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Forum: Old Opponent finder Topic: 2nd HACW Registration |
| Jon Thayer |
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:16 pm
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Replies: 437
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I will take the field at BGC Chickamauga. This is the first time I have done this so I am unsure what happens next.
Lt General Jon Thayer
III Corps
Army of Northern Virginia
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Stragglers |
| Jon Thayer |
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:15 am
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Replies: 8
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| i like the idea of straggler loss and recovery but regarding the issue of excessive losses and continous day long action, I feel that the penalties for excessive fatigue should be of greater influence. I have not given this all the thought it would require to make happen or even if it could, but if ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Stacked vs Individual Unit Fire |
| Jon Thayer |
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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:45 am
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Replies: 10
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| This thread goes back to my earlier issue with Antietam. If the attacker fires combined stacks the defender will maybe have 2 units fire back. When the defneders are 100 to 200 men they just will not hit many men. It is my opinion that this tactic make simply defending a position impossible. As ever... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Civil War Fiction |
| Jon Thayer |
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:33 pm
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Replies: 22
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| All three of Jeff Shaara's books are good. There is also a book that covers a Confederate soldier's story called "Jim Mundy" by Robert Fowler. Another really good book is "Unto this Hour" by Tom Wicker. It deals with 2nd Manassas. I liked Gingrich's books. There are two by Harold Coyle called "Until... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Brestwork question |
| Jon Thayer |
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Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:36 am
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Replies: 5
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Brestwork question |
| Jon Thayer |
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Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:42 am
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Replies: 5
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| If opposing forces are adjacent to brestworks do both receive the benifit. I am playing 2nd Manassas and I entrenched in the woods along the railroad cut and the Yanks have move next to my works and I can't seem to hit anyone and I mean no one. I fired 4 Napoleons at an adjacent target and had "no e... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Campaign Antietam - Pros, Cons, & Neo-Cons |
| Jon Thayer |
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:45 am
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| Yes I can see there are cavalry there. I don't know if there is infantry since I don't open up the game solo to see what the Yankees have. I also don't know what actually happened in the real battle. All I have to base any action on is what was shown to me in the opening information. Oh never mind. ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Campaign Antietam - Pros, Cons, & Neo-Cons |
| Jon Thayer |
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:11 am
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| I will throw my 2 cents in regarding the campaign info at the beginning. I am a few turns into the Cassville scenario of an Atlanta Campaign. The information given at the beginning suggested I attack the Union left with Hood's Corps on my right. I moved to set up such an attack when I observed what ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Antietam woes |
| Jon Thayer |
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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:57 am
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Replies: 115
Views: 110147
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| My original post was born from frustration in getting crushed defending at Antietam. I have now been paying much more attention to the results of fire combat. Also, perhaps it has just been luck but only recently have I begun encountering opponents who "stack fire" their units. The progression of my... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Antietam woes |
| Jon Thayer |
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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:54 pm
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Replies: 115
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| After watching the progress of this thread I think much of it goes back to the original issue that was giving me problems: That being units in a stack firing combined. What prompted my first post was that in two Antietam games both my opponents would fire all the units in a stack together and thus l... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Antietam - Broken? |
| Jon Thayer |
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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 2:27 am
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Replies: 7
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| What I have seen to two resounding defeats is that when you fire guns in a stack combined you can get a hit more often than not. In both of my games stack firing, especially with infantry was a major factor, perhaps so much not in my defeats as I was out played, but in the lack of enjoyment. Over an... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Drink and Celebrate with Me... |
| Jon Thayer |
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Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 7:30 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 17086
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Forum: Old Opponent finder Topic: Need a Confederate opponent |
| Jon Thayer |
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:14 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 6345
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Antietam woes |
| Jon Thayer |
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:54 am
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Replies: 115
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| I would like to comment on the Antietam game Rich and I have started. I will first say that I was totally wrong in saying that the game was unbalanced in favor of the Union. That is simply not the case. I am playing the Union and Rich is killing me. Hooker and Mansfield's attack is pretty much crush... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Antietam woes |
| Jon Thayer |
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:52 am
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Replies: 115
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| I do agree with Ken that defensive fire should be more effective for the reasons he stated. Obviously where this is a problem is when the offensive unit gets hit multiple times at full strenght with opportunity fire. I don't have any idea how the game engine works so sometimes the ideas I propose ar... |
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