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Easy victories for the Rebs? Since when did being vastly outnumbered, out gunned, and outsupplied constitute easy victory conditions? Last time I played Twice Hallowed Ground or Loose Cannons, it didn't seem things could get much easier for the Yankee boys... [V]
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Well, Antietam is of course a foregone conclusion regardless of the scenario, and Loose Cannons is just adding insult to injury I am afraid. Who was it that said that it needed a McClellan to lose that battle?
But that aside, in "outnumbered, outgunned, and outsupplied" it appears you conveniently forgot to mention "A to C quality supermen troops with A and B rated leaders". "0 units routed out of 2 units checked" and "36 units undisrupted out of 37 units checked" is something worlds apart from "19 units routed out of 25 units checked" and "3 units undisrupted out of 35 units checked". In a standing firefight, a Reb regiment is typically in good order and hasn't moved, so it has its full fire effectiveness. A typical Federal regiment is disrupted and has moved (due to the constant readjustments needed by the permanent mass routs we are experiencing), so its fire factors is quartered (50% for being disrupted, 50% for having moved). That, in a nutshell, my dear captain, is the difference between the Reb army and the Union army.
Gen. Walter, USA
AoS / War College
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That, my dear general, is the only way we don't get slaughtered by the 30,000 extra men available to ya'll uns every time we play. We can't help it that Southern men are just better fighters than most Yankees and don't pee ourselves and run for cover at first sight of the enemy. Guess that's why most of the Marine bases are in the southern half of the US these days...
Regards,
Captain Alan Lynn
3rd Battery "Jacksonville Greys"
4th Div, II Corps, AoA
God bless <><