the franco-prussian war - Strategy & Tactics

FeedbackMOVES nr.11, published Oct./Nov. 1973How to Use the Feedback Response Card:After you've finished reading this issue ofMOVES, please read the Feedback questionsbelow, and give us your answers and opinionson the Feedback Response Card. The mostconvenient way to use the card is to hold itdirectly alongside the list of questions and thenwrite your answer-number in the response-boxon the card which corresponds to the questionnumber. Please be sure your answer numbersare legible, and be certain that the number ofthe response-box matches the number of thequestion you are answering.Please be sure to answer all the questionsssked. Cards which are incompletely filled outcannot be processed. When a question-numberhas "no question" after it, do nor writeanything in that particular response-box.What the Numbers Mean: Generally speaking,there are two types of questions asked in theFeedback section: (1) Rating questions and (2)"yes/no/no opinion" type questions.Raring Questions: When answering a ratingquestion (such as what you thought of aparticular article in this issue) write onenumber from " 0 through "9": "1" is theWorst Rating, "9" is the best rating, "5"means an average rating, and all numbersbetween express various shades of approval ordisapproval. "0" indicates No Opinion or NotApplicable.Yes/No Questions: When the qustion is a "yesor no" question, "1" means Yes; "2" meansNo (and "0" means No Opinion or NorApplicable).We hope you will use your Feedback ResponseCard as your direct-line to the editors.Questions:1 - No quesrion2 - No question3 - No questionSECTION AQuestions 4 rhrough 14 ask you to rate the articles inthis issue on a scale of 1 =poor to 9=exce/lent.4 - Designer's Notes5 - "CA" (overall)6 - Adding Realism7 - Adding Simultaneity8 - Adding Historicity9 - Foxbar and Phantom Game Analysis10 - The Franco-Prussian War11 - Wargame Reviews12 - Playback13 - Game Errata (overall)14 - This issue (overall)15 - No question.16 - Was this issue better than the last?17 - Assume that you don't subscribe to MOVES.Would the quality of this issue alone motivateyou to subscribe?18 - Your age: 1 = 13 years or less; 2 = 14-17;3 = 18-21; 4 = 22-27; 5 = 28-35; 6 = 36+19 - Your sex: 1 = Male; 2 = Female20 - Education: 1 = 11 years or less; 2 = 12 years;3 = 13-15 years; 4 = 13-15 years and still inschool; 5 = 16 years; 6 = 17+ years.21 -How long have you been playing GameSimulations: 0 = less than 1 year; 1 = 1 year;2 = 2 years; ......... 9 = 9 + years.22 - What is the average number of hours youspend playing Game Simulations each month:0 = none; 1 = 1 hour or less; 2 = 2-5 hours;3 = 6-9 hours; 4 = 10-15 hours; 5 = 16-20;6 = 21-25; 7 = 26-30; 8 = 31-40; 9 = 41 +23 - How many Game Simulations do you possess:1 = 1 only; 2 = 2-5; 3 = 6-10; 4 = 11-15;5 = 16-20; 6 = 21-25; 7 = 26-30; 8 = 31-40;9=41+24 - How many people besides yourself will haveread this copy of MOVES? 0 =only yourself;1 =one other .... 9=9 or more others.Ouesrions 25 and 26 should be answered only byMOVES subscribers. If you do not subscribe toMOVES, place a zero in boxes 25 and 26.25 - Which issue of MOVES is both (a) the earliestyou have read and (b) the one after which youhave seen all the later issues of MOVES, i.e.from which there was no break in continuity.1 =MOVES 1...9=MOVES 9.26 - What is your opinion of the change in overallquality (of articles and editorial format) sinceyour first issue of MOVES: O=no noticeablechanges; 1 =many changes for the worse;2=some particular changes for the worse;3 =slight overall change for the worse;4=slight overall change for the better;5=some changes for the better: 6=manychanges for the better.Ouesrions 27-25 ask you to rate the individual"Foornotes" on a scale from 1 = poor to 9 =excellent.27 - Storing Your SPI Games and Magazines28 - A Geography Lesson29 - The Words Between the States30 - RS/WS and the Paper Tiger31 - Sniper! Free-For-All32 - Further Civil War Game Design Suggestions33 - Suggested Rules Changes for NAW andBorodino34 - No quesr~on35 --"They Can't Capture Me, I'm the Generall"36 - No question37 - No quesrion38 - No questionQuestions 39-43 ask you to rate rypes of wargame"environments" [land, air and naval]. Rare rhe game'knvironmenrs" on a scale of 1 to 9: 1 = Dislike