I am purchasing for my father and wondering how this is installed. He has a new computer and it does not contain a CD RM disk drive anymore so I want to make sure I am getting the correct product.
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faithful implementation of the SPI boardgame
February 23, 2024
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PBEM gwgardner at verizon dot net from United States
The original boardgame War in Europe remains my favorite wargame 50 years after first playing it. This digital version is true to the original.
The UI is not optimal, but functional, and once the learning curve is surmounted, I've come to love some of the features - such as the many options for viewing units in context with the turn phase.
One can play the 'short' and campaign scenarios for War in the East, War in the West, and War in Europe.
I give it a 5-star because it is so faithful to the original, and it even goes beyond that to add many optional features that will give the game great replayability for a long time to come.
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Enjoyable if flawed game
October 18, 2023
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William Reardon from Wilmington, DE United States
I bought the original SPI WIE game in the 80s but only got to play it once because of lack of time and space since then. So I was happy to find the DG computer version, and have enjoyed it, but like others have seen glitches. Reinstalling the game fixed one issue, being unable to repair manufacturing centers captured by the Axis, but then another emerged. The Soviet 8-6 armored corps, which previously reduced to a 1-6 battlegroup, as in the original SPI game, now becomes a 2-6 instead, a significant difference in some situations. The 1-6 seemed to be the default in the initial install, and I still have older game saves which include them both on-map and in production builds, but I can't reestablish them in any new game. I thought this might have been from using a different rules or counter set, e.g., SPI vs DG, or board vs computer game rules, but it seems to be true no matter which options I use now. I've tried both reinstalling and using the game editor to fix this, with no success.
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A mixed bag but worthwhile to a grognard
October 4, 2021
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Joseph Rody from Tampa, FLA United States
I'm a big fan of monster war games and started during the heights of SPI's prime. War in Europe is supposed to be a big, dumb monster game and, to some degree, that is true. Compared to our current state of the art, the game play is simplistic but the strategy is not.
After many plays, you find optimum strategies and counters. The full flavor comes out once you get very familiar with the procedure and rules. I'm not certain this was deliberate and more likely a fortunate side effect of a game of this scope.
The software is far from perfect. As people have mentioned, there are glitches and quirks. Eventually you can find work arounds to most but not all of them. It is possible to play an entertaining game.
Overall, I agree with others that it is highly unlikely Decision Games will release more updates. If, for nothing else, it's not economically possible considering the game is not a big seller.
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Variety, customizable . . . and glitches
September 18, 2020
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Gordon Crighton from Orleans, MA United States
The game adds to what was available from SPI with optional units, editable capabilities and many different scenarios and campaign games. Editing capabilities allow you to create your own scenarios and campaign start points. However, the overall impression is of a package that's still in beta. There are annoying glitches (although you can work around them) and advertised features that don't work. I think this is a game that DG has basically abandoned; the last patch was 1.2.18 (not 1.2.15 as this website claims), but there is so much more to fix. Recommendation: if you're really into big games, buy it and prepare to discover all its quirks, but don't expect that DG will ever fix any of them.
Is this game a download install or a physical CD 
Enjoyable if flawed game 
A mixed bag but worthwhile to a grognard