[WarInEur] The nature of the game... Bitter End is a waste oftime!

[CarlAugustRuppSr at aol.com]

Whew, this hit some raw nerves here. It will be good when we can stop  
talking and start fighting.
 
So do the Germans always lose? Really?
 
I have only played WiE as a beta tester for CWIE2, never under the old DOS  
version or in BWiE. In all frankness I played a bunch of SPI WW2 solo in  the 
70s and owned WitE then and played it solo a few times, but really cut my  
teeth in man to man combat on Hexwar, where I played some 1,000 games in less  
than 2 years from 2005 to 2007 and was very successful. So I'll be open on  my 
lack or experience on WiE. But both times I played (with all options  checked) I 
was able to do well as Germans.
 
In one game I was able to pull off Sea Lion, plunder lots of  production 
points, and drive deep and early into Russia. The game ended in  July 1941 due to 
technical issues. Though the Brits would have driven me  out by July 1941 as 
all my surfs and trans were attrited down. But I  am sure I would have knocked 
Russia out in 1942.
 
In the other game, I did not try Sea Lion because the option was really not  
working properly then, but instead was able to take Malta and drive the Allies 
 out of North Afrika and Palestine by spring 1941. Then when I went into 
Russia  with all the MSUs and RRs I was able build and seized Moscow, only to lose 
 it back in Winter 1941. I retook it in Summer 1942 and by fall 1942 when I  
launched a belated Sea Lion and had the Russians on the ropes, the Allied 
player  called it quits.
 
Perhaps when the game comes into production I will get some unpleasant  doses 
of defeat from some of you fine gents.
 
Carl



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