Sadly John Prados is no longer with us. I do enjoy the column that he wrote in Against the Odds Magazine. I have his game published by that Magazine called Beyond Waterloo, which simulates different outcomes of that campaign.
A3R Advanced Third Reich was and remains the pinnacle of grand strategy WW2. I think Rising Sun likely was ok on it's own. But I didn't care for them being blended. I don't have Prados release mainly as it is massively expensive and I already have A3R and prefer it. Those with no past with A3R likely would find nothing wrong with Prados version.
I've got this game on the table right now! Working my way through the grand campaign, starting in 1939 and going to the end. This is my favourite WW2 ETO game for "What If" scenarios. Just wait till you start using the event counters in the bigger scenarios, they are terrific! A lot of people seem to praise the 3rd Edition fan rulebook that you can download for free online, but for my money the 1st Edition rulebook that you have is the best version of the game. Like you said, just use common sense if a question comes up, the rules play just fine and have no major issues whatsoever.
Looks fun!
Sadly John Prados is no longer with us. I do enjoy the column that he wrote in Against the Odds Magazine. I have his game published by that Magazine called Beyond Waterloo, which simulates different outcomes of that campaign.
A3R Advanced Third Reich was and remains the pinnacle of grand strategy WW2. I think Rising Sun likely was ok on it's own. But I didn't care for them being blended. I don't have Prados release mainly as it is massively expensive and I already have A3R and prefer it. Those with no past with A3R likely would find nothing wrong with Prados version.
I've got this game on the table right now! Working my way through the grand campaign, starting in 1939 and going to the end. This is my favourite WW2 ETO game for "What If" scenarios. Just wait till you start using the event counters in the bigger scenarios, they are terrific! A lot of people seem to praise the 3rd Edition fan rulebook that you can download for free online, but for my money the 1st Edition rulebook that you have is the best version of the game. Like you said, just use common sense if a question comes up, the rules play just fine and have no major issues whatsoever.
I thought this was a good update to A3R.