Reply To: The IX Age – Why/Why Not and so on

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Perfect balance may exist in boardgames like chess, but it does not exist in wargames as there are too many variables to consider.
Anyone claiming it does needs their head examined.

People tend to claim something is unbalanced when they play an army without worrying about the rules, their opponent, terrain and their own strenghts as well as that of their own army (don’t play an army focused on movement when you prefer turtle tactics … ).

You don’t take on a tiger tank (or its fantasy equivalent) with unit that doesn’t have anti-tank capability.

And the most important lesson people forget :  NOT fighting is an option … use it.
Focus on objectives that your units can handle.
Don’t let the bullet magnet divert your attention from your objectives, but don’t ignore it either send in enough units to keep it occupied (you don’t need to kill it … in fact it is better if you don’t … ) or else your opponent can focus all of his attention on your army and you don’t want that either.

Same applies in reverse … make the enemy fight on your terms. Make sure your bullet magnet is shielded from dangerous units. Use terrain to your advantage or failing that use your cannon fodder .. that’s why it exists. Heck, smart players will use your units against you so think about what units can support what units at their location.