Can't claim to be a fan of the ACW. However, the concept behind this game is excellent, and needs to be copied by developers in other conflict periods.

Tactical encouters benefit greatly from having context.

Hope it sells well.

There is a need for "campaign manager" type computer games. It should be possible to stop and resolve the tactical situation using whatever method the player chooses. That might involve another computer game.

Do we know anything about its moddability yet?

I'm hoping that Vic takes his game concept forward after Shadow Empire.

Could it be modded into a WW II game?

I want Advanced Tactics Gold to have sexual relations with Combat Mission and probably Close Combat. No contraception.

Computer games score in that they usually include an opponent, the AI. Board and miniature games score in that their designs are open to manipulation, adjustment and bending. It's a great pity we can't have both.

What's your opinion of XConq?

Is Advanced Tactics Gold the most modern, de-facto, wargame constuction kit?

I have never come across it in somebody else' game but have wondered about mechanisms by which this might be simulated. One might be to give spies, agents and intelligence officers the chance of spotting enemy units. In the case of intelligence officers that might be at sporadic and at ridiculously ...