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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Agree or Disagree? |
| M. Johnson |
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Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 10:45 am
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Replies: 12
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| By making every Leader 10% you then enforce some sort of ridiculous idea that leaders are simply interchangable parts. One is as good as another then and the individual doesn't matter so much as the uniform they have on. If that was the case then Grant would be equal to McDowell who is equal to Bank... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Quick Gaming Tips |
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2026 11:10 am
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Replies: 17
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| I'm not missing the philosophy at all. It is clearly set down out in the very first section of the Club Rules. I don't think you are wrong to wish that there was a greater sense of "us vs. them" in the Club. I wished that also. But since I joined I have found extremely little of that atti... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Quick Gaming Tips |
| M. Johnson |
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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2026 10:57 pm
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| My advice to people is to never give up prematurely. I've often found that my last final push is the one that overwhelms the enemy and drives me to victory. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: WDS Artillery Error |
| M. Johnson |
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2026 6:05 pm
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Replies: 27
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| I've been following this thread but haven't commented until now as I've been busy. You did some great work figuring this out and sharing it. I've only used the new version once and in hindsight did notice it was easy to destroy guns but I thought I was just getting lucky. It turns out my luck was re... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: WDS Artillery Error |
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2026 6:01 pm
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| Eight guns in a hex would be a textbook answer since 15 yards was the spacing for guns. But because we deal with hexes it is difficult to say what the actual size of a hex is beyond that a hexfront is 125 yards. Our batteries have 6-guns while reb batteries have 4-guns. If the number 8 was used then... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Ammunition Idea |
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Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2025 4:49 pm
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| Your argument is very strong. You are right that to claim that ammo shouldn't fall under the fog of war category while things like fatigue and morale are definitively known. It should be the other way around as you pointed out. Ammo should be known along with unit strength as they are tangible thing... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: CW Talk Radio -S.2-Ep.27- What Everybody Knows |
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Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2025 1:55 pm
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Replies: 44
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| I googled it and found that over 183,000 cases of syphilus and other diseases were documented during the war. The undocumented ones probably exceeded that number. It's an aspect I never thought about but it seems very obvious once you consider it. Trying to keep the men healthy was probably hard eno... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Peninsula |
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2025 9:25 pm
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Replies: 10
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| The Peninsula Campaign features the use of both a hot-air balloon for observation by the Union and the deployment of land mines by the Confederates. I can't say how much these newer ideas effected things but if the gamemakers ever found a way to add them to the games they could be a way to make the ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Fatigue Recovery |
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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2025 8:54 pm
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Replies: 7
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| If your stationary units get fired at but take no losses are they able to recover fatigue? I've always wondered that. I often have a lot of extra ammo to use and if I can keep the enemy from recovering fatigue in some way at a range of 20 then it might be worth it. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: CW Talk Radio -S.2-Ep.27- What Everybody Knows |
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2025 2:08 pm
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| You would imagine that shoe factory legend would have been dispelled sooner but even I thought there was a shoe factory until now. Shows what I know. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Union Medals 3Q 2025 |
| M. Johnson |
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Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2025 8:22 pm
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Replies: 2
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| Officers of the Union Armies, I am pleased to announce the following medals are being issued for actions taken during the 3Q of 2025. My thanks to Gen. Strickler for helping me to put this together utilizing our new Department of Records database. ROSECRANS MEDAL https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: CW Talk Radio - Season 1 - Ep. 1.29 - Eric Wittenberg |
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2025 12:56 pm
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Replies: 37
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Blake wrote: Himalayan Throat-Singing Museum
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: History Channel Civil War Game - Worst Game Ever? |
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Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2025 1:51 pm
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| Not the worst game dealing with a Civil War general. Don't forget about Nintendo's "Custer's Revenge" which was banned in the 80s. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: History Channel Civil War Game - Worst Game Ever? |
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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2025 1:07 pm
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| You really would assume someone from the History Channel would have proofread what they were doing. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: CW Talk Radio - Season 1 - Ep. 1.29 - Eric Wittenberg |
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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2025 1:04 pm
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Replies: 37
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| I think the argument that historical gaming will never be able to recreate actual battles perfectly because the fog of war will never be repeatable is fully supportable. Any time you play any game based on history both sides always know more than they should which will always effect the choices they... |
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