El Alamein Choke Point Reasoning

[wabatt]

Awesome picture. Now I can just imagine it and why they couldn't get around that.

Fun-Fact - The CIA proposed flooding the Qattara Depression as the solution to peace in the Middle East. They hoped the resulting lake could be used to relocate the Palestine Arabs. Oh, and they were going to dig the canal with nuclear warheads.

 

[Achab]

Fun-Fact - The CIA proposed flooding the Qattara Depression as the solution to peace in the Middle East. They hoped the resulting lake could be used to relocate the Palestine Arabs. Oh, and they were going to dig the canal with nuclear warheads.

Sounds fabulous, so with enough nukes we will be able to dig out the el Alamein province out of the map for good, let the Mediterranean waters run into the new Sahara superprovince there with our fleet following.

 

[Stolen Rutters]

From an earlier discussion on whether to try NML for games or mod differently:

Posted before - one wide El Alamein is weak geography and bad game design. El Alamein is not a pass that would force an army to "stick to the coast, nor a narrow defile considering the force levels involved.

I prefer one wide, exactly because of the large map scale:

This could be abstracted, by,,,

Encirclement

• Frontage filled
• Has reserves.
• At least 1 of the following:

• Skill advantage is over 0.
• Has trait  Panzer Leader.
• Has trait  Trickster.

Or

Unexpected Thrust

which requires,

 Mobile Warfare