Hey soulfein,

I replied on the messages. But since the reply doesnt show up there, I also do here in the thread again.
Long story short:
Pardon me for the delay. Been traveling. And I am located in Germany atm, thus CET. Would actually appreciate the first few moves to be PBEM, both due to current limits in free evenings, as well as the opportunity to get into the map a bit.
Please guide me through any bidding phase there might be.
ErnieBommel@gmail.com

Regards,
EB

The Bommel signs up too. Time to get some scars on the non-NWO maps ; p

Replay value and balance had precedence over historical accuracy in NWO. A truly historical setup on this level of abstraction is doomed to lead to one-dimensional gameplay. The map is an hommage to the charms of the Larry Harris A&A game mechanics, not a history simulator.

options
means
variation
means
high replay value
means
increasing depth of strategical challenge within the community
means
unlimited challenge and fun

Too many games today leave the player with the disappointing discovery, that while seemingly full of choices, the game boils down to one simple optimal approach.

In NWO, there is a multitude of interconnected hotspots, each with a fine balance of its own. There is no optimal trajectory solving the game for you. If you let your concentration slip in one theater of war for a turn only, if your opponent anticipates your subconscious wishes better then you do his, he will exploit that and win. Still, the map allows for a relatively intuitive gameplay for beginners.

A hidden plus of NWO is that it inherently attracts a pleasant and mature selection of skilled players.

Thx to Veq for the post and call me me shameless ; )
ErnieBommel (retired)

Well, I read for a couple times now that they like NWO much better then aa50. There is almost constantly 1-3 NWO games active.

Just to conclude this thread for any people that read it:

TripleA has not been shut down. It has been modified in order to avoid any legal issues. But it works, has a lively and mannered community, a brand new version enabling map-downloads in a breeze and an improved AI (though the real challenge and fun still lies in the live online games, or PBEM, of course.)

Check the screenshots and all the rest at your TripleA starting resaource, the

TripleA Supply Depot: http://sites.google.com/site/tripleaerniebommel/

Well, I announced it already in other parts of the forums, but here again:

TripleA is up and running, and provides all kinds of A&A games including complete rulesets, enabling online live play, PBEM or local sessions (against the AI). Moreover, it provides some awesome maps for the advanced player (like New World Order - NWO). And all this within a normally pleasant and mature community.

Of course, the AI will be no real challenge, as can everybody having basic understanding of AI programming will easily understand. But it does a surprisingly decent job at the moment, thanks to many improvements.

Check it out in the TripleA Supply Depot: http://sites.google.com/site/tripleaerniebommel/

There has been an adaption of this map for TripleA.
Using a d6 instead, due to engine limitations, but nicely done for the rest, and having good and complete documentation/rules.

You can a screenshot of it, as well as the easy-to-install TripleA and the Map itself at the

TripleA Supply Depot: http://sites.google.com/site/tripleaerniebommel/home

Regards,
EB

Just visit the

Get TripleA, Beginners Tutorial and additional Maps at the

TripleA Supply Depot: http://sites.google.com/site/tripleaerniebommel/

for more info and screenshots.

Regards,
ErnieBommel

Get TripleA, Beginners Tutorial and additional Maps at the

TripleA Supply Depot: http://sites.google.com/site/tripleaerniebommel/

Answering the above question:
Different TripleA versions can be installed in parallel - they dont interfere with each other.
So just leave the old TripleA folder on your machine, to finish you PBEM games there.

Just to sum up what happened at the end of this thread:

TripleA is very much alive. It got purged of any name references to the boardgame, but the maps resembling the official boardgame in setup support the complete rulesets of all the versions out there.
More important, in my eyes, it features some user made maps with different themes. Some of them are aimed at the advanced player (like New World Order - NWO1.7EB, for example), with the positive side-effect of having a mannered and above-average skilled community around them. The large maps tend to value strategic thinking above tactical assessment.

Find TripleA, an easy Beginners Guide, additional Maps and more at the:
TripleA Supply Depot: http://sites.google.com/site/tripleaerniebommel/

(Forgive me promoting this here, but I learned that even good products can fail without advertisement…)