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JKM

I try and keep a constant 10 inf replacements, 2 elite , 2 cavalry, 1 each light art & med art. as the CSA, and anything else as i see i need it..( ie, if a headquarters takes a drubbing and falls to low strength, buy a replacement HQ chit that turn..) Its pretty rare that after a turn I find all my...

JKM

Interesting thread... I don't think 'specially as CSA, you can make multiple 'perfect' divisions, simply because you're limited by the leader abilities available, and the number of leaders with those abilities. In the example i was giving above, breckrinridge gives a 15% increase to cohesion recover...

JKM

As CSA I try to get a good commander a la Breckinridge ( with cohesion bonus ) as div ldr , with Sharpshooter, 12pnders etc, and an elite bde to give further bonus..then put that lil' beauty under someone like jackson ( well, theres no one else like jackson...so it usually turns out to be him)..with...

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I'm as unsure as you as to what exactly the balance is..are prisoners partly or wholely drawn from the casualties figure at the bottom of the battle report? which also, as i understand, doesn't include any further losses' in pursuit '.. maybe as someone has said previously it's partially including s...

JKM

very enjoyable, good to see a new AAR , and praise is due someone so new to it taking on an old hand ! ( I've been playing about as long as you, and seeing you give it a go might, on a good day, encourage me to try the same..) any overall thoughts thus far ? it seems like just about every battle has...

JKM

No..but she was probably too busy laughing at me.

JKM

I can go one better ( or perhaps it should be 'worse')..in my last '63 against the AI I lost Lee and AP Hill in the same battle. I actually won that battle but needless to say i was distraught..I seem to recall losing someone else of importance a turn or two later..I was scared to even contemplate a...

JKM

Further to artillery in AOT , there guns in the two corps of hardee and polk, but they're all integral to the brigades not independent. I assume thats what you're meaning.
That affects what the artillery fires on in combat as i recall?

JKM

Hi , re your comments I got to july 64 before conceeding defeat..and I never saw hide nor hair of Forrest. the artillery is an interesting observation..I'm away from the game at the moment but i'll go and check my last saved file and see....must say I tried to avoid any fighting at all around Tenn. ...

JKM

actually , only got back to the game yesterday ( not normally this slow, but real life intrudes at times ! ) I'll keep that advice in mind.. following on from OAM's thoughts things are interesting.. out west I've abandoned AR and TX, and about half the forces have made it across the Mississip. to jo...

JKM

Thanks OAM. I'll have a look at AR and texas..there isn't much there at present and i was wondering how i was ever going to scrape together a significant force capable of achieving anything..the smart answer seems to be ..' don't try'. in fact i would guess ( I'm speaking from my workplace at presen...

JKM

After a couple Of 1861 GC's against AI, ,I thought I'd try something a bit different ( I was hardly winning by xmas 1861 , but I was winning ) so, onto 1863 , CSA. If I'd realized what a challenge it was I'd have started an AAR , but it's a bit late now...at least i heeded the warnings of those who ...

JKM

congratulations..nice work in KY , and you battled hard in Virginia..did you think perhaps YH was getting an edge in that theatre , or was your riposte
underway?
thanks for the excellent AAR .

JKM

very enjoyable AAR ...it seemed the union attacks in Virginia were successful, but that slaughter in KY tipped the scales big time.
very informative , and answered a number of curly questions .

JKM

ah , thanks Ethan , all becomes clear now !

JKM

pardon my ignorance, but what's the double adjacency rule...?

JKM

Hi Newbie. Good to see people are still joining up..I've only been playing since about february..and, like you said, I stopped and started a few times while I gained a tenuous grasp of the basics. Then I decided, play on til the end...so I've had a couple of completed GC's.which illuminated things e...

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Have just posted on your opponents thread about how much I'm enjoying your contest. couldn't imagine two more different styles, both of game AND AAR ! as someone who's had only a couple of GC's aginst the AI thus far it's been illuminating to see you two go at it, warts and all. perhaps the poster f...

JKM

enjoying your battle with JS..two very different approaches , even your styles of AAR are totally dissimilar !!

JKM

As someone threaded a while ago..it's not too diificult to alter the Factions file in Game data. Even an 'L' plate PC operator like me can do it...there's a line in both the 1 confederate and 0 Union Folders thats called GHQInfo. afre a look to see how the programme named its armies,it wasn't hard t...

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there may be some out there, like me, who get a trifle peeved when the army of north virginia is battling around mobile ..so I was chuffed to see this "For a work-around on naming armies: + When you have 3-star General and ArmyHQ in region where you want to form new army, before forming army, save g...

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like the OP, I'm way up on WS in jan '64. as CSA. Over 1,000 I think. I've increased the div number to 45..but that doesn't really eat up much in the way of WS. and the rapidly dwindling ammount of CS puts a bit of a cap on the action..railways are at 300..boats at 50, so there's room for growth the...

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good rules... this time round i'm doing all i can to do 1/ with rather more success than my first game .. 2/ is a bit harder..I'm certainly spreading havoc everywhere west of virginia...but don't think i've built enough cav to both screen and gather intell AND muck around USA's supply network..still...

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looks like it depends what side you play as to how efective you find the industrialization gambit. I've only played CSA so far..and coming from rural arkansas thru southern missouri to even get with a stones throw of st louis is a real mission. My first GC fell apart completely while i came to terms...

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I agree with ol'choctaw...the difference a minimal investment in missouri/arkansas can make is quite big. if your supply wagons are elsewhere then it relieves enormous pressure to have more GS in the towns. You're not likely to have huge forces way out west, so , equally, you don't need massive ammo...

JKM

Pleae enlight me ;) how much cav. was involved in those battles ? And were they part of brigades, divisions or corps ? Thanks, Bernadotte This post was based on recollection from a 'testing the water ' scenario , getting to know the game ect etc. I only played a couple of turns , so i'm afraid the ...

JKM

There has been a lot of discussion of the appropriate composition of a division. For me, I don't set up to pursue and destroy units. I prefer to have most of my calvary scouting for my forces, tearing up rails, hunting down enemy calvary. So I can't help you on your quest. I do usually form 2 calva...

JKM

If someone can enlighten me... I recall reading that having cavalry present can aid in the subsequent pursuit and destruction of a defeated enemy. is there any rule of thumb that people use to work out a ratio of cav.? does the cav need to be in a seperate cavalry div or will the integral cavalry co...

JKM

100 % agreement. I'm a fairly new convert too and i just love the layers of this game that only become apparent the further you go in playing it.
This forum is a huge help coming to grips with it.

JKM

ah well..as expected the rotten edifice has crashed down and its back to square one..and onto game 2. Things for moi to remember.. 1/ it's not over til it's over, and , following from that, you haven't actually won til you've won. 2/ supply..supply. supply. use the tool tips, keep up to speed with t...

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