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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Evelina Song |
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Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:35 am
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| Has this popular song been used in any of the BG or HPS games? It was one of J.E.B. Stuart's favourites, and is one of mine too. http://www.contemplator.com/america/evelina.html I've also come across an alternative version, perhaps at: http://www.pdmusic.org/index.html Col. Rich White 3 Brig. Phanto... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Rebs adopt phony constitution! |
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:49 pm
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| quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by Phil Driscoll "... the Union far outnumbered the Confederacy in resources and manpower and this by itself lost the Confederacy the war." ------------- The Union's vastly superior manpower and... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: *** NEW *** Battleground System |
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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:00 am
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| I think in some of the HPS modern games units that move at night gain fatigue, so maybe that can be carried over into the earlier games? But that still wouldn't be as good as the AoR system where units that moved "beyond the green" would automatically accumulate fatigue, even in daytime. That was a ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: *** NEW *** Battleground System |
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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 9:07 pm
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| While veterans would normally conserve ammo until effective range, wouldn't it make sense for poorly trained and inexperienced units to waste ammo at long range (ie. 4-5 hexes)? To some extent, I prefer the way Age of Rifles handled fatigue - units that moved about too quickly would build up fatigue... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: design leap |
| Richard |
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 9:00 pm
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| See my other post today (in Draft Simultaneous Movement System Suggestion) for a possible solution to some of the game's problems that wouldn't require an engine change, only scenario designers with plenty of time on their hands! Any thoughts on the idea of switching to a 1:50yd hex scale with 10 mi... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Draft Simultaneous Movement System Suggestion |
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 8:50 pm
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| True ... and this is of course how the Norris-Frost BG system works. But if you have time to create maps at the 1:50 scale instead of 1:100 that would also automatically double ranges and halve stacking - both extremely useful methods of encouraging fire tactics over ZOC melees without requiring any... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Draft Simultaneous Movement System Suggestion |
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:14 pm
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| Bill, I already created some company level ACW scenarios using the EAW scale and 5 minute turns last summer for Blackburn ford & Big Bethel. It certainly makes sense for a smaller engagement to use this scale ... but, as has been pointed out, it wouldn't be very practical for a 3 day Gettysburg. Per... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Draft Simultaneous Movement System Suggestion |
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:31 am
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| A further observation on how this would work tactically - if a player sends his troops forward to melee a completely static defender in a direct frontal assault, the defending units will get a <i>guaranteed</i> 4 volleys at the approaching attackers, albeit at different ranges, meanwhile the attacke... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Draft Simultaneous Movement System Suggestion |
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 1:43 am
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| Here are my thoughts on a we-plot, we-move Simultaneous Movement system. 1./ Each player plots his 20 minute turn in advance. He moves all his units just as in a turn based game (ie. no different from now, except there's no guarantee that all the units will actually be able to make these plotted mov... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Artillery Effectiveness Case Study |
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:43 pm
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| I don't suppose you could provide a bit more information on what might get changed? I'm sure everyone here is really keen on finding out what the committee's decided on. Anyway, this is what I'd really like to see: 1. Gun capture / recapture feature 2. A fix for the ADF, preferably with automatic AD... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: While we are at it... Turn vs. Phase rules |
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:18 pm
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| Despite what I wrote in my last post, I do enjoy the games - both BG & HPS - but I'm also aware of their faults and sometimes get rather frustrated that I can't program in the changes I'd like to see that would improve the game engine. I have some "real time" games like Sid Meier's Gettysburg and th... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: While we are at it... Turn vs. Phase rules |
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:48 pm
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| Both single & multi-phase modes have some advantages and some disadvantages - but unfortunately the basic <i>turn based</i> gaming system is seriously flawed and should really be replaced by some kind of simultaneous plot + move system. After all, on a <i>real</i> battlefield no general would have e... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Artillery Effectiveness Case Study |
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:56 am
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| The multiphase system certainly has its advantages - although it's a pity that the weak ADF from the single phase system couldn't be incorporated <i><b>in addition</b></i> to the normal full defensive fire during the defensive phase. That would make it a bit tougher for the attacker to advance acros... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Artillery Effectiveness Case Study |
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:36 am
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| Dierk, What you suggests sounds good at first sight ... but, unfortunately, that would mean that three small units of say 200 men would suffer a lot more than a single unit of 750 - so a target density modifier would be better. (It makes sense for small arms fire too - if there are more targets then... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Artillery Effectiveness Case Study |
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:43 pm
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| I'm really not convinced that increasing the short range artillery firefactors and melee strength would solve this problem - the high victory point value for guns will still make them a very tempting target -although increasing the short range fire factors and making ADF at 100% probability and full... |
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