extra turns

[Freyr Oakenshield]

I just completed a scenario, Eastern Front 1915 in which my Russians valiant effort to hold Warsaw was dashed into an overwhelming loss because the game added 5 turns to a 20 turn scenario. Why? What did I do to extend the game?

Nothing. It's by default. To add an element of surprise, TOAW usually adds a random number of turns at the end. It's a random figure, so it may be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 etc. It's usually a small number between 0 and 5.

This way the ending is more unpredictable--if you manage to take that Hill 233 on your last turn, you are never sure whether you will hold it until the end of the game as TOAW may add 3 extra turns, and your opponent may retake it Tough luck...