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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Question for Macbook users |
| ken jones |
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Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 9:38 pm
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| I bought an iMac a few months back. I partitioned the disc and installed windows 7. I have the Peninsula game up and running with no issues. Not the same look as feel as XP but it will do. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Appomattox sketches |
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 9:40 pm
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Wilderness Scenario of Overland Campaign - Balance |
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Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2015 8:35 pm
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| Kevin is correct in that a Confederate player cannot hope to recreate Lee's accomplishment in the Wilderness -- the HPS versions of the battle cannot simulate the "veil of uncertainty" that prevented the Union army from unleashing its full numbers or the "surprise" element of Lon... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Wilderness Scenario of Overland Campaign - Balance |
| ken jones |
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 7:28 pm
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| I am still willing to play the scenario as designed in the 1864 Overland Campaign -- not the linear campaign -- as the Rebels to illustrate that the scenario is fairly balanced -- it uses fixed units and releases them during day 1. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Wilderness Scenario of Overland Campaign - Balance |
| ken jones |
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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 12:08 pm
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| But you don't have to employ those tactics....there are alternatives to the Linear Campaign. Try the 1864 Overland Campaign where the units have fixed release times -- mimicking the delay in the Union Army's reaction to Lee's aggressive advance. This gives the ANV time to dig in at those objective l... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Wilderness Scenario of Overland Campaign - Balance |
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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:10 am
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| That is why I gave the challenge to see if anyone really thinks the Rebels can give the Union army a stand up fight that would be required if Saunder's Field and Parker's Store hex values were increased to 1000 VP each. Of course they can't stand toe-to-toe with the Union. This is 1864. You could d... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Wilderness Scenario of Overland Campaign - Balance |
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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:19 pm
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But when playing a campaign game, the Rebels don't really have to wreck their army... the Rebels can simply fight the first day and then put in a termination bid; accept a defeat and move on to Spotsylvania.  |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Wilderness Scenario of Overland Campaign - Balance |
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:31 pm
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| I don't think that Lee had any reasonable chance of taking the Brock Road intersection --historically speaking. On the first day, the Confederates could have taken the intersection simply by arriving an hour earlier... but I don't know if they could have held it long given the dispositions of the fo... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Wilderness Scenario of Overland Campaign - Balance |
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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:25 am
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| Possible alternate scenarios: 1. One should shorten the scenario length and fight the battle in separate days. Day 1 would give the Rebels the early advantage; Day 2 would find the Rebels hard pressed with Longstreet arriving; Day 3 would find the armies entrenched as historical and let the players ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Wilderness Scenario of Overland Campaign - Balance |
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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:59 pm
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| I can't speak directly to the scenarios mentioned here because I did not design the scenario. But, one has to realize that Grant and the Union had at least a 2-1 numerical superiority at the beginning of the campaign -- especially since Longstreet's Corps historically doesn't show until the battle i... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: books |
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 11:22 am
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| I would be curious to know how far anyone has played the Overland monster scenario. Anyone? Anyone? |
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Forum: Wargame Design Studio (WDS) and John Tiller Software (JTS) Campaign Games Topic: Looking for Rebel - Overland Cavalry Campaign -- CLOSED |
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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 9:20 am
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| Gents: I am looking for a southern (or northern) gentleman to game the the Cavalry Campaign in Overland. This is a series of historical engagements where the winner is decided on cumulative victory points. Sharpen your swords and load your pistols! Send me a courier at k d j j 20 00 ...... at ......... |
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Forum: Wargame Design Studio (WDS) and John Tiller Software (JTS) Campaign Games Topic: Looking for Union opponent |
| ken jones |
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Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:05 pm
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Replies: 5
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[quote="MarcoRietveld"]Hello Ken,
Sorry I didn't read your post closely. Perhaps we can play from Overland Longstreets Flank attack.
Marco[/quote]
Marco:
I'm waiting for your courier.
Ken |
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Forum: Wargame Design Studio (WDS) and John Tiller Software (JTS) Campaign Games Topic: Looking for Union opponent |
| ken jones |
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 8:05 pm
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Replies: 5
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| Hello Marco... check your messages. |
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Forum: Wargame Design Studio (WDS) and John Tiller Software (JTS) Campaign Games Topic: Looking for Union opponent |
| ken jones |
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:40 pm
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Replies: 5
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Marco:
I'm your man. How about Overland or Gettysburg? I also have Corinth and Antietam.
Ken |
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