Duly noted. I really enjoyed this. It was quite fun to have something that made me challenge myself and think about unit positioning, maximum effective ranges, etc. Particularly I loved the touches added on the personality traits of the subordinate commanders. It really made the units come to life for me, as if every man under my command was a real person which would act in different ways and respond in different fashions. I had a lot more IC posts in mind for my side, but ultimately I didn't end up writing out most of the scenes I imagined.

As for the questions.

1. I feel the fog of war somewhat made it difficult to write IC posts without revealing too much. However, it also was a challenge that I was happy to tackle, and overall I think for the betterment of the system, the strict maintaining of fog of war should be kept.

2. At first, the maps were a bit difficult to decipher, but with the improvement of camera quality, so too did my awareness of the battlefield improve. Though, in the real field I imagine you have to work with what you have, and if your map sheet isn't perfect, you make do.

3. I was aware where all of my units were for the majority if not the entire battle. Granted it was much easier as the defending player. I had a bit of a hard time discerning where some enemy units were at times. However, it didn't matter very much as my Abrams and TOWs acted as a literal delete button for everything that showed itself anyways.

4. The Private Messages were integral to maintaining OPSEC and the fog of war, and thus I feel enhanced the experience, as I was able to observe the actual happenings of the battlefield in a report-styled structure.

5. I feel as if the game goes to great length to model realistic encounters, albeit I'm a little bit skeptical of its scoring system for victory points. From the range values done for each individual weapon to the recreation of actual unit structures, it was quite pleasing to work with, if a little bit daunting at first.

As for the East German victory: While the First Battalion, 33rd Armored Regiment is now cut down to size, we effectively neutered the East German advance. Any breakthrough beyond that point would probably be hard pressed to push on to Frankfurt-am-Main any time soon. This battle's exact definition was a Pyrrhic victory. The quote attributed to Pyrrhus himself comes to mind: "Another such victory and I come back to Epirus alone."