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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Pierre Beauregard Medals for the CSA |
Bill Peters |
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2023 1:41 am
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Well done, sirs! |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: New Member Introduction |
Bill Peters |
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2023 11:50 pm
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Glad to have you with us, John! Lots of good folks here and very good gamers too. Hope you enjoy the club and go out and clobber some of those Billy Yanks! <THUMBSUP>
If you need tips on the games this is the best place to find them. Thousands of games played by members in this club. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Out of Communication for Fall In |
Bill Peters |
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2023 11:47 pm
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I still have my TC 1 convention shirt! <THUMBSUP> ... Its worn out but I wear it now and then ... the others, unfortunately got too "wargame holy" to present in public and have been retired (tossed out) from service. ROFL Didn't make it to TC 2 and the shirts were sold out so I never got o... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Who Commanded the Union Army at the Wilderness? |
Bill Peters |
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:54 pm
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No Wing commander level in the ACW series, like we have in the Napoleonic series, to facilitate that extra level of command needed in these situations? I would make Meade the Wing Commander and Grant the Army commander. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Some WDS 4.04 Comments |
Bill Peters |
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:50 pm
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It would be nice to hear from some of you guys that are very knowledgeable on the subject of routed ACW units during the war. What WOULD they do once the first rout move was done? I wont even try and use Hollywood films as a basis for my answer (its called I don't really like the taste of residual m... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: JTS vs. WDS Gettysburg Map - Which is Right? |
Bill Peters |
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2023 4:33 pm
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I found in my discussion with the late Doug Strickler that it fruitless to disagree with him on his decisions for the game. He zinged me good with the II Corps topic where I wondered why the corps arrives on the first day. His answer was spot on saying that they were there but when the hills were no... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Ewell & Holmes at First Bull Run |
Bill Peters |
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2023 1:55 pm
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And both of those regiments are already part of Longstreet's and Early's brigades. Rich Walker already had "detached" them to the other commands. So no need to build another OB file. So just to clarify: Holmes' brigade remained on the right and never engaged. Two of his regiments did being... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Ewell & Holmes at First Bull Run |
Bill Peters |
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 8:37 pm
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Hi Paul - I will add Holmes' brigade in as reinforcements then. Seems the best way to do this. I really hate that one Union division is stuck to the rear while Ewell is free to roam about. If we go by historical then I will leave Ewell out. For the attachments you mention for Holmes, I will build a ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Chickamauga September 18, 1863: the first day of battle |
Bill Peters |
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2023 11:02 pm
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I believe Scenario 047 already does all this and includes action from September 18 - 20. I guess I should have looked LOL! It's been a day! Oh Rich, we Scenario Designers deserve an "Oops, missed that one" ... ;) Now that I am more or less retired from WDS design work and playing the game... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Ewell & Holmes at First Bull Run |
Bill Peters |
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:58 pm
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Nice input, guys. Thanks. Looks like Ewell was busy marching to and fro and could easily be taken out of the game while Holmes never was engaged making his status similar to Miles. If we want to play a "Historical" scenario then we should be fair to the Union. Removing those two brigades w... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Ewell & Holmes at First Bull Run |
Bill Peters |
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:56 am
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I know that Ewell's brigade spent the battle counter-marching and was not truly engaged in the Battle of First Bull Run but what of Holme's Brigade? From what I gather, Holmes was part of Ewell's command. Did this mean that he and his men also did not take part in the battle? |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: A Game and a Chair - Promo and Episode 3 |
Bill Peters |
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:32 am
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Most of my OB unit rating for the Napoleonic Battles games was done with the reputation of the unit, prior to the battle, as my basis for the morale rating or the leader's command/leadership values. Not its performance on the battlefield in question. That would be like building a MLB game of the 196... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: WDS Version 4.04 Released |
Bill Peters |
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 1:37 am
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Blake's video was AWESOME! BRO! Now when I play these games I am going to have your voice in my head when I move around the map. Like The Civil War series from Ken Burns and the narrator there. I like the changes. More ranged fire from now on. I echo your sentiments that Blake did a great job of go... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Return from the Dead |
Bill Peters |
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 1:34 am
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Welcome back, Jim! Glad to hear that your vision is at a level to where you can play the games but more importantly do other things too. |
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Forum: Wargame Design Studio (WDS) and John Tiller Software (JTS) Campaign Games Topic: Yank Wanted for a Battle of Chickamauga or Shiloh - CLOSED |
Bill Peters |
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 8:19 am
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Replies: 2 Views: 1169
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Ok, Sean, lets wait for the updates to roll out. Sometimes the titles are not all done at once so we can get going with a game from one those titles that gets updated. <THUMBSUP> |
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