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Thanks Major Tom, the blockade box balance issue is surely at the center of my difficulties. :thumbsup: What say you on the issue of having fewer or more stacks for naval units, especially in the blockage and shipping boxes? Is there an advantage statistically? For example, should I have one large h...

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Playing Union, first '61 campaign. Initial union blockade starts out at 70% effective. It's now early Sept '61 and my blockade is down to 25%. I've tried adding more ships to the Atlantic blockade box, but the percent stays at 25%. What exactly do I need to do to build it back up to 70% (or more)? I...

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Restore order in Missouri, and secure the Shenandoah valley. Then invade Virginia from there, land a second army in Norfolk, move them both towards Richmond. This way it's possbible to trap the CSA armies in Virginia and take their capital, which could already be enough to break their morale. How l...

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Once again, thanks to all who responded to this thread. The information is most helpful. I see the value of Sharpshooters and try to include at least one in each division, when possible. Also see why industrialization is not needed for Union, at least at the start. I appreciate all the intel. Cheers.

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Thanks all. Really appreciate the intel. Cheers.

rabit123

How exactly does entrenchment work? Or, more to the point, when does it work? Is it automatic? And if so, do I have to put my force in a "defensive" posture to start entrenchment? I believe my force must be "out" in the region, not inside a fort or city, in order to entrench. Is there an indication ...

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Thanks for the quick reply bburns9! As I said, all intel is good intel. And thanks for the tip about the AAR, it really helps.

Time to dive back into the pool...

rabit123

Thanks all. Again, the intel is most helpful. Cheers.

rabit123

Major T & Gray, all intel is good intel, even if it addresses the other side. :) I'm so green at this game I can't even call myself a noobie yet. I'm learning a ton just from reading the forum threads and AARs. One thing is puzzling me at the moment. I hear players refer to "die rolls", as Major Tom...

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Thanks for the suggestions, bburns9! I was referring to replacements, rather than reinforcements. It can be confusing. In the KY/TN theater, in 61 do you build up the Union river navy forces at all? Or is that really secondary, so early in the war? Also, you didn't mention naval blockading or shippi...

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Have started April 61 campaign as Union. Trying to figure out what to buy...and when to buy it, feels a bit like I'm groping in the dark. Still don't really understand the auto replacements vs. replacements I buy. :blink: Played through to when Grant appears. Of course by then, CSA was in Pittsburgh...

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Fyi, it's my understanding that you cannot promote a commander, even when the medal icon is active, if he's currently in a stack with other units. You must pull him out of the stack, so that he's alone, in order for the promotion to occur. Once he's promoted, then you place him back into the former ...

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Playing as Union, formed 2 corps from 4 of 6 divisions in Army of the Tennessee under Grant, using the two 2 star generals. Folded the remaining 2 divisions under Grant himself. This gave me a army and 2 corps. Did the same with Buell, forming 1 corps and folding the rest under Buell. My strategy wa...

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Thanks for the info. Much clearer now. I started with the Trans Mississippi scenario...so playing MO is really the only option. Cheers.

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1. What happens if I have money & conscripts in the black, but go slightly in the red, say -2 tons in war supplies, to purchase a new unit? If any one of the three categories is in the red, does that mean the purchase is not made? 2. Continuation from #1, will a purchase be successful if all three c...

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Thanks Gray_Lensman. I'm using winzip and have never had a problem downloading before. Took your advice, told winzip to open the file, rather than save it, and it worked just fine. Not sure I understand why I was able to open ok, but kept getting a "damaged" file when trying to save to my HD? But it...

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Thanks all. Still rather baffling... I'm in the USA, so I guess I can buy the slower d/l rate coming from Europe. I'm downloading the patch zip again today...at the same slooooooow speed. The file is taking about 20 minutes to d/l. But there is no interruption. The download finishes ok. The game ins...

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I moved this to the Technical Support group...seemed more appropriate. From the newbie in the group; Just installed The Blue and The Grey. I'm unable to get the AACW_Patch.zip file to unzip successfully. I get this message, "some data in your zip file is damaged. The crc is 5f5c182c but should be b3...

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From the newbie in the group; Just installed The Blue and The Grey. I'm unable to get the AACW_Patch.zip file to unzip successfully. I get this message, "some data in your zip file is damaged. The crc is 5f5c182c but should be b3043972." :confused: I've downloaded the patch from the game site and th...

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