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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Does a Better A/I System Mean the End of the ACWGC? |
| M. Clausen |
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2025 9:21 pm
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| I think AI could be used to change the interface/experience of these games and really add to the command & control elements that are somewhat lacking. These games are really brigade-level simulations. The decisions you are making as a player almost all revolve around employing your regiments and... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Casualties in the ACW games - Point 2: Small arms ammo |
| M. Clausen |
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2025 8:53 pm
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| I agree that simply increasing expenditure while also increasing supply will probably not result in much change by itself. It was the increased difficulty in getting resupplied that I felt would reduce the duration of combat. As I think about it, I believe I failed to mention that a unit should have... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Memory Test |
| M. Clausen |
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2025 5:55 pm
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| I had completely forget about that! Not that I didn't believe you, but I just dug out my original paper manual, and sure enough, there is a picture of an infantry unit with 6 Strength Points. Not only did they use 100 men increments, but they didn't even refer to a unit's size by number of men, but ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Casualties in the ACW games – Point 4: Stacking |
| M. Clausen |
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2025 4:40 pm
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| NOTE: If you haven’t already read the post Total Casualties in the ACW series games – Thesis, you might want to do that, as it provides background for this discussion. I know stacking is a popular point of discussion here at ACWGC, and it should be, because it has many implications for combat and mo... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Casualties in the ACW games – Point 3: Morale Checks |
| M. Clausen |
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2025 4:35 pm
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| NOTE: If you haven’t already read the post Total Casualties in the ACW series games – Thesis, you might want to do that, as it provides background for this discussion. One of the happiest gaming moments in my life was in 1997, when I watched Heth’s attack on Wadsworth evaporate as the Rebel’s routed... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Casualties in the ACW games - Point 2: Small arms ammo |
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2025 4:29 pm
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| NOTE: If you haven’t already read the post Total Casualties in the ACW series games – Thesis, you might want to do that, as it provides background for this discussion. Paddy Griffith’s analysis of a ‘typical’ ACW firefight points to the duration of the firefight being driven by the ammo available to... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Casualties in the ACW games – Point 1: Fire combat analysis |
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2025 4:24 pm
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| NOTE: If you haven’t already read the post Total Casualties in the ACW series games – Thesis, you might want to do that, as it provides background for this discussion. Paddy Griffith has a very interesting table in his book Battle in the Civil War. He breaks down a ‘typical’ Civil War firefight betw... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Total Casualties in the ACW series games – Thesis |
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2025 4:17 pm
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| I am a huge fan of the John Tiller ACW games, and have been ever since I purchased BG2: Gettysburg in 1997. I know there are many members of the ACWGC who have directly and indirectly contributed to giving us the WDS ACW system that we currently enjoy, with its huge library of games. I want to thank... |
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Forum: WDS/JTS Campaign Gettysburg Topic: Gettysburg After Action Report |
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Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 1:53 pm
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Forum: WDS/JTS Campaign Gettysburg Topic: Gettysburg After Action Report |
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Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 1:51 pm
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Forum: WDS/JTS Campaign Gettysburg Topic: Gettysburg After Action Report |
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Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 1:43 pm
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Forum: WDS/JTS Campaign Gettysburg Topic: Gettysburg After Action Report |
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Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 1:42 pm
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Forum: WDS/JTS Campaign Gettysburg Topic: Gettysburg After Action Report |
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Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 1:34 pm
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Forum: WDS/JTS Campaign Gettysburg Topic: Gettysburg After Action Report |
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Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 1:33 pm
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Forum: WDS/JTS Campaign Gettysburg Topic: Gettysburg After Action Report |
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Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 1:11 pm
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