Twenty Years at the Blitz

[devoncop]

What a truly excellent post !

i am no way as experienced a player but share a lot of your views (though I tend to prefer the big scenarios despite having great battles on many smaller ones too).

Two points I would comment on in particular.

Firstly regarding "peeking" before a scenario starts. With big Campaign games this is less of an issue given the large number of variables but all I ever do is look at the starting position without checking for fixed opposition units or release times which would never be known by my side. I think general intelligence would know for example that in Sicily in 1943 the HG Panzer Divn was present and it's general location.

Secondly I am more optimistic than yourself about the direction of the hobby. The proliferation of social media means there has been maybe a fracturing of platforms for interacting about the WDS series. WDS runs two different Facebook pages to find opponents that I use as well as this site, and I believe there is an active Reddit forum as well as the Wargaming Society that also bring players together.
As for the games themselves...since WDS got going with updating, improving and extending the series the games have improved immeasurably in my eyes and I have high hopes for the future.

Happily retired now for a few years and at the ripe old age of 59 I hope to have many more games in me yet.

All the best

Ian