American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

Does anyone know what the option Trench Values (menu View) does ? I don't see a difference when I switch it on.

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MG Marco Rietveld
1nd Infantry Brigade
Cheatham’s Division (2nd Division)
Hardee's Corps (1st Corps)
Army of the West/CSA

Hi Marco,

I will see if I can get some help for you - no reply's yet

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General Cam McOmish

Brigade Commander
Alabama State Volunteers
Cleburne's Division
Hardee's Corps
(1/1/1)
Army of Tennessee
Confederate States of America

Thanks.

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MG Marco Rietveld
1nd Infantry Brigade
Cheatham’s Division (2nd Division)
Hardee's Corps (1st Corps)
Army of the West/CSA

Hi,

You can build trenches, but it is different than breastworks.

Your unit must be mounted cavalry or infantry in column. When you tell them to entrench, they start adding to a base value that can be found in the parameter data.

A number is added to that value every turn depending on how many men in the hex are entrenching.

When the combined numbers equal 100, you have a trench. The trench value, when selected, will show you how many trench points have been built. (not including the base value.)

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MG Mike Mihalik
Forrest's Cavalry Corps
AoWest/CSA

The pdt displays a number which has to be reached before a trench is built. Generally, 30 in a 30 min turn pdt or 45 in a 20 min turn pdt. Number of men divided by 100, for example 700 men = 7 so it would take 5 turns in a 30 min game or 7 turns in a 20 min game to build a trench. Each turn you can find out how the diggers are progressing. The sample pdt (demo Overland 3 pdt) gives information on what the numbers mean in a pdt. The demo itself is actually non-functional)
J Ferry
2lt 2/20th Corps
Overland co-designer

Thanks for the information, I see how it works now.

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MG Marco Rietveld
1nd Infantry Brigade
Cheatham’s Division (2nd Division)
Hardee's Corps (1st Corps)
Army of the West/CSA