How to Start Playing PzC Games Properly? Any newbie guides?

[jim pfleck]

to add to what Mr. Grumpy says, one thing that I have learned is that sometimes you cannot avoid these sorts of deployment errors on any given turn. The reason you cannot avoid them often times traces back to the previous turns. For years the mistake I made over and over was not retreating a turn earlier than I thought I would have to. Retreating tactically before you are forced to allows you more control of how your retreat goes and where your opponent can advance. One reason I am mediocre at the PZC games (don't let my ELO score fool you-that is mostly F14 and EP14 games) is that the mobile dynamic of tanks is too big for my brain and attention span in anything larger than a medium sized scenario (on a good day). Even a good deployment with sound principals can get smashed up by combined arms, just not as quickly or as badly...