I just realized that I might be misunderstanding you here. Are you saying that you get VPs if you surrender your own troops? I assume not as that would be silliness, but if you did I suppose that would give incentive to using the surrender function.

By design, the smallest item possible for players to directly manipulate is units whether they contain 1 element or multiple elements. None of the AGEod games allow for direct element manipulation other than moving the unit that the element is contained in. Out of curiosity, why? Is it a programmin...

Yea, I think I remember that. I guess what I really was wondering was why the human player would surrender? Since the PC would get VPs whether you surrendered or if you lost the force, why not just fight it out and make eir life miserable for another turn or two? Do they get more victory points for ...

long long time ago I was a great fan of dr. peter turcan games (borodino,waterloo,austerlitz and dreadnoughts). This histwar game reminds me of that in a way even if I havent played it. Turcan games were way ahead of their time if he had more money there would have been no total war series I am sur...

Okay, I'm increasingly getting the sense that I'm talking to myself here, but in the off chance that someone eventually reads this, I've been thinking about what a neat idea it would be to be able to move elements around regiments. I know that you can combine regiments, although I've not quite gotte...

Well, that's it.... why use the surrender function? I had a British army surrender to me after it starved south of Ticonderoga (about 15 regiments were holed up in the fort just south of Ticonderoga over winter with only the supply available in that town and I was able to siege them come spring). Th...

In general I have to second the feelings that BoA/WiA has reached a very elegant state. However, I've encountered a few issues that could be addressed. I've had numerous CtD even though I've read that the program should be quite steady. I can provide a save if anyone is interested but since none of ...

I have some questions about ambush as well that are in this vein. For instance, does the ambushed force need to be set to defense to gain the terrain bonus? If so, will they not attack a force moving thru their terrain if they aren't on attack? I really like this option--and the game in general--but...

Okay, since I've not gotten a reply I figured I'd add to my query in the hopes of getting a little discussion. I've noticed, for instance, that you get some trained regulars back (and maybe some untrained regulars as well?) after the winter exodus. Are these the troops that went home? IOW, if 5 regi...

When I teach about the Seven Years' War (SYW) and the following period there are a few key points that I am always key to make and one of them is the eagerness of the French to seek revenge for the colonial defeat in the SYW. Keep in mind that there was absolutely nothing about the American Revoluti...

Okay, I've only just registered, but I've been playing for a few weeks (I purchased BOA a couple years ago but never got around to playing it.... so I started with that about a month ago, become addicted and bought BOA2 a few days back to fuel my addicted.... damn you!). Anyway, here's my problem: I...

Jjjanos, I understand your POV, and even perhaps your frustration, but you are looking at this from the POV of an armchair wargamer and not taking a realistic position in regard to the diplomatic and military considerations of the time. For example, as wargamers it is great to simply destroy or depr...