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As someone else has already said, it's actually possible to play this game at a very superficial level, as just a "pushing counters round the map" exercise. But there's such an enormous, incredibly detailed engine under the hood. And every (rewarding) detail you ingest from the 520 page manual helps you understand the game, and play the game, better. It's a game that rewards careful, slow, detailed planning and focus.

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This is one of the best strategy games of all time. War in the East 2 is a deep simulation of the Eastern Front of WW2 from 1941 - 1945. What makes this game brilliant is that although it is ostensibly very complex and daunting, new players can easily get away with only having a superficial understanding of the game while still being able to have a blast.
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\nDepending on how much you want to engage with the mechanics of this game, the more complex aspects like logistics or air directives can be automated via the AI which just leaves you to handle what I think many would consider the most fun part of this game, ordering around your divisions and fighting a large-scale war. All of the mechanics in this game do intersect, which means it helps to be able to understand it on a deeper level, but again it is not a requirement.
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Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2

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