The Confederacy According To Nekhron

[Nekhron]

AGEOD you must add more content, you did an excellent job. I absolutely love this game!!!


My very first time playing this, I started the War as the Confederacy (Im originally from the Great State Of Mississippi and my Great great great grandpappy, William Terrell Hutchison served with the 15th Mississippi Inf. Regt., Co. A, "The Long Creek Rifles) and naturally the first engagement was the First Battle Of Bull Run.

Well I will tell yall, hand to God, that I not only did I beat them Yankees, I took Washington DC in the bargain, and hung Ole Abe in front of the Capitol Dome!! I am going to keep yall posted about my further prosecution of the war as I continue to play the entire war, until I achieve victory or suffer defeat. Stay tuned yall....

Up The Southern Cross !! Deo Vindice!

[1stvermont]

So far I have found much more luck with south than north. First game won as south on vp's against AI. Than lost as north [ i am terrible with north] on morale. Than lost online as north [ they took d.c] and am know winning as south online. Watched a new player win online against human as south in 61.

[Orphan_kentuckian]

Glad you like the game Nekhron! Once you feel you have a firm grasp on what you are doing, jump in the PBEM thread and look to play against a human opponent. Things will quickly become even more exciting!

[ArmChairGeneral]

If you have Bloody Roads South you really ought to try the 1863 Triumph and Defeat scenario. If you like big battles and like to play as the CSA, this is the scenario for you. The first several turns see titanic battles in Virginia, while in the West the Confederates scramble to defend Vicksburg. You get to use a lot of cool late-game generals with tons of special abilities, and you have a VERY good chance to win. I won the first two games I played on Lt and then Col. "difficulty" by racking up big wins in the field and then taking DC around 3/4 of the way to the turn limit; it is very doable.

I really like how you are thrown into the action, rather than the slow build-up you get in the April 61 campaign, and I really liked getting to play in theaters that don't get much attention in my Grand Campaigns. I am giving the AI fits in so many places in the 61 starts that it can't even threaten Memphis much less credibly conquer Louisiana and Mississippi. In this scenario I get to repel Grant at Vicksburg and try to retake New Orleans and Memphis, and to do so I have to learn the tactical fine-points of a whole new portion of the map that I never needed to pay attention to before. Very cool.

[Nekhron]

I really like how you are thrown into the action, rather than the slow build-up you get in the April 61 campaign, and I really liked getting to play in theaters that don't get much attention in my Grand Campaigns. I am giving the AI fits in so many places in the 61 starts that it can't even threaten Memphis much less credibly conquer Louisiana and Mississippi. In this scenario I get to repel Grant at Vicksburg and try to retake New Orleans and Memphis, and to do so I have to learn the tactical fine-points of a whole new portion of the map that I never needed to pay attention to before. Very cool.

I couldnt agree more, ArmChair. And I have noticed that they do the same kind of thing in several of their other games as well. Which is why I am such a big fan of AGEOD. I just got Alea Jacta Est Complete today and have been having a ball with it all day. I used to play a lot of Avalon Hill games when I was a kid. This, to me, is so very reminiscent of Avalon Hill

[Cromagnonman]

Yes, the South benefits from a strategic defensive and a lot of good early generals. Since it's rather difficult to eliminatr generals (even when trapped in a city), this is a more durable asset than normal soldiery