Blake wrote:
I've played WDS Gettysburg for 15 years but I never realized that every single scenario that WDS published, or maybe every one that Doug Strickler created, followed only the historical script after July 3. Before July 3 there are dozens of "what-ifs" and different ways the campaign might go. But every scenario after July 3 begins with the fact that Lee lost at Gettysburg and is retreating.
How much more interesting might the title have been if there were "what-ifs" in which Lee is victorious and Meade is forced back on Washington, Harrisburg, or something. But in every post-Gettysburg scenario Lee is defeated and retreating. Kind of a missed opportunity to make the title much more fun and varied.
How much more interesting might the title have been if there were "what-ifs" in which Lee is victorious and Meade is forced back on Washington, Harrisburg, or something. But in every post-Gettysburg scenario Lee is defeated and retreating. Kind of a missed opportunity to make the title much more fun and varied.
A very interesting observation indeed, as Scott noted. The makings of one of your Custom Designed MP's perhaps even
