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Heh, I managed to dig out an even earlier prototype. :) 1. There are HQ units on both sides 2. You can place small detachments within a certain range from HQ. They worked like a sort of beefed up zone-of-control. 3. The front line was a much more complicated affair, more like in the SSG system (Accr...

Hi Centy, I like this book too for overall narative. If you feel like delving deeper into the campaign, I recommend the books by David Glantz . Note however that they are really heavy on detail and facts. You might find them dry and difficult - I did at first - but the writing is really good and the...

Right, there's no hidden unit state in UoC, nor partially hidden state for that matter. We dropped this mechanic for the same reason as FoW above. I agree with you that commanders on the EF often didn't know where the enemy units are. A lot of times they didn't even know where their own units are! W...

Specialist effects are quite varied. Tigers will give you an enormous armor "shift", but they are also vulnerable and you can easily lose them to enemy attack. This is because Tigers were really not ready for deployment in '42. You only get them after Stalingrad, when the situation gets de...

Hi Jim, there's no fog of war. We felt it wouldn't work without presenting some sort of intelligence briefing to the player, and we couldn't find a nice and easy way to do that. The scenario list... I'd rather skip that for now, generate some suspense, eh? You can get some hints from the screenshots...

Hi Centy... finally, someone has noticed this!

Good work, pelin and aesqe... thanks guys!

Hi Pezmic,

I just wrote a short primer on units on the blog for everyone who's interested. Check it out.

I will try to put bits and pieces (mainly from the manual) on the blog like that, but I don't know how regular this can be - we're kind of busy at the moment.