I sit somewhere in the middle on this one. Steam is convenient for updates and the workshop, and for a lot of people it is just where their library already lives. But edb1815 is right that buying direct from Slitherine or Matrix is always there, and welk's point about GOG matters too, since some ...

The Sherman always gets judged on the wrong things. People remember the thin armor and the 75mm gun, but the thing that made it work was that it actually showed up. It was reliable, easy to repair, and there were always more of them. In Panzer Corps 2 that is pretty much how it plays too, a solid ...

Bee1976 makes the stronger point here. Even if they announced something this week, there would still be a beta and a few dev diaries before release, so a Christmas launch is hard to picture. Four months since All American is a long quiet stretch though, and the silence around Dominion Days did not ...

I lean the same way as Karis on this one. In a campaign I get attached to my core units and want to see them improve from one scenario to the next, even if keeping them alive takes extra care. I once kept a battered infantry unit going through a whole campaign simply because it had survived since ...

Tassadar's point about prestige and core slots really stood out to me. In my own campaigns I often hold off on upgrades because I am worried about spending prestige I might need later, and then I end up with units that feel a step behind by the time the tougher scenarios arrive. An updated unit ...

That weekend news was the first thing that made me hopeful again. I have not played the beta much, my old league group fell apart a couple of years back, so I am waiting to see how the new rules feel in a full game. If the October to December window holds, I will give it a proper try this winter.

Welcome to the new machine, Tom. I would check the downloads section under My Page first, since my older Combat Mission titles still showed there even after they were archived from the store. I keep my old installers on a spare drive now after losing one years ago, so I know how annoying this is. If ...

I would second the idea of starting with the first Strategic Command. I found the later ones a lot to take in at first too, and going back to the simpler one helped the systems click for me. Valor and Victory also feels closer to a board game on a table, which might suit how you learned these games.