I think there ought to be at least some tweaking of the ship's movement ranges. Even if it wasn't broken down into 5 knot increments, there should be a closer relationship between real world speed and movement in game. Even breaking it into 7-8 knot increments would provide realistic differences bet...

I think the best sorts of the specializations are the either/or options. I'd like to see the specializations result from the player making choices on where to expend resources and effort on the national level. In the case of the Finnish campaign, a good one would be an early choice between Swedish V...

The aircraft counters don't represent 10 aircraft. They represent one squadron. So having 9 aircraft units supported by one carrier would be massively overpowering. WWII fleet carriers had four squadrons. Typical US carrier air groups had a fighter squadron, a torpedo squadron, a dive bombing squadr...

I had an idea last night to add a bit more strategy and simulate one of the realistic aspects of warfare. Have the resource points cost of repairing or upgrading a unit be tied to the distance the unit is from the front line. This would be a way to encourage the realistic practice of rotating units ...

I think some sort of way to encourage the more 'mundane' missions would be a good addition. I see two ways of achieving that. 1) Adding an additional score (call it "utility" or "productivity" or whatever) that the player has to manage in addition to the budget. This score would ...

Nicholas, Thanks very much for the explanation. That all makes great sense to me. I think it might make sense to boost the max r&d safety factor even if a component fails during a mission or maybe just add in a small factor to change the R&D improvement rate based on flights. Afterall, it is...

I'm not disagreeing with you that there are a lot of programs. A lot of them don't come into play until later in the race to the moon (if at all in the campaign). I was just thinking of some more stuff to add in earlier. Especially if it can help prevent some of the bottlenecks. In some places, like...

One thing that would really up the strategy requirements of the USA vs. USSR campaign would be the addition of more 'dead end' type programs. By that I mean programs that don't achieve goals or improve technology necessary to put a man on the moon. That could include more variations of space probes ...