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jackfox

Hey... Aren't you supposed to be trying to break the "Muscle Shoals Fix"? :D Moving a fort (Ft Gadsden) by carefully graphically displacing the region is one thing... Making an entire region disappear (as in Ft DeSoto #1116) might be a bit more challenging... But, heh, I like challenges!!! Maybe I ...

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Banks6060 wrote:Only problem with that....technically I believe...is that your Corps commanders will lose their bonus from the Army Commanders.

I just re-create the corps after the new army is formed. This all occurs during the same turn. I don't think any bonuses are lost in this process, are they?

jackfox

Yes, as long as it happens within the same turn it's okay. The tool tip will warn you otherwise, but nothing happens. I do this all the time to change army names.

jackfox

I may be nit-picking here, but I hadn't ever paid much attention to Fort Gadsden (located southwest of Talahassee, FL on the game map). Within the game it seems pretty insignificant. I don't believe I've ever seen a battle there. It doesn't protect a major port, just the Apalachicola River that lead...

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My experience has been that the location of the leader at the time that the army is created DOES have an effect on the name of the army. Fremont gave you the Army of the Tennessee when he was in Columbus. If you were in, say, Rolla, then it likely would have been Army of the West for example. It see...

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It's been a couple of weeks since I last heard from Jabber by email. I was getting the idea that we were pretty close to finishing off the portraits, but I'm not sure what's happened to him. If he doesn't show in the next few days, I'll post a small batch of portraits that I completed.

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We're still not sure what happened. We've gotten it to work now by having me host the game instead. Weird...

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WillisNYC wrote:I have one PBEM game ended already, one crashed and one in progress. As noted below, I can easily handle a couple more.

Just sent a pm.

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nickname - jackfox games - AACW 1.09e side: either Turn frequency: At least 1 per day, preferably on weekdays. Location: USA central time zone Spoken languages: English Additional information: I've been playing this game for a while, but this will be my first pbem game. I'd be happy to host. e-mail:...

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Yes, it's now September 1865 and there are only a few turns left.

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YES! Josey Wales!

"Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?"

The movie's full of great lines!

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I believe that this is true. There were other times in the early 19th century where income taxes were proposed, but it never made it through Congress until 1861 (somebody correct me if I'm wrong). Until then, I believe that Federal funding was gained through foreign loans and tariffs on imported goo...

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However there are some basics that beginners can easily miss! I have been playing at least 200 hours of this game over the last month and just discovered yesterday that MANY of the options in the Draft, Financials and Politics Tabs are right clickable! Is it really possible that I've been playing t...

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You're right arsan, Jabber should be posting a new batch soon! I'm particularly fond of the new Rousseau.

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I played a game recently as the Union where I was attempting to provoke the foreign intervention (just to see what it was like). When the "recruit colored troops" option became available, it did it, but I deliberately delayed selecting the "emancipation proclamation" option to avoid taking the hit o...

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This happens for me with all the options - call for volunteers, mobilization, financial, etc. It happens every time. It will be 6 turns, then 5 turns, then 4 turns, then 0 turns. On the following turn, I'm again able to select the option. It seems to work the same way for the AI.

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#1 Wicked Spring, a small film group puts this one out about the 1864 battle of the Wilderness in Virginia. 6 Men from both sides end up hoplessly lost after the confusion of the battle and find themselves all "camping" the night togather. Now, I only saw Wicked Spring once, but I was awfully confu...

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Yep, you guessed it. He's got a full beard and some awful teeth!

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Interesting question. I think that for him to act more aggressively would have been a mistake and might have accelerated secession. At this time, the Federal Government was, or at least needed to appear to be, doing everything possible to prevent civil war. In his inaugural speech, Lincoln expressed...

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arsan wrote:but who was Jesus??

Jim Caviezel was Jesus in "The Passion of the Christ" and was also Black John in "Ride with the Devil". I think the Black John character was loosely based on "Bloody Bill" Anderson.

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I heard over the weekend that the upcoming Lincoln film directed by Stephen Spielberg and starring Liam Neeson is to be based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's recent Lincoln biography, "Team of Rivals". It's scheduled for release in 2009, appropriately. Should be great!

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Hi, Quick question - do you need to have units in the city to stop the city being taken by an attacking force or do entrenched forces outside stop this? Or is it the case that the entrenched forces outside have a chance to intercept but sometimes miss this and allow the enemy to 'walk in' with no r...

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Actually, he did take direct command of a field army right after Shiloh. He then proceeded to "dig" his way to Corinth, Missississippi, taking well over a month to make a move that should have taken a few days. He was a strategic thinker, but a failure as a field commander. Since the ratings are mo...

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Maybe I am just so desperately hoping for a better army commander. :D Halleck never commanded a field army (as far as I know). His contributions came at the Department level, where his administrative skills allowed him to excel. The Federal strategy in the West of using the major waterways to creat...

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McNaughton wrote:Provide both so players may choose.

Both Hoods are available in posts #92 & 93.

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runyan99 wrote:JF, which portrait are you using for your avatar? It reminds me of the guy who portrayed Meade in the movie Gettysburg.

That's Alexander Hays, who I believe was a division commander at Gettysburg. He does kind of look like the Meade actor!

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Updated Hood 1 - previous looked a bit funny.
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Sure, Runyan, I could put something together for you. 2/20 edit - Jabberwock and I both created blonde Hoods before we knew what each other was doing! So, you have two choices: Hood 1 http://www.fccbethany.org/images/Unit_CSA_JBHood.png Hood 2 http://www.fccbethany.org/images/Unit_CSA_JBHood2.png

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Pocus wrote:yes, you two are really goods, I hope you can team together

That's the plan, Pocus. Jabberwock and I have already divided the list of remaining generals.

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The third sample was John Davidson. He spent most of the war in the Trans-Mississippi. Most of what I've done is based on your "instructions" earlier in this thread. I find the higher res original b&w, delete the background, then use other finished portraits for a color palette. I then use the paint...

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Location of Fort Gadsden

Problem with recruitment of colored troops