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You can also take ships that are built in Chicago and run them down the Illinois river to the Mississippi near St. Louis. Only takes a few days.

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Playing as the CSA, I took Louisville and built a fort there. It was named Fort Jefferson. I placed a leader with the fort defender trait inside the fort along with around 2000 men. Later in the game I noticed the fort was now named Fort Franklin Gardner. What makes this a little more odd is the fac...

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When playing as the USA, you will be given a large amount of volunteer brigades that have 2 militia and one light infantry. The militia will eventually become conscript infantry and then regular infantry. You can speed up the second part of the process by placing these units in a stack that includes...

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As the USA, it is better to build your divisions piece by piece instead of using the brigades that come with the 6lb artillery pieces. There will be a few elite brigades that appear which I like to build divisions around. Usually these will consist of around 4 infantry and a sharpshooter(the Philade...

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Divisions can be formed beginning in early October of 1861. Corps formation is allowed starting in early March of 1862.

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You can always find the FI level by opening the ledger and clicking on the objectives book. It will be listed about halfway down on the left.

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Is there a way to mod the times that the drafts are available? Playing versus Athena makes you go all in right away...

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I may have seen this before, but I would like to see a an option for when mobilization can take place. Playing against Athena you have to use mobilization immediately to keep up with her. The CSA began using a draft in April of '62. The Union draft evolved a bit starting with a militia draft in stat...

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One idea I have for AACW2 involving epidemics is to make the possibility of an outbreak greater when units from different states or regions are brought together. Many times when the boys from the midwest joined the guys from the bigger cities in the east, they succumbed to the diseases the encounter...

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http://www.ageod.net/aacwwiki/Manual:Complete_manual
section5.5.1

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I have seen the Union build a depot at Cherokees which attracted over 500 supply. This provides a good launching point for attacks into Texas. I don't want to deal with that as the south so I usually go ahead and destroy the villages except for Ft. Gibson which is too far away to worry about.

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I have often built at Paducah as the CSA and it makes it seriously tough to take West Tennessee for the Union, at least for a couple of years. I usually put a decent sized garrison in the fort to hold it. Remember to put at least a Columbiad in the fort to bombard Union ships at the confluence. Putt...

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One idea I have has to do with illness among the troops. It seems now that epidemics are just a random occurrence. I was thinking that epidemics should have a greater chance of happening when units from different states are mixed together or when troops are in a state far from home. I know having un...

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As the CSA, I try to get out of the valley as soon as possible and defend at Manassas or Fredricksburg and Charlottesville . I think the reason they made Charlottesville a strategic city is because if it is taken by the USA, Fredricksburg is then flanked. As the USA, I never use the valley as a back...

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I am pretty sure that if your force retreats, it will move out of the region and never into a structure.

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I will give you an example of how to use a small cavalry force as a covering force, or a screen as I like to call it. My goal was to capture and destroy the depot at Salem, Illinois. I sent a full division under Bishop Polk up the Ohio river from Paducah< Kentucky to Elizabeth, Illinois where he bec...

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I would suggest never using Columbiads or coastal artillery to build forts. In the west, call up four 6 pounders from Louisana and then use those to help build a fort. These with river transports in Memphis will get you a fort in a key spot. Then place the coastal or Columbiad in the fort to bombard...

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Does the unit with a value of 10 have any experience stars?

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The way I see it, is that the Signal Corps becomes obsolete once the Corps command structure is adopted by both sides in March of 62. If the USA wants to make a major invasion in 1861, a good way to gain an advantage is by using the signal corps. They can also be a help in Missouri/Arkansas with lea...

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You put McCulloch's force in a bad spot. Splitting your force like that meant you couldn't handle a threat into any of the three regions you put them in. Buell's force of 44,000 would have overwhelmed any of those 3 divisions. Pick a strong point and defend the hell out of it. Make a line of three s...

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The CSA can build them beginning in 1863 I believe. They are built in a random southeast state. Their parameters are not that impressive so I usually don't build them.

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One idea i had for AACW 2 is to increase the probability of epidemics when mixing units of different states together. It seems like deaths by disease were overlooked in the game, more than twice as many soldiers died from disease as did those from enemy guns.

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Being that the fort is on the river, I would put a Columbiad in the fort as it is more effective than the 10, 12, or 20 pounders at bombarding ships.

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Hey all, just had a few things i was wondering about tonight. 1. When you order rail transport to be destroyed in an area, is it rendered useless on the first day of the next turn? 2. What are the chances a leader is active on a certain turn based on his strategic rating? 3. What replacement chits, ...

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In a recent game as the Union, I found a nice use for Little Mac. I had him training up militia units to infantry (both ones I purchased, and the units that start out Infantry, Light, and miltiia) to use for forming divisions. Every 5 turns or so I just needed to buy the SS, cav, and cannons I wante...

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One question I have regarding HQ replacements is whether or not a HQ at full strength performs better than a HQ that is almost entirely in the red. Any thoughts on this?

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1. I would use the call for volunteers and mobilization options as soon as you can start building units, the third turn of the game. You need to start advancing as the USA. 2. I usually don't recruit militia as the USA, I don't want to wait for them to become regulars. Using them to hold depots may ...

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Good thoughts on the trenches, I do think they effect the game a little earlier than they should as well.

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1. Does anyone feel it is a little gamey to dig trenches with two or three divisions and then have a single unit-say militia or supply-maintain those trenches while the divisions that built them is sent off to battle elsewhere and then come back to benefit from the entrenchment level? 2. What is the...

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I understand it a little bit differently than you, Dirk. I understand that supply can be pushed 3 to 5 regions per distribution phase. Each turn has three distribution phases and depending on how much rail/river capacity you have left after ordering forces to be moved will determine how far supply c...

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