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Nice photo.
Something like that happened where I live. There was some heavy rain that forced a suburb to evacuate right on meal time. The electricity was cut off. But when the power was restored three houses burnt down because people had left their ovens on!

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One of my PBEM has reached Oct 64 and I have been having some general supply problems even though the blackboard at the top of the screen says I have 6700. I thought this number was the total of my continental CSA general supply that is on the map, but there wasn't any way I had 6700 to draw from. S...

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I only play as the South as well and my results are: one easy win versus a newbie one challenging win versus equal opponent in July 63 when USA gave up. one challenging win versus equal opponent in Jan 64. when USA gave up one crushing defeat versus Soundoff late 63 (turn 62) I lost by sudden death ...

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Once an element takes a hit it has to check its discipline every hour it remains in the battle. If it fails the test the unit becomes shaken and has its rate of fire decreased for the current round! ( and of course it has to check again next hour even if not hit again). In addition, an element that ...

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Production is affected by NM, loyalty in regions, and some rounding off. So these can effect your displayed numbers by slight changes. The loss of Norfolk can impact cities far away. Union NM can go up by events in the game, USA choosing Total Blockade, also any NM that is less than 100 has a random...

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Next turn Meade, Reynolds, and Doubleday arrive and will probably head straight for mid-Kentucky area and add much some much needed energy to the Federal leadership in that area. Without Lyons in the game- the US has to struggle somewhere because of poor leadership. A couple of promotions will chang...

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House rules I use. don't wriggle inactive leaders and active ones around in a gamey way to take advantage of the intent of the rules otherwise why have that rule. don't leave single militias behind to dig entrenchments for other corps to occupy later. or spread units out in a region hoping that some...

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I would like to second Gray and Clovis for the highest awards that they clearly deserve for their continued work and endless positive answers and info. I didn't mention them earlier as I was waiting for their special medals to be announced.

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My guesses are if Sheridan is two star he has fast move trait. Also if Sheridan is two stars then he can command a division without penalties while Kilpatrick will have a 10% movement penalty if he tries to command a division unaided. Sheridan might have got a better take-off while Kilpatrick could ...

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I didn't think I was giving anything away. I'm sure all players check your opponent's stacks- particularly corps and armies- to see what make up they have. Sure you look at their strengths and number of divisions- but you also pay attention to how many artillery elements are outside the divisions, n...

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I'm pretty sure that the "unknown event type 27" means that your side has had a drop of 1% inflation rate - meaning the economic sunshine. Why it is reported as unknown event type 27 I'm not sure. In all my games i'm the CSA. (I'm reasonably sure it doesn't happen versus my English speaking opponent...

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Thanks. Great work. Now I can throw away my old scrap of paper which is headed: CSA generals not to promote as this fine list has them all. one note though: CSA generals Van Dorn and Breckinridge and USA generals Porter, Fremont, and Sickles "are not removed anymore by event from the game" as of pat...

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I use the field hospitals as well in my fighting corps. But Soundoff hasn't been using his in our game and if you look closely at his AAR against Banks6060 he isn't using them there either! So I guess not everyone uses them.

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My general advice is to pay attention to the ledger screens. The war can be just as easily lost on these screens as losing battles or the odd region. (Historically though the CSA did contest regions it should have given up and played itself into the Federal hands by doing so.) My first couple of gam...

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Don't you watch the History Channel? Hempstead is a Russian word meaning "detached province". The Hempstead Rifles were a vicious mercenary band based in Alaska (the Tsar wouldn't allow them to live on the mainland because he accused them of being too brutal and cold-blooded). I think the CSA hired ...

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Sorry I should have said supply wagons are good for food fights but not very helpful in fire fights. And you have 16 elements of supply wagons, which brings your elements down to 27. Your opponent also has 27 fighting elements after you take away his logical support units. The USA have more artiller...

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I think the first and third screenies show Johnson after retreating from a difficult battle so you expect them to have some high fatigue. Also Johnson didn't attack across a river as there is no icon under his ledger - this is his retreated position. But something else that might have influenced the...

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Partly because any element that takes a lose during a battle will make a discipline check and if it fails becomes shaken then its rate of fire is halved for the current round. Mostly because your elements were routed with long-ranged fire and "routed units no longer participate in the battle." If th...

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My thoughts on the Battle of Nashville are: Not all of your stacks will be involved in every battle. I think that the CSA were in three stacks in the region with 20% inside the city. The one-star general (who died) and the two cav elements that were destroyed were in one stack and that one stack was...

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I would like to say thanks again Banks for your great AAR. I can't give anything other comments though as I am playing Soundoff too (we're up to May 63). But one thing I can say is that Gus Smith has always auto-promoted on Jan 62- even before the recent patch. And Ed Johnson also auto-promotes on F...

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Charles Darwin was born on the exact same day!
Happy Birthday to both

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When you buy light arty they upgrade to field arty but don't spawn another light arty in the force pool. When you buy the militia they upgrade to conscript infantry BUT do spawn another militia in the force pool. Thus allowing the huge militia swarms that is the real problem- rather than the costs. ...

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Thanks again Major Tom for another thoughtful and informative post. You certainly are doing all the hard work. Complete with formulas and a coloured table! Next time I capture Baltimore I'll remember to keep the backdoor open.

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Your first set of screenies shows Hamilton with one day remaining and his move while Dix has four days remaining on this first waypoint and seven days for his second waypoint. So Dix was left behind. And with Dix being inactive you would expect him to take longer to make his moves. Also Hamilton was...

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I think it was the frontage bonus to the CSA that gave them the victory. The USA has McDowell has their army leader so Hamilton could have penalties to all his stats or at best unmodified, while in Sept 62 Lee would be the Army commander for the CSA. The battle report only shows their unmodified sta...

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Thank you Major Tom for spending the time typing this up. Frontage is still probably my single biggest concern in the game in regards to basic doctrine and strategy. I can make heaps of other mistakes but at least trying to have corps with competitive suites is essential. "If not already engaged, th...

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from the AACWWikki:

and yes unactivated corps and armies can march to the sound of guns.
I guess they fight with the command penalties and of course can only be on defensive.

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The Rebellion couldn't be in better hands. Years of misrule and neglect from the dictatorship in Washington will soon be over-thrown and the South will continue to live with pride. Thanks Banks for writing up this great AAR it's fun to read and always ends in a cliffhanger. Good luck with your plans...

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Thanks Soundoff for sharing your ideas, hints, and TIME with us in this well scripted AAR. Who needs to play AACW when we can just read this? Good luck on the battlefields.

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I thought that Third Reich was the most boring board game until I bought Guns of August.

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A Warning for CSA General Supply.