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kavanaugh
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Hi. I've had Test of time for a couple of years but never played any scenarios for it before. This one seems very good and that, but very hard. I seem to get over half the country conquered, then the Central Powers attack, then the Czecks and the Nationalists, then a bunch more attacks. By the time the Polish attack comes, I'm down to only 10 cities or so. Does anyone have any advice for me? Thank you.
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techumseh
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of the frozen North.
Apr 1999
time: 22:19
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FMK, I'd be glad to give any help you need.
Kavanaugh, the key is to build a strong postition right from the start. You have about 4 turns before the German/Austro-Hungarian attack - you should try to get at least 75% of the Russian cities by then.
-capture Moscow on the first turn. If you do, you receive 3 red guards, a red cavalry and an artillery unit. If you don't, the Whites get them.
-build armoured trains. They're expensive, but worth it, especially at the start. You can get 2 pretty cheap. On the second turn, Pskov and Minsk go into disorder. If you bribe them and disband the deserter units homed to them, you can build an armoured train in each. Move these to Moscow and rehome them in case you lose one or both of the original cities.
-consider selling off some of your improvements and rush buy good units (sailors, armoured cars, artillery and arm. trains) in the first couple of turns.
-give up Finland and the Baltic, at least at the start. Your control of their cities is a trigger for Finnish and Baltic reinforcements.
-Try to hold Kiev and Kharkov against the German offensive. Put an artillery unit in each. Target the Sturmtruppen units before they attack.
-Select squares inside each citys' radius to maximize shields. You can increase your overall production by up to 50% if you're systematic about this.
-Try an intermediate level. I can always win a decisive victory at 'Proletarian', but I've never won at 'Politburo' (default).
Good luck.
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kavanaugh
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OK, thanks. I'll try out what you suggest. One more thing is, the readme file says the Central Powers will keep a peace treaty after awile. But in my last game they attacked again, captured a city and then made peace. Then they attacked again and even took Moscow.
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LDiCesare
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La Ferté sous Jouarre France
Jan 2001
time: 05:19
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Hi, nice scenario. I played it on a prettu simple level (must be prince) and had little problem. I believe that selling all those useless libraries and granaries gives too much gold to the bolcheviks, but then I should replay on harder level to see if it's true. One point bothers me, though: I can't invade Leipsig with my trains! I had to call in artillery and cavalry to take the city.
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01-06-2002 04:15
POst back with comments
I couldn't beat Red Front and people loved it. Go figure.
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