# Ever used a historical tactic in a PC game?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-used-a-historical-tactic-in-a-pc-game/246283
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 21, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-used-a-historical-tactic-in-a-pc-game/246283 "2004-05-21T02:00:40Z")
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### Author:  [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-used-a-historical-tactic-in-a-pc-game/246283/21 "2004-05-22T03:47:37Z")
One more than one occaision, I’ve built a Maginot Line-like defense strategy in Warcraft 2. That is, completely focused on only one area, and got my ass kicked when the enemy came from a different place.
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### Author:  [@Call\_me\_Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Call_me_Frank)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2004, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-used-a-historical-tactic-in-a-pc-game/246283/22 "2004-05-22T05:19:30Z")
Back in my Red Alert 2 days I employed a “Shock and awe”-type approach. When I attacked I did so with a large ground force and an assortment of aerial units. I would attack the construction facilities with my jets and power facilities with my rocketeers. I countered their ground forces with my own. It was somewhat hard to manage it all by my lonesome, but it works wonders against the computer if you use Waypoints 😃
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