this game have proven that my old assumptions were nonsense!

I just managed to install the correct file for help, despite Microsofts obtuseness. Their link for the DL just led in circles. Two files available, with obcure names that gave no clue which (if either) was the correct one to get.:angry: Any way, it works now and that's all that matters.

Thanks for your feedback, guys. I'll post more as stuff comes up.