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In contrast to the canonical history, this time the Nationalist forces broke the Republican lines and triumphed ("Brilliant Victory") in the Battle of Guadalajara. I was only allotted four core units for this battle. Only one of my entire core group has achieved a leader by now, and I still can't af...

Another Brilliant Victory for the Nationalists, despite heavy air assaults from Soviet-supplied aircraft. I either need to build an air force, or start buying air defense in bulk. Curiously, although last scenario I had the option to purchase German units (but I hadn't enough prestige), this scenari...

Thanks for the useful tips! With that, I was able to make it through with the image-based (not tile-based) maps. As an old PG1 fan the newer maps look a bit silly to me, but I can learn to get by :) Meanwhile, I managed a Victory in Madrid (Scenario 3)... although I only have 5 core units left, so i...

The solution seems to be to use the image-based maps, rather than the tileset maps (which I was set up to use, by default). Seems a bit tougher to interpret what's going on, but it at least makes the scenario playable.

Just like in CC 74, I'm encountering a serious bug -- either with OpenGeneral or the Campaign files (I'm not sure which). Specifically: there are units off the visible edge of the mapboard! Units in parts of the map that I can't scroll to or see, but that show up on the HQ screen. For example, the t...

Thanks -- it's good to know that I wasn't the only one who had trouble with it! I particularly agree with the comment you made there that the infantry combats are like "throwing cotton balls at each other" -- they really do exceptionally little damage. Following the example army composition in your ...

Two failures in a row on Scenario 2. The first time with cheap infantry and two weak tanks; this second time with a slightly different mix, but not much better performance. I still had two VH's to capture, with plenty of enemy units left on the board. Next time, perhaps! --------------------- OpenGe...

The Spanish Civil War. I feel slightly funny about playing a campaign as the Franquistas, but the only Spanish Republican campaign isn't an official Campaign Challenge file. I lost the first scenario with a mixed-arms force, but the second time was able to squeak a TV with arty and infantry alone: O...

I just completed a playthrough of this CC at 100% prestige levels. It's a curious campaign since in a sense it's impossible to 'lose' -- even a lost scenario still allows one to continue to the next. I achieved victories for most of the early (pre-WWI) scenarios but settled for Losses in several of ...

The latest version (as of a few weeks ago) seems to be:
OpenGen 0.93.5.0 * 16 Jul 2022
(at least, that's what I've been using).

Very strange --- and yet, I see no deployment hexes in the OpenGeneral map window.
Ah well, there are plenty of others to choose from. Thanks!

I thought I would give this British North Africa campaign a try, but I ran into seemingly-fatal problems that prevent me from finishing it. After several failed attempts at the first few scenarios, I managed to reach Scenario 4 -- but the scenario offers me no opportunities for any unit placement. S...

Thanks all. After considering your advice and getting a better feel for the units and goals in this Campaign Challenge, I successfully completed the campaign -- and with all Brilliant Victories (at 100% prestige). I didn't give you all the play-by-play, but the full after-action report is below. Pro...

Thanks for the tips and hints, all. I elected to keep playing through this CC at 100% until I win (or all my units are eliminated). In the meantime I finished a few more scenarios. My regimental commanders were a bit too keen on staying in the fight too long, so my core is being slowly whittled away...

Very interesting -- thank you for the detailed advice. I re-tried the last few scenarios again and managed a Normal Victory in campaign 7. I pasted the full printout below... as you'll see, it's quite infantry-heavy! I'll consider your unit-type recommendations, although the tougher units are so exp...

Thank you for your kind response. I have tried to peruse other posts in this sub-forum but haven't had much success in parsing them -- they just seem like big, automated data dumps. Is that what you're asking about? If so, I can try to post that. I think I generally understand the victory conditions...

Tried a second time, starting from scratch. Results: a tad better, but still far from ideal. My BV in Scenario #6 came at a high cost, with most of my best units broken and battered (or worse): Play# Scenario Result 1 DEFENSE OF SEOUL (#0) Victory 2 KUM RIVER LINE (#1) Tactical Victory 3 PUSAN PERIM...

Tried my first campaign challenge, and figured I'd go for the latest one (#76, Korean War) at 100% prestige. What a bloodbath! I lost the first scenario (Defense of Seoul) and had to restart before achieving a Normal Victory on the second try. then... I somehow squeaked by in scenario 2 (Kum River L...