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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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| 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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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Spreadsheet of Main ACW Historical Scenarios |
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2025 8:46 am
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| Yes. There are a lot of changes and additions - 201 vs 145 entries. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Spreadsheet of Main ACW Historical Scenarios |
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2025 12:22 am
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| I have created a list in chronological order of 201 historical scenarios included in the WDS ACW Campaign games. It does not include all historical scenarios. Excluded are short scenarios that are just partial scenarios of a major battle (e.g. Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg). The idea came from a po... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Campaign games |
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2025 12:29 pm
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| Bunch of Rebs! Probably haven't cleaned the coils on their still or changed their drawers in a year. I keep the file name the same and name the turns in the subject line of the email. That way I keep my file choices limited when I am opening a game. I eventually would have to delete the email anyway... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: The High Water Mark? |
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2025 5:51 pm
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| Chancellorsville because afterwards, the soldiers were of high quality, but the leadership never recovered. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Mobile Campaign Reviews |
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2025 9:19 pm
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| Paul Brueske was entertaining and obviously knew his stuff about the Mobile Campaign and the people associated with it. He is a good speaker. He is President of the Civil War Round Table in Mobile and the track and field head coach for the Univ of South Alabama. I could have gotten you a signed copy... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Mobile Campaign Reviews |
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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2025 11:15 pm
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| Paul Brueske is driving up from Mobile to the Tennessee Valley Civil War Round Table in Huntsville AL to speak about his books. The Round Table meets at the Elk Lodge at 6:30 Thursday August 14th. This is the same forum that Rich Walker addressed in June. I won't mention your reviews. |
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