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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: This is just plain stupid |
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 12:36 pm
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I had a similar problem once. Turns out my mailbox is only allowed 10
megs and I had about 9.9meg used. After pruning out the mailbox, it worked OK again.
MG Mike Mihalik
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Shiloh-Opening Belmont Scenario Problem |
| mihalik |
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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 9:18 am
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Replies: 18
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Hi, Rich,
I don't know what that means, but is it something we need to watch
for in other games, or just Shiloh?
Mike
MG Mike Mihalik
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Proposed 1.02 Patch for Shiloh |
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Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 3:50 am
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Replies: 7
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| Hi, My two cents worth. I think the game works well both historically and playability-wise as is. Stonewall would never have been able to steamroll the XI Corps at Chancellorsville if his men kept disrupting in the woods. I get the impression that the Civil War formations were more flexible anyhow; ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: USMC Birthday-November 10, 1775 |
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:44 am
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Replies: 5
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Happy Birthday, Ernie!
MG Mike Mihalik
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Engine upgrades prioritized |
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:13 am
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Replies: 71
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| I support the artillery supply wagons idea. Infantry supply wagons are certainly a limiting factor on infantry maneuver; I can't imagine artillery ammunition wagons moving faster than infantry wagons. I'm not sure where John Tiller got his figures for wagon movement, but wagons moving on a dirt road... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Value of Breastworks? |
| mihalik |
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:21 am
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| Hi, Did a little playing around and found in Gettysburg that building a breastwork on top of a stone wall adds the breastwork benefit to the stone wall benefit. At Devil's Den, Confederate A-rated troops fired from two levels down (-40) at a Union unit in rough terrain (-30) behind a stone wall (-40... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Shelby Foote |
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:38 am
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| I think Bruce Catton was my favorite Civil War author, but I read his books a long time ago, when I was in high school. I don't know how they would stack up today. My favorite Civil War book is probably Coddington's The Gettysburg Campaign. Gettysburg is my favorite battle, and in my opinion no one ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Simple but elegant |
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 7:38 am
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Replies: 15
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| Hi, Tony, I think your idea would make the single phase system a viable option again. It still wouldn't prevent the attacker from massing fire while the op fire might or might not be effective, but it would certainly prevent the blitzkriegs. For multiphase, I think it would tilt the balance too much... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Battleground Games |
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:07 am
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Replies: 5
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| Hi, All, Just over at Matrix Games, and they have announced that they have obtained the rights to the old Talonsoft games. I'm not sure what they intend to do with them, but at least they are back in the hands of wargamers. Their address is: http://www.matrixgames.com/ MG Mike Mihalik 1/III/AoMiss/CSA |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Cannot move routed unit closer to enemy |
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 3:20 pm
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| To me, it is ridiculous that a routed unit moves at half the rate of an unrouted unit. You would think they would be running to get away. Also have a problem with units being reduced to one quarter melee strength because a few squads snuck up behind them and isolated them with ZOC, but that is a dif... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Age Poll |
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Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 3:57 am
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| I am 55. I was first interested in toy soldiers at an early age, but became interested in the ACW in 5th grade when as kids we actually played Civil War in the playground. Apparently there were some Civil War programs on TV in the early sixties when they were celebrating the centennial that caught k... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Single vs Multi phase |
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:57 pm
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Replies: 12
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| Single phase is fun to play, but as implemented favors the tactical attacker, which isn't historical. I think the play balance in many scenarios is profoundly affected by the type of system you play, but many scenarios are unbalanced no matter which system you use. After playing the single phase sin... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Engine upgrades prioritized |
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:00 pm
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1. Adapt infantry formation change and op fire from single phase to multiphase.
2. Artillery ammo sytem change.
3. Artillery capture/recapture.
MG Mike Mihalik
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: 1/2 Defence - Full Offence - Right - Wrong? |
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 11:11 am
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| The main problem with single phase (what Gen Whitehead refers to as turn-based) is that the op fire is so unpredictable. I have had units march up to a stack of eight sections of artillery and take it out with the artillery only firing two or three times, none at point blank range. I have seen other... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Getting Frustrated with HPS tactics |
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:44 am
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Replies: 76
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| Hi, Al, You are right, of course, but the view I was trying to express was that if they pass they ought to remain in good order. My experience is that while flank morale modifier is a good thing (imho) on balance it isn't enough to make forming a solid line advantageous. If units adjacent to routing... |
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