thegames in rhis "environment" to 9 = Enjoy very muchrhis game "environmenr. "39 - Naval Games40 - Air Games41 - Land Games42 - Pick the ONE subject area about which youwould most like to see games and articlespublished: 1 = Ancient (Rome, Greece, Bib-Iica1/3000BC-600AD); 2 = Dark Ages andRenaissance (WAD-1600AD); 3 = ThirtyYears War and pre-Napoleonic 11600-1790);4 = Napoleonic ;1790-1830); 5 = Civil War/Nineteenth Century (1830-1900); 6 = WorldWar 1 (1900-1930); 7 = World War 11 11930-1945); 8 = post-WW II (1945-present); 9 =the present and !he future (anything goes).43 - Our games come in three levels of complexity:"Simple" (e.g., Napoleon at Waterloo); "Intermediate"(e.g., Kursk, France '40); and "Complex"(e.g., USN, Strategy I). There are alsothree scales we use: "Tactical" (up to 500 menper unit, up to 1,000 meters per hex, each turnrepresents less than an hour of real time);"Operational" (up to brigade, or 10,000 men,unit size, up to 5 kilometers per hex, andusually one day per turn); and "Strategic"(everything larger). Choose below the ONEcombination of complexity and scale youMOST prefer in a game: 1 = Simple - Tactical;2 = Simple - Operational; 3 = Simple - Strategic;4 = lntermediate - Tactical; 5 = Intermediate- Operational; 6 = lntermediate -Strategic; 7 = Complex - Tactical; 8 = Complex- Operational; 9 = Complex - Strategic.44 - How may wargames have you bought in thepast twelvemonths?0=0, 1 =l, 2=2 ... 9=9+.45 - On the average, how many times do you playeach new game within a month of buying it?o=o, 1 =1, 2=2 ... 9=9+.46 - On the average, how many times do you playeach new game within three months of buyingit? O=O, 1 =l, 2=2 ... 9=9+.47 - What percentage of your "games played" aresolitaire (by yourself, without an opponent)?O=O, 1 =lo%, 2=20% ... 9=90+%.48 - What percentage of your "games played" areby mail games? 0=0, 1 =lo%, 2=20% ...9=90+%.The following articles are under consideration forpublication in MOVES. Rare each proposed article ona 1-9 scale with "7" indicating practically no inreresrand "9"indicaring considerable interest in seeing it inprint. Don't use 0 on anyrhing.49 - "The Versatile Weapon: Cavalry in Grenadiel"- integrating cavalry tactics into the gamewith hints and suggestions on how they can beused to the best advantage.50 - "Survivability - Eastern Front, 1942-45" - Acomputer simulation of armored vehicle andunit engagements with good hard-core data.51 - "Additional Units and Organizations forCombat Command" - adding British andCommonwealth units plus various otherAmerican units not included in the game.52 - "Improving Games with Homemade Equipment"- professed by the author to improvethe playability and realism of games.The following articles all use basically the sameformat. Each "article" is actually a collecrion ofanicles dealing wirh various aspects of the play anddesign of the game in question. Each "Profile" willdiffer mainly in terms of the game ir deals with.53 - American Revolution Profile54 - Austerlitz Profile55 - Breakout and Pursuir Profile56 - N Alamein Profile57 - Korea Profile58 - La Grande Armee Profile59 - Lee Moves North Profile60 - Marne Profile61 - Moscow Campaign Profile62 - Musket and Pike Profile63 - NATO Profile64 - Solomons Campaign Profile65 - Spitfire Profile66 - Sniper! Profile67 - Barbarossa Profile68 - Rifle and Saber Profile69 - Bull Run Profile70 - Wilderness Campaign Profile71 - Phalanx Profile72 - Year of the Rat Profile73 - Winter War Profile74 - Destruction of Army Group Center Profile75 - USN Profile76 - "Strategies for World War I/" - hints forplaying from the designer and SPI staff.77 - "Tactical Notes for 'CA"' - written to givemore insight towards better playability.78 - "Tactical Notes for Desert Waf' - suggestedtactics from the SPI staff.79 - In the past year have you actually "designed" agame (a complete game, with written rules,counters and mapsheet that was playable bypeople other than the designer)?80 - In the past year have you "modified" anexisting game to the point of writing upchanges in a manner understandable tosomeone other than yourself?The results of the following survey are used in ourPLA YBACK system. This sysrem reviews games byshowino rhe resoonse of the ~ eode who olav thegames.- ~uestions 81-93 and' 104- 1&5 are. pan ofPLA YBACK.