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Detailed Play Examples?
05-26-2017, 01:50 AM,
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Detailed Play Examples?
This may not be the correct forum but it seems the likeliest place to start.  I am wondering if there are any detailed examples of play available?  I am talking about more than just examples of rules and such, and am more interested in whole set-ups, and/or turn-by-turn play-throughs of games.  Something on YouTube would be awesome, or anything with pictures with an explanation of what the thoughts were behind a move or set up.  Kind of like (or exactly like) the Series Replays from the old General magazines would be perfect.

I cut my wargaming teeth on PanzerBlitz back in 1973 and have played a lot of tactical level games including some of the old SPI games like October War or MechWar 77, and finally in the 1980s settled into Squad Leader/Advanced Squad Leader rather heavily.  I've played miniatures and civil war games where leadership was often key as well.  None of my experience has truly prepared me for PG and its leadership/activation system.  Sometimes virtually very stack having its own leader...activation clusters and activation chains...all of these are pretty foreign concepts compared to what I've dealt with in the past.  Exactly how many units should I be activating at a time...or is it better to try and activate a whole string at once (through subordinate activation) or does it make more sense to cover a broader front and worry less about activating a whole bunch of stuff at one time?  I realize a lot of that is situation dependent but I'm missing a basic enough understanding to really appreciate the more subtle tactical trade-offs.

So anyway...if I could just see  some examples in action...I would feel a lot more comfortable.  I've fiddled around with it a bit and played a couple scenarios but I'm not convinced I'm really grasping it.  I am often the guy that introduces games to others so I want to make sure I'm firmly gounded before I bring anyone else into the fold. 

Anything you guys can steer me to would be greatly appreciated.
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Messages In This Thread
Detailed Play Examples? - by fanghawk - 05-26-2017, 01:50 AM
RE: Detailed Play Examples? - by plloyd1010 - 05-26-2017, 03:00 AM
RE: Detailed Play Examples? - by Hugmenot - 05-26-2017, 04:03 AM
RE: Detailed Play Examples? - by Shad - 05-26-2017, 07:27 PM
RE: Detailed Play Examples? - by fanghawk - 05-26-2017, 10:47 PM
RE: Detailed Play Examples? - by plloyd1010 - 05-26-2017, 10:56 PM
RE: Detailed Play Examples? - by fanghawk - 05-27-2017, 12:37 AM
RE: Detailed Play Examples? - by plloyd1010 - 05-27-2017, 12:52 AM
RE: Detailed Play Examples? - by fanghawk - 05-27-2017, 02:05 AM
RE: Detailed Play Examples? - by plloyd1010 - 05-27-2017, 02:42 AM
RE: Detailed Play Examples? - by fanghawk - 05-27-2017, 03:24 AM
RE: Detailed Play Examples? - by plloyd1010 - 05-27-2017, 04:43 AM
RE: Detailed Play Examples? - by Poor Yorek - 05-29-2017, 01:14 PM
RE: Detailed Play Examples? - by fanghawk - 05-31-2017, 04:26 AM

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