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Old 01-15-2011, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt W View Post
Important point to note for those who admire the fighting ability of Rhodesians or - for that matter - people like Confederates and Waffen SS.

THEY LOST

All of these example sindicate that "Good tactics are less important than good strategy"
Matt,

As a friend of mine would say, "what's that got to do with the price of rice in China?"

While losers in a historical sense, the examples of the Waffen SS and the American Confederates are no doubt also chosen to draw a clearly negative moral comparison. (There are plenty of "good guys" out there who lost battles and wars, too.) There's a moral point being made here that doesn't apply because the Twilight War didn't have a clear moral dimension (at least beyond a certain point).

Further, Twilight 2000 is generally not played on a strategic level, although the game designers did "game out" the course of the war. I think we can agree these early players made many questionable strategic decisions. Still, for the most part the players can't influence the strategy of the war directly, so your assertion that "Good tactics are less important than good strategy", while certainly true, isn't relevant.

Tony
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