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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: NEWBIE INFORMATION |
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Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2025 2:38 pm
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| 2. Skirmishers True they give you eyes out 2 hexes but also, they cost your opponent movement points to enter, However, once the first unit moves in this extra cost does not apply to others that move in. I have never used skirmishers much. In the woods I understand the point. But in open fields whe... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: NEWBIE INFORMATION |
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Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2025 6:16 pm
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| Your fears have a different side to them. There are situations where you have to delay reinforcements because the opponent has overrun the entry hex in strength and if you bring them on board, they will be slaughtered even with the 5 (and more for a few scenarios) hex routing and the elimination of ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Monthly musters |
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Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2025 3:31 pm
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Replies: 4
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| I am not the person that should be answering your question because I've been out of the loop too long. Maybe my answer will spur on someone with more recent experience with this topic to correct what I'll say. For those who may not know, if you operate the websites, emails, phone calls, and data/spr... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: I’m Officially Old |
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Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2025 6:51 pm
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Replies: 7
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| I'm 78 years old and have experienced the bathroom breaks but never fallen asleep while watching a replay or making my turns. However, I have sat looking at the screen after a replay wondering what I just saw. I guess this lets me know what is in my future about 10 years from now. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Casualties in the ACW games – Point 3: Morale Checks |
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2025 10:57 am
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| Maybe the number of casualties is not what should be used. In reality a loss of 5 personnel would have different effects on a 50 man unit versus a 500 man unit and that difference should be reflected in the chances of a morale check. A percentage of strength lost would be more accurate. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Memory Test |
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Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 8:25 am
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| Mark Nelms and I played every scenario on the BG Gettysburg game. It was a lot of fun. I played every scenario on every one of those games (that are pictured on Blake's shelf) and had to change sides in the club in order to play them again from the Union side. At the time, the club recognized a Reb ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Question about club rules |
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Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2025 5:22 pm
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| To me, manual rules (house rules) are for miniatures and board games. The advantage of computer games is that the computer will do all of that manual work for you. I have to take my hat off to the members that have multiple games going and all with different options and house rules. I would not be a... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Question about club rules |
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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2025 8:44 am
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| I usually refuse to play with any house rules, but I agree with Ken. I would like to point out though that house rules have to be established before a game is started. If no house rules were agreed upon, then the game is being played without any house rules. That means that if no house rules were ag... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Spreadsheet of Main ACW Historical Scenarios |
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Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 4:18 pm
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Phil Fodera wrote: I would like a copy, thanks for your efforts
I'm out of town away from my computer but if you send me an email (my email address is in my original post), I can get the file to you Monday. I wouldn't delay sending the email because I am scheduled for surgery on Wednesday. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: has the forum participation level slowed down |
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2025 4:35 pm
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| Gen McOmish, most schools teach their students to never BS a BSer, and that includes the one that I went to. For that reason, I offer you a bottle at the bar. I would offer you a jug but someone stole all of them out of the backroom last night and left a worn God Save The Queen key chain behind in t... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Player rankings |
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2025 11:48 pm
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| That is an interesting proposal but a very difficult one to implement. About the only 'accurate' stat that we have is how many games have we won/draw/lost and how many turns that we have played. Those stats may show how experienced a player is, but they do not translate into how good or bad any play... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: has the forum participation level slowed down |
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2025 12:16 pm
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| Are you willing to share some of that stuff? I think that it has been quiet for a long, long time and it goes thru stretches where it is even quieter. The first few years of the club, it was booming and a lot of it had to do with role playing, but some got their feelings hurt and the resulting fusse... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: has the forum participation level slowed down |
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2025 11:01 pm
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| Half of the club are Rebs, and you are incapable of posting if you ain't sober and can't read and write. Pa taught 'em how to put that still together though. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Weapons Effectiveness in Parameter Tables |
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Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2025 11:25 pm
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| I know that weapons effectiveness/ranges in parameter tables can change from one campaign to another (e.g. Antietam and Overland are different). Can anyone tell me if weapons effectiveness is the same throughout a campaign game (e.g. all scenarios in Antietam use the same weapons effectiveness and t... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: A Dearth of MP Gaming at the ACWGC |
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2025 6:03 pm
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Replies: 11
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| I don't like MP gaming but ... there has always appeared to be a sizable percentage of the membership that do/would like to indulge in MP games. What is missing is organization. Someone needs to maintain a list of scenarios that would be suited for MP gaming. That list needs to include short scenari... |
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