The WeeWar Times

PART TWO: GAME BASICS 2.1 Introduction Never feel intimidated or stupid: Weewar is no more complex than chess to the nth degree with bases, different colors and some other stuff. It is well within the grasp of your average strategically-shaved simian - and you're better than that. It's important to remember: firstly it is far cooler than chess (and the sort of thing you can talk about at dinner parties) and secondly, as a bluffer, your primary goal is to give the appearance of ... 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

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