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96503
Hakon is completely right in this case. There are models available on the internet that can show this if you look around....
presterjohn3
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Apr 1, 2008
7:40 am
96504
Pedro, I rather object to being told to go and play Axis&Allies just because I accept that in a game like WiF you sometimes need to cut corners in order to...
Herbert Gratz
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Apr 1, 2008
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96505
AD&D for many years but not right now. ... Roll call. How many WIF Listers play D&D? I have for about 34 years. ... From: Håkon Fløystad...
Herbert Gratz
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Apr 1, 2008
9:09 am
96506
AH didn't believe that he had to defeat CW. It is as simple as that. He saw his real opponent in Stalin and believed that CW was a nuisance which would...
Herbert Gratz
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Apr 1, 2008
9:18 am
96507
I don't know if this is a good idea of not, but it is the most innovative idea about Germany aligning Spain "historically" that I've seen in quite a few years....
Dave LeLacheur
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Apr 1, 2008
9:30 am
96508
Clearly what we need or don't need in WiF is a matter of taste. Harry offers this option after all so he believes - or has been talked into - that the tac...
Herbert Gratz
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Apr 1, 2008
9:59 am
96509
I disagree. Any war is ultimately won by two factors: one side sticking the course and the other not. This can be achieved by a variety of means. One of which...
Herbert Gratz
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Apr 1, 2008
11:55 am
96510
Consider this: 100 cards. one black, 99 white. You pick one. Then 98 other cards are turned over all white - and they must always be white, gamemaster must not...
Herbert Gratz
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Apr 1, 2008
12:42 pm
96511
I don't want to bore people with paralells to another game but this situation is similar to the 'rule of restricted choice' in bridge which tells you that with...
Herbert Gratz
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Apr 1, 2008
12:53 pm
96512
The difference is that in WiF you aren't confronted with stark choices but instead areas of gray: the stuffing might not work and even if not pursuing a ned...
Herbert Gratz
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Apr 1, 2008
1:06 pm
96513
Question: 'Is the liar guarding the auto?' When you hear yes you open the other door, when you hear no you open his. (Unless you want a tough fight with a goat...
Herbert Gratz
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Apr 1, 2008
1:18 pm
96514
BTW, the original question posted below did not tell about one important assumption: do the guards actually know anything about what is behind their doors? If...
Vesa.Saarinen@...
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Apr 1, 2008
1:35 pm
96515
All of which, of course, was taken into account in my decision tree....
Håkon Fløystad
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Apr 1, 2008
3:13 pm
96516
Ask yourself: Had Russia EVER come that close to exhausting her manpower reserves if Germany had never attacked (but Russia had attacked Germany some time in...
Håkon Fløystad
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Apr 1, 2008
3:23 pm
96517
I think that the "omnipotent Harry never makes mistakes" argument is getting a little old. I definitely believe that the lnd4 tactical factors fully reflects...
Håkon Fløystad
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Apr 1, 2008
3:41 pm
96518
Would this be the only restriction? Now, if you add one strategy that at once lets me DOW the USSR at will (ie break garrison) AND align Spain, my super Balbo...
Håkon Fløystad
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Apr 1, 2008
3:46 pm
96519
I learned this phrase from Harry 15 years ago: "Often wrong, never in doubt". I suspect he'd be the last one to tell you he is always right (but he'd argue a...
Dave LeLacheur
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Apr 1, 2008
3:51 pm
96520
It's not Harry's approach to Harry's text I am referring to, though, but the amount of balancing that some people read into the rules. I have the feeling that...
Håkon Fløystad
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Apr 1, 2008
4:02 pm
96521
I can agree, even if all arguments can be discussed. The one i find "wrong" is pure personal appreciation : i quote "To have a simmilar effect on a force of...
tordson
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Apr 1, 2008
4:07 pm
96522
... think it must be a pure marketing gimmic aimed at pleasing american customers by giving them an ego-boost based on the power of their nation's units. ... ...
iconoclastictim
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Apr 1, 2008
4:39 pm
96523
Please clip overlong threads before sending your emails. Some email programs (like AOL unfortunately) convert the thread to a graphic, meaning even on a T1 it...
devinc@...
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Apr 1, 2008
5:16 pm
96524
... rules, I ... american ... Since the RAF LND4s have higher strat factors, there goes your argument. IMO, very few WiF US units are "the best". Germans,...
morganconrad
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Apr 1, 2008
6:13 pm
96525
Clearly, density of the ground forces is of great importance. This is exactly the reason why the Lehr divison was affected as much as it was, as far as I can...
Håkon Fløystad
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Apr 1, 2008
7:12 pm
96526
From www.firstoffourth.com: "ADG?has reportedly licensed a mobile phone version of its massive World War 2 board game World in Flames. The prototype is...
devinc@...
devincutler
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Apr 1, 2008
7:35 pm
96527
... argument. Well, considering that the Lancasters had more than twice the bomb capacity than B17, giving them 1-2 more strat factos is hardly pro-lancaster....
Håkon Fløystad
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Apr 1, 2008
7:36 pm
96528
nice first april... ... De : "devinc@..." <devinc@...> À : wifdiscussion@yahoogroups.com Envoyé le : Mardi, 1 Avril 2008, 21h35mn 07s Objet :...
IA-211-BZ
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Apr 1, 2008
7:44 pm
96529
Assuming 1944 and earlier: FTR = Germany ME262 Tac Bombers?= Germany the 7 factor Stuka and the 11 extended range LND Strat Bombers = US (the B-29 doesn't need...
devinc@...
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Apr 1, 2008
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96530
Did you know that Norwegian per capita GDP is 74% greater than that of the USA ($79798 vs $45793), according to the CIA? ...
Håkon Fløystad
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Apr 1, 2008
10:58 pm
96531
Best flying-boat fighters: Japan. Also ONLY flying-boat fighters! Cheers, Wendell devinc@... wrote: Assuming 1944 and earlier: FTR = Germany ME262 Tac...
Wendell
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Apr 1, 2008
11:16 pm
96532
Hakon, I agree with almost everything you said. And it's certainly fair that Germany has the best INF due to training and the MG42. IMO WiF significantly...
morganconrad
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Apr 1, 2008
11:21 pm
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