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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Some interesting news from Total War mods |
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:27 pm
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| It should be fun to play. Unfortunately it is only one battle. I am waiting for a full-fledged total war with both strategic and tactical gameplay like Napoleon: Total War. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Meleeing |
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:24 am
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| I was going to suggest Griffith's "Battle Tactics" also. It is interesting that he mentions that it was difficult to get troops to charge the enemy all the way, that they tended to stop and fire and lost momentum. Melee is never mentioned by name, rather close assault . Melee is a not an i... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Meleeing |
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:16 am
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| It would take a different kind of game, more tactical, like "Take Command" to offer those kind of choices. As the unit charged, you could be offered a drop down menu offerring you choices to keep going, stop and fire, retreat,etc. This menu could be offerred after every enemy volley. Volle... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: The best western movie ever made |
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:58 am
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Replies: 83
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You can't leave out Sgt. Preston's Yukon King!  |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Meleeing |
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:05 pm
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| You can eliminate the Victory point hexes in any game using the Scenario editor in the game folder. Thus you are not forced to take or defend any specific hex and the battle is decided on casualties. This probably prevents "decisive" or "major victories" unless one of the players... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: New HPS Game |
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:28 am
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Replies: 17
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| It will be a different sort of campaign and doubtful that Jackson will be able to succeed as before. The Union Commanders and troops could be rated low and that will be a problem to overcome. Still, it will be interesting and a welcome addition to the ACWGC catalogue of games. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Meleeing |
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:17 am
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| I believe the reduction of the melee would favor the Union as there are many Rebs who use the melee in their offensive tactics. Another objection is historicity. The units are construed close to their actual numbers in regiments and breaking them into battalions would be ahistorical. And since batta... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Meleeing |
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:19 pm
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| Battalions? So instead of moving a 100 units, you have to move 200? No, thanks. Melees are a part of the game and as I believe they can be dealt with. Many times melees are made to purposely disrupt the unit with the hope that the opponent routs. Rebs do this to union troops all the time because the... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: The Confederacy Surrenders in Valentine's Day Battle!!! |
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:21 pm
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| What hogwash indeed! The AotS has always been the premier fighting unit of the Union. The AotC is only good at mustering! That's not to say that the Army of the Cumberland can't beat Rebs but not as well as the Shenandoan's can. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Gettysburg Short Film |
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:34 am
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| That's why the Civil War is so fascinating even now. We Yanks are waiting for you Rebs trying to make it to the Clump of Trees. :) There are so many what ifs that could have changed the outcome: Ewell taking Culp's Hill, Chamberlain losing Little Round Top, etc. The Battle of Gettysburg had to be a ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Gettysburg Short Film |
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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:57 am
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| I wonder if it is the same film I reported on in a post sometime back. It had no actors but was a narration of the battle showing the exact spots and monuments. I caught it after it started so I missed the credits. The battlefield was quite pristine without any evidence of modern times around it. It... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Calling LG Tim Miller |
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:19 pm
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| You probably put the fear in him, Doug. |
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Forum: American Civil War Topic: The American Civil War, Day by Day - comments and discussion |
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Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:10 pm
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| Wikipedia says that Lorenzo Thomas was the guy who started the rumors that Sherman was insane and his testimony at the impeachment trial against Pres. Johnson was so biased that it led in good measure to the President's acquittal. Some guy. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: looking for Neal Hebert |
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Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:17 pm
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| Gosh! I hope Nicodemus didn't get him. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Movement fatigue |
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Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:14 am
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Replies: 18
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| That's it Ernie, Home of the Underdogs, the source of all the old games. |
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