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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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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Fatigue Recovery |
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2025 1:00 pm
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Replies: 2
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| Do disrupted and/or routed units recover fatigue? Does command and control have any bearing upon fatigue recovery? |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: The Last American to Collect a Civil War Pension |
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2025 9:12 am
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| The last American to collect a Civil War pension died in 2020. The U.S. Civil War ended in 1865 after four grueling years of conflict, but the Confederacy’s surrender at Appomattox Court House didn’t instantly bring closure to a tattered nation. Instead, it marked the beginning of the laborious task... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Do You Remember Your First Battlefield? |
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2025 9:34 pm
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| Fort Donelson. It was 10 degrees with 3 inches of snow on the ground, McClernand's men were firing minie balls over our heads all night, and we just barely escaped on the road to Nashville the next morning. I learned that it was necessary to carry a second pair of britches with me at all times. Litt... |
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Forum: Wargame Design Studio (WDS) Topic: Fredericksburg Nov 19 Meeting Engagement (CLOSED) |
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2025 11:11 pm
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| It's been 12 years since I played this one and I don't remember it (you can take advantage of my old age). It is on the WDS Chancellorsville game as scenario 002F. I'm not particular as to which side that I play nor if it is a battle or a maneuver. All options on except for MDF, Arty Capture, EFOW, ... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Asking for your Opinions on Transfers |
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2025 9:19 pm
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| The club used to be very Union versus Confederate oriented and was supposedly founded to be that way versus being a ladder type club. We had fun telling stories and tossing around challenges. But then some members took offense to it and the club changed. Some of the side effects of those changes was... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Questions/Comments Concerning Update 4.05.4 |
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 11:00 pm
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| I was having trouble stacking with artillery units until I found in the new rules that one artillery piece is now equivalent to 80 men. That is a big jump from 25 men. In conjunction with that, comes the effects of melee against artillery. User Manual Section 5.5.3 Melee Modifiers says that each def... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: ACWGC Rule Proposal |
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Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2025 3:27 pm
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| 1. There will no longer be a Leave of Absence or a Hospital category unless the GinC creates such a category (under 2.5.5) and even if it is created, if that absence lasts longer than 3 months then that member is moved to the Inactive List? 2. I too consider the wording and location of 2.5.5 a bit d... |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Fair Assessment? |
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Posted: Fri May 23, 2025 12:49 am
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Replies: 4
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| Excellent defensive mind, but he only had one gear - reverse. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Game title Differences |
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2025 8:21 pm
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| I totally agree with you. I have previously submitted a Crossing the James scenario that changed the PDT to the movement and time values that are contained in the huge Overland Scenario so that they could include it in a future update. I don't know if that will happen but since it has been a year or... |
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Forum: Clump of Trees Forum Topic: War Horse Medal for Lt. Gen. Swanson |
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2025 12:29 am
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| A nice award and congratulations but I have received the War Horse Medal as well. On second thought, I think that mine was the Pack Mule Medal. Sorry for the intrusion. A round for everybody so as to excuse my intrusion. |
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Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern Topic: Designing Freedom vs. Stanardization |
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Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 10:23 am
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| There should be a standard PDT for all of the ACW games. Designers should be required to point out any deviations in their scenario description. Making changes without warning the customer is an intolerable practice. |
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