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 Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern   Topic: ROUT LIMIT

 Post subject: Re: ROUT LIMIT
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2025 9:49 pm 

Replies: 6
Views: 140


Blake wrote:
Mixed Org Penalty should be on every time. Paul will disagree with his dying breath but that's alright. :mrgreen:


LOL.
There are a few notations on my guidon that list the battles of Mixed Organizational Penalty. We shall never surrender that ground.

 Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern   Topic: ROUT LIMIT

 Post subject: Re: ROUT LIMIT
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2025 5:02 pm 

Replies: 6
Views: 140


Thank You for the response. to your points Mixed Organizational Penalty : I agree it is a Silly rule However IMO it aids the Union in that the side with the smaller units and less of them CSA sometimes is forced to stack Mixed units so as to Get a Larger force in a hex so it is a way to offer the U...

 Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern   Topic: ROUT LIMIT

 Post subject: Re: ROUT LIMIT
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2025 3:10 pm 

Replies: 6
Views: 140


I agree that Rout Limiting is an unhistoric Optional Rule. However, in my experience most (players on both sides) will not play with it unchecked. Yes, it can definitely favour the larger side in a battle (usually the Union) although it can also disfavour the side with lower overall quality (also us...

 Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern   Topic: ACWGC Rule Proposal

 Post subject: Re: ACWGC Rule Proposal
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2025 7:30 pm 

Replies: 21
Views: 757


Not being as conversant with Club Rules as I was at one time, I'm just a bit confused about the difference between "Inactive" and "Discharged". The way I understand it, even officers in the Reserve Corps (who aren't actively gaming) are expected to muster. Is that correct? And i...

 Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern   Topic: ACWGC Rule Proposal

 Post subject: Re: ACWGC Rule Proposal
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2025 7:24 pm 

Replies: 21
Views: 757


One of the chief reasons that people join and maintain membership in the ACWGC is to utilize our Opponent Finder. Yes, one of the reasons. Your reference earlier to the NWC led me to see that they recognise that "members have a wide variety of interests ... Active membership can be achieved in...

 Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern   Topic: ACWGC Rule Proposal

 Post subject: Re: ACWGC Rule Proposal
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2025 4:22 pm 

Replies: 21
Views: 757


I fully support the proposed changes. They go hand-in-hand with the club's new direction. What is the "new direction" ? The changes were issued saying that they were "mainly administrative" . In other words, 'nothing to see here', a phrase applied when there is actually a lot to...

 Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern   Topic: ACWGC Rule Proposal

 Post subject: Re: ACWGC Rule Proposal
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2025 4:30 pm 

Replies: 21
Views: 757


"Fraudulent enlistments are something which can be handled under the expulsion 2.5.3 rules easily enough." Noted and agreed. Thank-you for the explanation. "With the addition of rule 2.5.5 - the only purpose of this rule is to allow GinC's to classify members within their group as be...

 Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern   Topic: ACWGC Rule Proposal

 Post subject: Re: ACWGC Rule Proposal
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2025 10:15 pm 

Replies: 21
Views: 757


It would be helpful if the 'new' and 'changed" parts could be highlighted in some manner so that's it's easier to see what is the intention of the proposed changes. From what I see from a quick read of them it is essentially: Stronger muster rules; Introduction of Reserve Corps; and Clarifying ...

 Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern   Topic: New recruit, Cadet Scarbrough

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2025 5:48 pm 

Replies: 8
Views: 991


That is the best 'new recruit' post I've seen in a long time. My sincere welcome to you joining the Club. I also retired early (very early due to medical reasons) although I am now officially retired having reached 60 years old. Unofficially, I am still 'working' at solely raising three children (12...

 Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern   Topic: Mounted Cavalry armed with Pistols

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2025 8:25 pm 

Replies: 2
Views: 309


My best guess is that it has to do with 'range'. The hexes in the game are 125 yards across and the effective range of pistols is far less than that (e.g. Colt Army Model 1860=50-75 yards - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_Army_Model_1860 ). If the cavalry are firing off pistols it would generally...

 Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern   Topic: The Second Most Famous Military Expert?

Posted: Mon May 26, 2025 1:32 pm 

Replies: 5
Views: 906


Davis was a capable commander and showed his skills in the Mexican-American War. Although Commander-in-Chief of the CSA, he was smart enough to leave the military decisions to his generals, like Lee. Lee, of course, had a spotless record at West Point; Davis, not so. Davis was court-martialed during...

 Forum: Great War Movies and Series   Topic: 50 Best American War Movies

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2025 12:15 am 

Replies: 4
Views: 4756


So, what is an American war movie? To qualify, the film had to have an IMDb user score and Metascore, be American-made, and deal explicitly with the United State's involvement in a war. In my mind Bridge on the River Kwai and A Bridge too Far are movies about the British War experience. I visited t...

 Forum: Great War Movies and Series   Topic: 50 Best American War Movies

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2025 10:07 pm 

Replies: 4
Views: 4756


I don't get it. What defines 'Amercian war movie'? I was annoyed to see that two of my favourites don't even appear, The Bridge on the River Kwai and A Bridge Too Far . Both include American soldiers and movie stars and both have high ratings from IMDb. It can't be the setting as a number of the mov...

 Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern   Topic: Version 4.05.3

 Post subject: Re: Version 4.05.3
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2025 3:30 pm 

Replies: 13
Views: 2146


I suggest we have had this discussion previously and it did not end well, as I recall. Therefore as Blake says, let us eat donuts instead, and drink coffee of course too, and let all be right in the world :shock: The last time artillery stacking was raised as a topic was almost five years ago in Ju...

 Forum: Mason Dixon Tavern   Topic: Version 4.05.3

 Post subject: Re: Version 4.05.3
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2025 4:50 pm 

Replies: 13
Views: 2146


I like the number 12 a lot. It is easily divisible by 4 or 6 which are the normal battery sizes of the two sides. I can't prove it but I bet you dollars to donuts that was a factor in the decision. As Robert Frost said, if they chose 8 or 10 then the USA side would be at a disadvantage in most scen...
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