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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Campaign Gettysburg Proposal |
| mihalik |
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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 5:49 am
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| Hi, General, I advise you to endeavor to persevere. I think the outcome will be more like the Battle of Gettysburg than the historical battle, in that there will be a lot of uncertainty, which is historical, while there is virtually none in the historical scenario. And so Buford can concentrate his ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Campaign Gettysburg Proposal |
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Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:10 pm
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| Hi, General, I have thought about something like this but never implemented it. I think the bottom line is a battle of Gettysburg with real fog of war. What that means in practical terms is uncertainty as to the where and when troops arrive in the battle area. Maybe the battle area itself as well. I... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Cold Harbor OOB in HPS Chancellorsville |
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Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:52 pm
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Replies: 13
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| <blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by NickT65</i> <br />I was thinking the Red River campaign would be a good one. The two valley campaigns beg to be made, but apart from those (and I don't think the Red R... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Deleted scenes from Gettysburg |
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:09 pm
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Replies: 6
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Hi, Dale,
Thanks for the link. At least a couple of the scenes are really worth watching.
MG Mike Mihalik
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: How are short and medium range settings determined |
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Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 6:25 am
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| Hi, Ross, Here is what the manual says: <font color="orange">The Auto DF Dialog can be used during a player turn to establish the Automatic Defensive Fire values for that side. Values may be established for infantry and artillery. There are two possible settings for infantry: Min and Max. At the Max... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Night Attacks-General Rule |
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:18 am
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Replies: 3
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| It used to be a real problem because of the morale penalty assessed against the defender, a penalty for which I can find little historical justification. There were few night attacks recorded during the war, and most of those were unsuccessful, such as at Gettysburg or Wauhatchie. I think the night ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Best Battlefields to visit |
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:35 pm
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Replies: 33
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| Hi, My top five are: 1) Gettysburg-Lots of info available there. 2) Vicksburg-Because it includes the Cairo. 3) Sharpsburg-Easy to follow how it all went down. 4) Chickamauga- Another large battle. 5) Shiloh- well-preserved. Some interesting sites not mentioned: Droop Mountain, W Va- A very pretty p... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Fire strength per hex |
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:37 am
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| Hi, Lieutenant, You are exactly right, and this has been addressed before over the years. Back before the HPS system there was Talonsoft, also programmed by John Tiller. A couple of fellows named Frost and Norris modified the system so that only 400 infantry could stack in a hex. This necessitated b... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: MGen Mihalik |
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:25 am
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Hi, General,
I have been backpacking in the Northwest and communications have been spotty at best. Hope to be back in a couple of weeks and reestablish communications until my next expedition.
MG Mike Mihalik
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: streams |
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 4:58 am
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Replies: 18
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| Hi, I don't know about melee, but fire modifiers are cumulative. If you fire at a unit in the woods(-40%) behind an embankment (-50%) two levels of elevation above you (-20%), you can't inflict a casualty. Wish I could expound further on this anomalie but face time constraints. MG Mike Mihalik 1/III... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Its About Time |
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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:29 am
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Replies: 17
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| My thoughts. Folks expect different things out of the club. For me, it has been to play the games. I accepted division command out of a sense of responsibility to the club. So far, my only real duty has been to conduct muster and report the results to my corps commander. I find it mildly annoying bu... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: How to Melee |
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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:50 am
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| I have read a lots of books on the Civil War, including battle reports and tactics, and I have found a lot of different opinions. As near as I can tell, columns were seldom used, and most fighting was done in two-rank lines. Also skirmishers were liberally employed. I get the impression that most as... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Honoring the US Fallen |
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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 4:20 pm
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Change Formation, ...MARCH! |
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 5:26 pm
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Replies: 10
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| <blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Dirk Gross</i> <br />Can you imagine the howls of discontent when you defend a bridge crossing, only to have the enemy cross in front of your eyes and form up while yo... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Change Formation, ...MARCH! |
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 3:27 pm
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Replies: 10
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| Hi, General, I also would like to see the flexible formation change for phased play. I was told that the original rule was deliberately left as is in phased play because someone didn't like players being able to move at road movement rate between hexes out of LOS of the enemy and then deploy into li... |
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