From: Bowden Russell Subject: Re: COMP: People's General Reveiw. I just thought I'd let the board know about my latest, and best purchase of the year, SSI's "People's General". I'm very impressed with this game. I've currently put aside Close Combat 2 to dive deeply into this latest, and greatest, of the 5 star series. If you enjoyed Panzer General 2 you'll lOVE this game. I've played all of the 5 stars series except Fantasy General and this one is head and shoulders better than the rest. SSI has greatly improved this game engine and have taken it to a more sophisticated "Beer & Pretzels" game. Improvements over the older title (Panzer General II ): - Counter-battery. Artillery units can fire against other artillery. -task-force composition. Take a unit, say a T-90, and add two extra qualities to it. This allows you to personalize your force composition. I really enjoy this aspect of the game. -Helicopters. They've abstracted the air combat in the game but have added helicopters. Very deadly against tanks but vulnerable to Zsu-23's or Strelas/Stingers. -Chinese infantry units can build up to 15! These monsters can really survive and dish out punishment. -advanced sighting rules. You may be able to see a unit at 3 or 5 hexes but not know what type or composistion/strength. improves the cat and mouse aspect. I can go on but I'd rather go back to playing this great game than talking about it! Bowden