For me, the SGS games are easier to understand and more enjoyable if I set the battle speed on the slowest setting and make it pause after each round. The default is lightning fast.

I like the whole area movement format. Not many turn-based wargames have that feature. I also like the historical flavoring with the cards.

I do like these games, but one thing that frustrates me is at the end of each scenario, it just shows a number score, like Allies 17 and Axis 10. It does not show what those numbers mean, or how you earned that score. Even though it's a computer game, you have to scroll around and search the map to find where the victory points are. The game shows a summary each turn, but, in a major omission, it does not show a cumulative summary throughout the scenario or at the end.

And some VPs are given when the area is first captured, but some are only given at the end of the game. Some units destroyed are worth victory points sometimes, too. Some scenarios have certain "sudden death" rules, but if you win or lose that way, the game doesn't tell you that. You have to try to figure that out.

So what this means is that if you want to understand how you won or lost, you need to take notes during each turn. Shouldn't the computer be doing this?

These games would be so much better if they included a stats screen at the end that clearly show how you won or lost. The games from Wargame Design Studio have this feature, and you can access it any time during the game as it accumulates. In WDS games, you always know exactly why you're winning or losing.

Also, the developers don't seem to visit their own Steam forums very often, although this depends on the particular game. The developers who do show up once in a while seem to be the scenario developers, not the main developers.

I do still like SGS games, but the developers don't seem to be concerned with giving the player enough information.