victory conditions

[evan]

Well the long campaign is no longer unplayable (see previous thread) but can somebody tell me what qualifies for a marginal victory and a decisive victory.

I was thinking that it was probably a points differential but after kicking the Poles and racking up massive kills for light casualtied and a points score of 4404 to 699 it seems that I may be mistaken; or is it simplely that I need 10-1 as oppossed to 6.something to 1?

[DRG]

It's amazing what you can find in the Game guide...

Playing WinSPWW2 -Tutorial section

Battle Results Screen

When you finish the last turn (or possibly before, if you have already captured the objective hexes and destroyed the enemy HQ unit, and destroyed or routed 5-% or more of the enemy units) you will be presented with the Results screen (below ). Victory criteria are based completely on Victory hexes held at the end of the game, and the number of friendly and enemy units destroyed. A greater-than 8:1 margin is a �Decisive� victory. Between 8:1 and 2:1 is a �Marginal� Victory and if your result was between 2:1 and 1:2, the result will be a draw. Here, the score of 5331 to 1091which gives a Marginal Victory. These are, however, artifical lines. Many scenarios are simply victories or defeats where if you have more points at the end than the AI... "You win".

Don

[Mobhack]

A marginal is at least 2 to 1, you need 8 to 1 or over for a decisive (down from the original SSI 10:1 ratio).

Andy

[evan]

Thank you both for the prompt reply.

I had looked in the manual but apparently not well enough;

[Dion]

Trying to find a rule in the manual is like looking for a needle in haystack. I wonder if there is anyway to bookmark a page in the Guide.