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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Updates for Peninsula, Corinth, and Ozark |
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:26 pm
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| Hi, Drew, Some things I have noticed playing the Seven Days scenario (8b): As the Rebs, I tried to hold the outer fortifications and was forced to withdraw because the Yanks in the woods were almost as well protected (-40%) and I was in the fort (-50%). Were the fortifications that poor in the East?... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: 4 Emeralds? |
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:57 pm
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| Here is something I picked up on the net. It is after the ACW, but possibly the four soldiers named themselves after this comic group, if they were at a reunion. Casey performed primarily in New York's political clubs and back rooms, for which he was rewarded with a job at City Hall. His life was a ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Playablility vs. historic accuracy |
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:30 am
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| I don't think artillery needs to be strengthened for melee, but perhaps its ability to disrupt attackers ought to be increased. That way it would require a concerted effort to take a battery from the front, but it would still be vulnerable from the flank. A lot of people seem to think artillery was ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Playablility vs. historic accuracy |
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:07 pm
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| I am against ranged fire for mounted cavalry and infantry in column. Trying to hit anything at 125 yards from the back of a horse would be difficult indeed. I think mounted fire is factored into melee. The Civil War columns are road columns. If they had assault columns, I'd say you could allow for f... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Playablility vs. historic accuracy |
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 4:09 pm
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| I like the flexibility provided by sections, but am not particularly fond of the clutter. In the Battleground games, smaller batteries were at a fire disadvantage due to the game engine, but that should not be the case under the HPS system. I also think that the system ought to be uniform; if one si... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: New York |
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:51 am
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| Hi, Don't know anything about New York, but when I was a child I got the AWI set from the back of a comic book for my birthday. They were small and made of cheap hard plastic, but there were a lot of them and I got a lot of pleasure from it. Not at all like the Marx soldiers though. I doubt you woul... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Victory |
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 5:42 am
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Replies: 15
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| Hi, Your suggestion isn't a bad idea. With the current victory display you can get information that wasn't available to commanders except in very general terms. It also leads to gamey solutions to gain or deny points needed to change the level of victory, particularly toward the end. On the other ha... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: The Civil War- A weekly synopsis-Timeline |
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 8:23 am
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| General Mallory, The Sioux uprising had no connection to the Confederacy. Essentially, Sioux on the reservation up in Minnesota felt they were being mistreated by the Indian Agent and went on the rampage. It was touch and go for awhile until a force led by a Gen Sibley defeated the indians. I think ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Campaign Shiloh |
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 9:42 am
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Replies: 59
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Hi, Rich,
It's hex 58,40.
MG Mike Mihalik
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Supply source and ammo supply |
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 4:34 am
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| The explanation in the rules for units running out of ammo on the first volley is that a unit at Shiloh went to the front without any ammunition. I'm not going to say it didn't happen in other battles, but I have never heard of it. I have heard of bad ammo having an effect (Honey Springs) or wet amm... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Campaign Shiloh |
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 3:42 am
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| Hi, Rich, The only thing I have noticed is that there is a hill in the middle of the Tennessee River in a Shiloh scenario. You can select contours and see it. I forgot to see if you could get a better view with a gunboat parked there. If not, it probably isn't important. MG Mike Mihalik 1/III/AoMiss... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: THE "ROUT" |
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:07 am
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| While we're messing with the engine, lets give the routed guys full movement-at least! And I think their defense in melee once you do catch them is too high. Half strength for routed troops who can't even shoot when good order troops who are isolated defend at quarter strength doesn't make much sens... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Another question |
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 5:38 am
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| I think the Tiller Civil War games are the best available right now, but I can't speak for everyone. They are turn-based, not real time like the Sid Meiers games, which I've never played. This club was created to facilitate email play of the John Tiller-designed Civil War games. MG Mike Mihalik 1/II... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Texas Club Member Locations |
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Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 3:16 pm
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Hi, General,
I'm in Baytown, twenty miles east of Houston.
MG Mike Mihalik
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Jess Norris HPS System? |
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:46 am
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| Hi, Gen McBride, In a book "Arms and Equpment of the Civil War", by Jack Coggins (1962), he maintains that black powder rifles had a higher trajectory than modern high-power rifles, so the kill zone was relatively small. In other words, a bullet that missed a man probably wouldn't hit someone a hund... |
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