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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: has the forum participation level slowed down |
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2025 11:01 pm
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Replies: 3
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| Half of the club are Rebs, and you are incapable of posting if you ain't sober and can't read and write. Pa taught 'em how to put that still together though. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Weapons Effectiveness in Parameter Tables |
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Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2025 11:25 pm
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Replies: 2
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| I know that weapons effectiveness/ranges in parameter tables can change from one campaign to another (e.g. Antietam and Overland are different). Can anyone tell me if weapons effectiveness is the same throughout a campaign game (e.g. all scenarios in Antietam use the same weapons effectiveness and t... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: A Dearth of MP Gaming at the ACWGC |
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 6:03 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 530
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| I don't like MP gaming but ... there has always appeared to be a sizable percentage of the membership that do/would like to indulge in MP games. What is missing is organization. Someone needs to maintain a list of scenarios that would be suited for MP gaming. That list needs to include short scenari... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Spreadsheet of Main ACW Historical Scenarios |
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2025 8:46 am
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Replies: 6
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| Yes. There are a lot of changes and additions - 201 vs 145 entries. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Spreadsheet of Main ACW Historical Scenarios |
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2025 12:22 am
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Replies: 6
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| I have created a list in chronological order of 201 historical scenarios included in the WDS ACW Campaign games. It does not include all historical scenarios. Excluded are short scenarios that are just partial scenarios of a major battle (e.g. Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg). The idea came from a po... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Campaign games |
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 12:29 pm
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| Bunch of Rebs! Probably haven't cleaned the coils on their still or changed their drawers in a year. I keep the file name the same and name the turns in the subject line of the email. That way I keep my file choices limited when I am opening a game. I eventually would have to delete the email anyway... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: The High Water Mark? |
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2025 5:51 pm
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| Chancellorsville because afterwards, the soldiers were of high quality, but the leadership never recovered. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Mobile Campaign Reviews |
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2025 9:19 pm
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| Paul Brueske was entertaining and obviously knew his stuff about the Mobile Campaign and the people associated with it. He is a good speaker. He is President of the Civil War Round Table in Mobile and the track and field head coach for the Univ of South Alabama. I could have gotten you a signed copy... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Mobile Campaign Reviews |
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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2025 11:15 pm
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| Paul Brueske is driving up from Mobile to the Tennessee Valley Civil War Round Table in Huntsville AL to speak about his books. The Round Table meets at the Elk Lodge at 6:30 Thursday August 14th. This is the same forum that Rich Walker addressed in June. I won't mention your reviews. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Fatigue Recovery |
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2025 1:00 pm
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| Do disrupted and/or routed units recover fatigue? Does command and control have any bearing upon fatigue recovery? |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: The Last American to Collect a Civil War Pension |
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2025 9:12 am
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| The last American to collect a Civil War pension died in 2020. The U.S. Civil War ended in 1865 after four grueling years of conflict, but the Confederacy’s surrender at Appomattox Court House didn’t instantly bring closure to a tattered nation. Instead, it marked the beginning of the laborious task... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Do You Remember Your First Battlefield? |
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2025 9:34 pm
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| Fort Donelson. It was 10 degrees with 3 inches of snow on the ground, McClernand's men were firing minie balls over our heads all night, and we just barely escaped on the road to Nashville the next morning. I learned that it was necessary to carry a second pair of britches with me at all times. Litt... |
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Forum: Wargame Design Studio (WDS) Topic: Fredericksburg Nov 19 Meeting Engagement (CLOSED) |
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2025 11:11 pm
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| It's been 12 years since I played this one and I don't remember it (you can take advantage of my old age). It is on the WDS Chancellorsville game as scenario 002F. I'm not particular as to which side that I play nor if it is a battle or a maneuver. All options on except for MDF, Arty Capture, EFOW, ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Asking for your Opinions on Transfers |
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2025 9:19 pm
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| The club used to be very Union versus Confederate oriented and was supposedly founded to be that way versus being a ladder type club. We had fun telling stories and tossing around challenges. But then some members took offense to it and the club changed. Some of the side effects of those changes was... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Questions/Comments Concerning Update 4.05.4 |
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 11:00 pm
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| I was having trouble stacking with artillery units until I found in the new rules that one artillery piece is now equivalent to 80 men. That is a big jump from 25 men. In conjunction with that, comes the effects of melee against artillery. User Manual Section 5.5.3 Melee Modifiers says that each def... |
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