Infantry tactics class at OCS, a sgt of mine said "As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, as it would have shot at my point man already." A tanker friend of mine's version is "As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death... wait a second, you want us to walk?...

I've gone with a rope a dope strategy against the AI as both USA and CSA. Get your corps dug in around key points, harass the enemy with deep raiders and the ocassional raid in strength to minor towns until they launch their big assault, stop the attack, chase them back. USA = Bowling Green, Alexand...

Yeah, those 2-reg brigades are nice, I'd forgotten about them.

I'm somewhat lazy / impatient (and always lacking rail points it seems) so tend to use zoauves as filler rather than bring in small brigades from other states (I tend to build divisions all in one order in one state).

Yeah, bloodless encounters are somewhat plausible - units spot each other at distance and neither wants to attack (or infantry tries to chase down cavalry or whatever). I was more concerned by a battle in which I lost 0 and the Union took about 2000 - you'd think one of my men would have tripped ove...

That's weird. I've defeated the US with just taking DC and Loiusville I think (but I had a lot of battle victories) Have you been letting them destroy a lot of your units? That boosts their morale while costing yours. As the previous poster suggested, you're going to need some big battle victories t...

This training militia strategy /exploit seems to contradict this info on the wiki FAQ: Are training officers able to change militia into conscripts? No, training officers train conscripts to regulars, but the change from militia to conscript is only done by the event engine. You don't have a hand o...

As Union, I would have been much better off not trying to take NO. If the Confeds have a force there, you get stuck after a long battle, and are forced to waste more resources trying to keep the army supplied than the CSA need to spend to keep you contained. Yes it's a blow to their morale and incom...

Hey Offworlder, you a local or an expat in Mario-land? I think the advantage of the Zouaves is that it lets you buy a smaller quantity of regular infantry if you want to max out a purchasing turn or create a small boutique division (in the sense of custom not in the sense of setting up a shop in Ale...

Aren't static units unlocked when attacked?

I know the Cairo guns (fort artillery or whatever the ones with bricks in front of the unit picture are called) retreated when Polk seized the city in my current CSA game (in my Union game they were a static unit).

OK, so it's only my second game (first as the CSA) and I effed up by trying to march Jackson to Baltimore as winter hit, but otherwise I'm doing pretty well I think. Anyway, Bragg and Hardee (I think) have the training master special ability which gives 1 pt of experience to each unit in the stack. ...

Little Mac was a traitor to the Union! He had two excellent chances to end the war and save millions of dollars and many lives. I have no use for his memory. T In hindsight, sure, he had chances to win the war. At the time perhaps these looked more like chances to get a lot of men killed and lose t...

Glory might not be historically accurate (the worst offence I think is that the 54th didn't exactly volunteer to lead the assault), but it's a convenient vehicle to explore themes and I think it does an exceptional job of that.

I bought this game in a two for #25 deal last weekend. I haven't even taken the other game out of its box despite it being my absolute favourite period (Napoleonic Wars). I've also been neglecting Football Manager. At least the rent is on direct debit :) Hats off to Pocus and team. A double hats off...