Microsoft Close Combat manual Maneuver Play, Campaign Play

10Close Combat

Maneuver Play

When you start a Maneuver, the Game screen appears with Close Combat in Deployment mode. You use this mode to move your teams where you want them (on your side of the battle line) before you begin the battle. Once you have deployed your teams, you begin the battle, and issue commands until you win, lose, click End Battle, or choose Abort Battle from the Game menu (File menu on the Macintosh).

At the end of each Maneuver, the Debriefing screen appears. This screen summa- rizes the results of the just-completed battle. From the Debriefing screen, you can either display the Debriefing Details screen, save the Maneuver for replay, or go to the Command screen. Once back at the Command screen, you can choose to play another Maneuver, start a new or saved Campaign, or select a Replay.

To win at maneuver play, you need only win a single battle. You can take more chances during a Maneuver than you should during a Campaign because you receive fresh teams after playing a Maneuver. Because you keep the same teams throughout the Campaign (although you may receive replacements for killed or wounded soldiers), the cohesion of your teams at the end of each battle is carried over to the next battle.

Campaign Play

When you start a Campaign, the Game screen appears with Close Combat in Deployment mode. You can deploy your teams where you want them (on your side of the battle line), then begin the battle. When the battle starts, you issue commands until you win, lose, click End Battle, or choose Abort Battle from the Game menu (File menu on the Macintosh).

When the battle is over, the Debriefing screen appears. From the Debriefing screen you can choose to display the Debriefing Details screen, then play the next battle, or you can skip the Debriefing Details screen and move straight to the next battle.

Which battle you play next depends on whether you win (decisive, major, or minor victory) or lose (decisive, major, or minor defeat) and which side you’re playing on. If you are playing as the Americans:

•You skip ahead two battles if you score a decisive victory.

•You skip ahead one battle if you score a major victory.

•You play the next battle if you score a minor victory.

•You play the same battle if you suffer a minor or major defeat.

•You play the previous battle if you suffer a decisive defeat.

If you play as the Germans:

•You play the previous battle if you score a decisive victory.

•You play the same battle if you score a major or minor victory.