Let's see, 3 points to counter -
Alan, I could only wish I was doing this well in our campaign. Every time I think I have an advantage, you counter it nicely, and I'm left puzzling for what next. Bring on that next turn, I'm sure it'll confound me again![:(!][:D]
Dierk, your description is as I thought (although I'm not smart enough to know you can view the decision tree in the campaign editor. I get the feeling I could play at these games for YEARS and not equal the knowledge that the likes of you, Bill and so many others have about the ins and outs.)
Bill - your scope is what I'd like to see.
My opponent in the Gettysburg Campaign caught me off guard. He blew right through II Corps (Hate being outnumbered and not realizing it until it's too late to retreat, cause with disrupts and routs, he can move twice as far, so you just get gobbled up.) and instead of turning on III and V Corps, he just kept heading for Washington and the exit hexes with the bulk of his army. My cavalry did well, and III and V Corps, later supported by VI Corps and Merrits Brigade of cavalry took on AP Hill, and got the better of him. So casualties wise, I had a good lead, but the battle ended in only a Union Minor Victory because of his strategy to exit the map (over 20000 points exited the map!). By the time I realized this was what he was doing, it was too late to do much other than harass the rearguard with my cavalry, grabbing a couple of supply wagons.
I think both of us were playing as if this wasn't the decisive engagement of the battle, that we would be facing off again. It was only our 2nd battle in the campaign, and what fun is that![:D] I would love to have been able to see what that next battle would have been like. The AoP was bloodied, with II, III and V Corps seriously depleted, but much stronger with our cavalry (we gave out over 10000 cavalry casualties to the ANV troopers in the 2 battles) The AoP still had I Corps and others that hadn't even arrived on the field. The ANV would have been short on horse soldiers, but still in good shape otherwise. He had whole Divisions that hadn't seen fighting, just marched on through. Just seemed a shame to have played 68 turns the way we did and not be able to carry it forward to another battle. That's what I want out of the Campaign games - to command an army, and decide when to leave the field and under what conditions - or conversely to leave my opponent no other choice, if I ever get so lucky![:D]
Lt. General Jeff Laub
Army of the Potomac
http://www.geocities.com/laubster22/AoP/
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