New to WitE

[AFIntel]

I'm just now becoming interested in the Eastern Front and looking for a game modelling it. Would this be an equivalent in complexity and detail to WitP:AE?

[Numdydar]

Actualy simpler imho since I have been playing WitP AE for over three years. Of course I am playing Japan so that makes any other game simpler lol.

[terje439]

To me this is far simpler to actually play, but there is a lot of detail to pay attention to here as well.
However I feel that this game is far more forgiving than Witp:AE, if you do a silly/stupid/moronic/idiotic/(you get the idea) move, you might end up losing a division or two, but if you do the same in Witp:AE you might lose so many ships that your offensive capabilities are gone for a year or two.

With Wite you can easily sit down, play a few of the smaller scenarios, and then go for the big one after a few tries, and still do reasonably ok.

So, on the complexity, it is far easier (imo) than Witp:AE.

As to detail, well, the divisions etc that fought on the eastern fron is in here, as are the generals, and each division has a TOE of lots of things, some which takes longer than others to refill btw, and you can switch air groups between commands, send a pioneer unit from one army to another and such, so it comes on par in that regards with the LAND BASED part of Witp:AE. There are sadly no naval units here though

The best bet is probably to look at a few AARs to get an idea of the complexity and detail of this game. Just want to add that I have never regretted buying this game (I might have trashed a keyboard due to bad dice rolls, but still never regretted the buy [:D])

Terje