The WeeWar Times

Image via Wikipedia Map balancing in WeeWar is a tough job and there are many maps out there with varying degrees of bias - generally in favor of blue. Here are five tips to keep you from losing points due to a biased map: Avoid small symmetrical maps with the same starting points (think Aruba). A small map can turn blue's first move into an easy victory if played correctly (think Aruba) and some players have made ... Read More

I was lucky enough to get to guest post on Profy.com, if you are interested in Social Media and WeeWar's relationship to the medium, then check out my post Social Media is a Battlefield .  What really makes the article for me are the great reponses from WeeWar co-founder Alex Kohlhofer.   Check it out and let me know what you think! Read More

Image via Wikipedia If any of you WeeWar players are active on friendfeed I've created a room for us .  If you aren't familiar with friendfeed it's a social aggregation and commenting site.  If you and your friends use Facebook , Twitter , Digg , blog, or use any of the other 41 different services you can pull all of your various activities into one place and see everything your friends are doing as well.  It's an addictive service, you ... Read More

One of WeeWar's most prominent hackers (in the good sense) has updated his flash Battle Simulator version 3.2.  Pluto announced that the Simulator has been updated with the new stats from the recent rebalancing.  The Battle Simulator is an incredibly useful tool and allows you to simulate battle outcomes between any units on any terrain and even lets you add in multiple attack bonuses!  I suggest that you leave it open in a new tab to get the most use out of ... Read More

WeeWar mapmaker Stirling (interview ) has recently released an update to his popular Europe World War II map.  This is a fun and complicated board and the recent updates play like an entirely new map.  Stirling answered a few questions I had about the map and also added some great information in his interview which I will include here as well.  If you haven't played on the new version then I highly suggest you start a game, and don't forget to ... Read More

If you aren't familiar the WeeWar Players Association , it was established as a community to promote fair and honorable play on WeeWar.  I am not a member, and that's not meant to be a judgement call, it's just that I was never interested in it personally.  It didn't help that the first time I ever heard of it was when one of it's members spammed every game I was playing when they determined a game was over and assumed I was ... Read More

Image via Wikipedia As promised in yesterday's Interview with WeeWar's most popular cartographer , here are Stirling's map balancing tips.  This is a must read if you want to make good playable maps that people will enjoy: Chess is pretty balanced. Same units, same starting positions, no income. The balance is broken when 1 player moves first and the other second. So given an even start the most unbalancing factor is player skill and a mapmaker can only do so much to balance ... Read More

Image via Wikipedia Most of you have probably played on one of Stirling's maps , he is one of WeeWar's most popular and prolific mapmakers,  and one of the best players.  Stirling's alter ego Dan Janowak, 36, from Madison, WI., (He is moving first to Scottsdale, AZ and then on to Pasadena, CA.) is a healthcare IT consultant.   When I asked him about his hobbies he listed: Volleyball, strategic analysis [yes as a hobby], read and keep up on the latest news in ... Read More

The WeeWar Times is a news site for the browser-based strategy game WeeWar!  The WeeWar Times is not associated with WeeWar and is run by David Knight aka Tygerdave. Read More