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

[Xaver]

My experience is better extend your troops in siper web style over create big stacks, if you are forced to made them to defend a key position allways have strong flank forces and reserve troops to create a link to the big stack if situation goes to the hell.

Well, is not only you could made a tactical mistake in one turn... is that with game mechanics you can suffer a domino effect if the other player made a perfect timing in ZOC+assault. Is possible doing things in the correct order create mega stacks you can destroy easy because you force enemy to that kind of situations.

Is better lose some terrain over finish in a pocket.

Know when retreat and specially how do it to prevet be catches in the middle of a deployment is 50% science and 25% art and 25% luck.