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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: New recruit, Cadet Scarbrough |
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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2025 5:48 pm
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| That is the best 'new recruit' post I've seen in a long time. My sincere welcome to you joining the Club. I also retired early (very early due to medical reasons) although I am now officially retired having reached 60 years old. Unofficially, I am still 'working' at solely raising three children (12... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Mounted Cavalry armed with Pistols |
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2025 8:25 pm
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| My best guess is that it has to do with 'range'. The hexes in the game are 125 yards across and the effective range of pistols is far less than that (e.g. Colt Army Model 1860=50-75 yards - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_Army_Model_1860 ). If the cavalry are firing off pistols it would generally... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: The Second Most Famous Military Expert? |
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Posted: Mon May 26, 2025 1:32 pm
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| Davis was a capable commander and showed his skills in the Mexican-American War. Although Commander-in-Chief of the CSA, he was smart enough to leave the military decisions to his generals, like Lee. Lee, of course, had a spotless record at West Point; Davis, not so. Davis was court-martialed during... |
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Forum: Great War Movies and Series Topic: 50 Best American War Movies |
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2025 12:15 am
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| So, what is an American war movie? To qualify, the film had to have an IMDb user score and Metascore, be American-made, and deal explicitly with the United State's involvement in a war. In my mind Bridge on the River Kwai and A Bridge too Far are movies about the British War experience. I visited t... |
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Forum: Great War Movies and Series Topic: 50 Best American War Movies |
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2025 10:07 pm
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| I don't get it. What defines 'Amercian war movie'? I was annoyed to see that two of my favourites don't even appear, The Bridge on the River Kwai and A Bridge Too Far . Both include American soldiers and movie stars and both have high ratings from IMDb. It can't be the setting as a number of the mov... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Version 4.05.3 |
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2025 3:30 pm
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| I suggest we have had this discussion previously and it did not end well, as I recall. Therefore as Blake says, let us eat donuts instead, and drink coffee of course too, and let all be right in the world :shock: The last time artillery stacking was raised as a topic was almost five years ago in Ju... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Version 4.05.3 |
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2025 4:50 pm
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| I like the number 12 a lot. It is easily divisible by 4 or 6 which are the normal battery sizes of the two sides. I can't prove it but I bet you dollars to donuts that was a factor in the decision. As Robert Frost said, if they chose 8 or 10 then the USA side would be at a disadvantage in most scen... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Version 4.05.3 |
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2025 3:05 pm
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| Having 8 as a "hard" number -- historically correct or not -- would work against the 6-gun Union batteries. The CSA could stack 8 with their organizationally smaller units. Don't know if this was part of WDS thinking, but to be "fair" would require reworking Union OOBs. Their ch... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Version 4.05.3 |
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2025 11:06 pm
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| I tested it out a bit more. The stacking limit definitely works. Artillery attacked in melees doesn't exactly align with Manual specifications. The Manual says: "Each defending Artillery gun counts as one third Stacking Point (this depends on Parameter Data Strength Point setting but would norm... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Version 4.05.3 |
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2025 6:47 pm
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Sorry, there's a slight delay. The artillery change seems to work for stacking but not melees.
Further details to MDT later. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Version 4.05.3 |
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2025 6:18 pm
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| Without experimenting too much with it, just on paper, I really like the change. You could stack 700 men with 6 guns in the previous versions in one hex. That hex is unconquerable unless the men rout. Now, you can only stack 520 men and 6 guns in a single hex. Ignoring a whole bunch of variables...... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Version 4.05.3 |
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Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2025 2:40 pm
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| A new update is out. The big change is that guns now have a maximum stacking limit of 12 guns per hex. A good improvement, although still not historically accurate. The new User Manual shows how this was achieved: "When a hex contains guns, then each gun counts as 80 men for the purpose of stac... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: The state of gaming from my view |
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2025 6:03 pm
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| 1. I've found that it is rare for my battles to go the full distance. It is often obvious well before the time limit which side has won. When I realise I'm in a position where I cannot overcome a Major Defeat result I concede the game and my opponents often do the same. I am grateful for that in the... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Talonsoft Chickamauga |
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 9:00 pm
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| The smaller box was "sealed" (or was until I opened it) and the original paperwork is inside along with the sealed CD and warranty info and stuff. Both boxes that I have (both large and small) appear to be legit Talonsoft stuff so I can't figure out why they are different sizes. I loved o... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Talonsoft Chickamauga |
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 8:18 pm
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| That game was the last Battleground released and it was different to all the others that proceeded it. It was only made available via mail-order and not sent to shops. I see from your Talonsoft Collection post earlier that the Chickamauga box shown is smaller than the other. Is that the smaller one ... |
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