Operational Art of War: Century of Warfare

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Customer Reviews:

For all those dusty Avalon Hill games on your shelf... [Posted on 2002-10-15]
That you bought and never got to play because none of your friends could understand why it would be fun to spend 20-30 hours refighting the breakout from St. Lo. TOAW brings back the strategy of turn-based games as opposed to whack-a-mole stuff like C&C.

Not for everyone; as Steven Wright said, "One mile equals one mile" when you play this game. Defend the Korean peninsula and you'll feel like you spent three years playing the scenario. But if you remember those Avalon Hill wargames, this is definitely for you.

Real wargaming [Posted on 2003-04-17]
OK, so it's not TacOps. But this is operational, baby. Everyone thinks of "Steel Panthers" when someone says "I like old-style wargaming". Steel Panthers is great if you like to micromanage. But if you're into the history and the fluid movements of blitzkrieg and don't want to just fight Stalingrad but see if you can actually tell your generals "don't go to Stalingrad... go straight to Moscow first and foremost!", then you will love this game. Some of the scenarios developed are phenomenal. You can play the entire WWI and WWII on an operational level if you want. It's slow, but people do it. They literally spend years playing each other via Play-by-Email. If all you've ever played are RTS, then step up to the bigboys and see what REAL strategy is all about. It's in your head, not in your how quick you can twitch'n'jerk the joystick.

Unsatisfactory - A complete Failure of a game [Posted on 2003-04-25]
This game is overrated by the few who play it. If you want a more fun game check out the panzer campaigns or the modern
campaigns by hps simluations.

The Operational Art of War has a terrible interface, terrible game play, even worse support.

If you have XP dont waste your time or money. Incompatible.

Bookcase Wargame for your PC [Posted on 2003-04-26]
If you played bookcase games by Avalon Hill, SPI, GDW, etc, you will immediately be at home with this computerized version of hex-based and turn-based strategy games. You are already familiar with the lengthy manual concept, and this game is no exception. In fact, most of the game is NOT in the manual, which makes it important for you to get in contact with the community of gamers who play this game (search for "toaw forum" on the net to find them!). There are so many websites dedicated to understanding this game, and it can be so involved that it doesn't surprise me some folks are turned off by the complexity.

However, most veteran players admit they too were turned off at first by the learning curve - and only those who fought through the manual were able to emerge on the other side to what is undeniably the best operational/strategic computer wargame in existence.

This game has a healthy design community, and there are over 500 scenarios available recreating such notable events as Normandy 44, Barbarossa Campaign at battalion level, Europe 39-46, Japan 41-45, as well as scores of tiny battles you never heard of. In short, you can put your whole collection of bookcase games on back on the shelf, because most campaigns depicted in those games are also available as a scenario in this game.

There are literally hundreds of players who play-by-email and this is where this game really shines. Playing the PO (programmed opponent) is one thing, but pales in comparison to playing against a live, unpredictable human opponent. If for nothing else, the PBEM element of this game makes it a must have for those of us who seldom found live opponents for the carboard games (or who lacked the table space required of them!).

If you can find this game, and if you like hex-based wargaming, you will not be disappointed with this purchase. Especially once you get online and see how many others are out there right now playing against each other. A fitting tribute for a game that is several years old!

Just recently (March 2003) a new patch for the game has been released by Norm Koger which includes full support for WindowsXP.

Talonsoft Operational Art Of War PC Strategy Game [Posted on 2004-11-17]
Played all versions of this game, hard core gamer for many years, even now on win XP I still have e mail games going! SUre, you can argue about flaws in the game or debate the database, but go the web (wargammer.com) to find 100's of scenero's to play. I have not touch a board game in so long, Century of war has replace them - with no cat to knock counters over!Yes, this game works on XP pro without problem - go get it!

MGL

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