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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Civil War Bucket List |
simovitch |
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:54 am
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The best way to visit the larger battlefields is to install the apps from the Civil War Trust website onto your cellphone. https://www.battlefields.org/visit/mobile-apps/civil-war-battle-maps-app Then, as long as you have cell/satellite coverage you can see your location on the annotated battlefield... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Civil War Bucket List |
simovitch |
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:19 am
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I'm headed to the VA Peninsula tomorrow for a tour of the 1862 Seven Days campaign and the 1864 Overland end-game at Cold harbor and Petersburg. I told my wife that would wrap up my bucket list but my brother reminded me we still need to do the Red River campaign in LA. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Graphiics Mods |
simovitch |
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:25 am
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Do you mean the "Old Banshee" site? I don't think there is a dedicated mod site anymore since WDS took over, is there? |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Ozarks with weather effects |
simovitch |
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 4:32 pm
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I'm headed to the Ozarks next month with my brother Mark - Wilson's Creek - Pea Ridge - Prairie Grove - Newtonia - Carthage so we fired up the Newtonia scenario with the new weather versions. This scenario is small and short and ends at night so it was nice to experience the gradual sunset. I was wo... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Lee's Meeting with Davis |
simovitch |
Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 3:45 pm
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Yes, that was a fatal flaw. There were a few occasions where the CSA came close to doing that but that thinking also led to the result at Gettysburg. My view is that Longstreet's strategic thinking was more likely to bring victory. A friend of mine and I used to play Victory Games "The Civil W... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Women... |
simovitch |
Posted: Thu May 05, 2022 3:32 pm
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What question does North Carolina answer? |
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Forum: WDS/JTS General Comments and Questions Topic: 30 minute turns? |
simovitch |
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2022 11:19 pm
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What was the decision process that led to 30 minute turn scenarios? I looked through the literature a bit but couldn't find it but if it's been discussed I apologize for my ignorance. Otherwise it's like the proverbial elephant in the living room. Not sure I would want to play these but I'll try to ... |
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Forum: The Cartography Office and Scenario Center Topic: Updating Old Banshee's Weather Mods |
simovitch |
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2021 12:22 pm
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[quote="simovitch"]I did all the weather mods for Old Banshee back in the day, for most of the games on Ken's list above, except Corinth. I wasn't sure how many folks were using them since both sides had to have the pdt files for HTH. I think the variable weather makes the games so much mo... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Forgotten Campaigns - New Wargame Design Studio ACW Game |
simovitch |
Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2021 8:22 pm
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Man, the 'John Ferry' name has been around for a long time. Good to here he is still involved with this series. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Loser's "Anonymous" Support Group |
simovitch |
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 2:42 pm
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I can't explain why but controlling a general rout of my forces while facing a major defeat is really stressful to me, so much so that I get to a point where I can't even watch the replay anymore (sniff). I will let the victor have a few turns of rampage but after that I send a termination bid for s... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Shiloh/Corinth and Vicksburg |
simovitch |
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 10:54 am
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I visited these battlefields this March and I was actually impressed with Corinth more than I thought I would be. The visitor center is very good quality, built around the remains of Battery Robinette. The contraband camp is interesting history, although there are no buildings or artifacts remaining... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Missing 3D unit graphics |
simovitch |
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 10:28 pm
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Thanks for the response and forwarding. Re: Corinth, I sent off the updated historical weather variants to JTS a few months back for a possible future update of Corinth, Peninsula, Vicksburg, Gettysburg and Ozark. The Purdy scenarios use Iuka.pdt which I had to copy and update to the newest version ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Missing 3D unit graphics |
simovitch |
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 8:47 am
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I'm noticing several instances of missing 3d graphics, especially in Shenandoah; this ghost-cavalry one is from Chickamauga. Is this being addressed, and is there a protocol for reporting these? My old OOB-viewer program from old banshee days would be good for this but it doesn't work with the new r... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Battlefield visits? |
simovitch |
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 10:00 pm
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My Brother and I (and sister and her husband) did a 4-day whirlwind tour of Nashville-Murfreesboro-Chattanooga-Chickamauga-Corinth-Shiloh and back to Nashville just last month. My brother flew in from Texas and the rest of us from California - it was a real treat to finally get out and do something.... |
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Forum: The Cartography Office and Scenario Center Topic: Modding Corinth pdt files for weather |
simovitch |
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 8:40 pm
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I've completed the weather mods for JTS for Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Ozark, and Peninsula and they work great, both stand-alone scenarios and complete weather campaigns. Corinth, however, is another story. If I change the pdt version from 2 to anything else I get a crash; something something data read... |
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