I've had AACW on my shelf for a while but finally got round to installing last night.
Started a full campaign game as Union and straight away was at a loss as to what to do. It appears I have a few generals but no brigades. I clicked next turn and waited..and again. When I enacted a draft I suddenly had the option to build units which I queued up, but 'free' units also started appearing too. Would they have turned up anyway?
Anyhow, after being a bit overwhelmed as to what I should be doing could some kind soul please post up the sorts of things you do for the first few moves (as Union or CSA) to give me a guide as to how to get my game up and going?
Thanks.
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Welcome to the forum.
The AAR section is a great place to learn from experienced players the many dos and don'ts of this great game. The AARs written by Banks and Soundoff are particularly helpful, though they were written prior to the legacy patch v1.15. Although there have been quite a few changes with the legacy patch the AARs provide a good starting point.
It is a complex game, but I encourage you to hang in there as the time spent learning the game will be rewarded many times over, especially when you venture into PBEM.
Regards,
The AAR section is a great place to learn from experienced players the many dos and don'ts of this great game. The AARs written by Banks and Soundoff are particularly helpful, though they were written prior to the legacy patch v1.15. Although there have been quite a few changes with the legacy patch the AARs provide a good starting point.
It is a complex game, but I encourage you to hang in there as the time spent learning the game will be rewarded many times over, especially when you venture into PBEM.
Regards,
"Now, back to Rome for a quick wedding - and some slow executions!"- Miles Gloriosus
Garuda wrote:I've had AACW on my shelf for a while but finally got round to installing last night.
That's the right move
Started a full campaign game as Union and straight away was at a loss as to what to do. It appears I have a few generals but no brigades. I clicked next turn and waited..and again. When I enacted a draft I suddenly had the option to build units which I queued up, but 'free' units also started appearing too. Would they have turned up anyway?
That's right, the first few turns, north player hasn't much to do.
What you call "free" units (e.g. army in Alexandria, troops in Washington, force in western virginia, cities garrison) appear through events so, yes, they will appear whatever you do.
Anyhow, after being a bit overwhelmed as to what I should be doing could some kind soul please post up the sorts of things you do for the first few moves (as Union or CSA) to give me a guide as to how to get my game up and going?
Do you want us to unveil all our secret winning strategies ?
It's difficult to give a definitive list of things to do but here are a few questions that you'll have to answer in the first turns :
- When should you first call for volunteers and draft ? Obviously when your National Moral is at highest : so don't use these options as soon as they are available, wait for some events that will raise your NM (I don't have their names in mind but after a few games you'll know them).
- Which call for volunteers/draft options are you going to use ? The ones giving you the highest number of conscripts but with a higher cost in NM and VP or lower ones ?
- Missouri (Union) : Are you going to be defensive by holding St-Louis or offensive with Fort Smith (Arkansas) as objective ? This will have an impact on the forces you want to deploy there. If you want to be offensive then you'll have to be very agressive to prevent confederate player from blowing up depots in Missouri (true against human player, I don't think Athena is fond of scorched earth strategy).
- West (Union) : Secure Cairo. Begin building your invasion force.
- East (Union) : Manassas will be an important objective : failing to secure it will make you loose 10 NM (with patch 1.15). Develop a strategy to seize and hold it against counterattack.
- East (Union) : What are you going to do at Harper's Ferry : are you ready to loose it or do you want to strengthen the position to avoid southern threat on Maryland ?
- Plan some replacements for your units (rule of thumb : 10% of deployed units but no more than 15).
- When you receive the first union generals in Washington, begin to dispatch some of them to Missouri and western theatres of war. Do the same with some supply wagons.
- It's not a task I would do in the first turns but be ready to improve you railroad and river transport capcacity later in the game.
You can also find a wealth of information here.
Mickey3D wrote:That's the right move
That's right, the first few turns, north player hasn't much to do.
What you call "free" units (e.g. army in Alexandria, troops in Washington, force in western virginia, cities garrison) appear through events so, yes, they will appear whatever you do.
Do you want us to unveil all our secret winning strategies ?
It's difficult to give a definitive list of things to do but here are a few questions that you'll have to answer in the first turns :
- When should you first call for volunteers and draft ? Obviously when your National Moral is at highest : so don't use these options as soon as they are available, wait for some events that will raise your NM (I don't have their names in mind but after a few games you'll know them).
- Which call for volunteers/draft options are you going to use ? The ones giving you the highest number of conscripts but with a higher cost in NM and VP or lower ones ?
- Missouri : Are you going to be defensive by holding St-Louis or offensive with Fort Smith (Arkansas) as objective ? This will have in impact on the forces you want to deploy there. If you want to be offensive then you'll have to be very agressive to prevent confederate player from blowing up depots in Missouri.
- West : Secure Cairo. Begin building your invasion force.
- East : Manassas will be an important objective : failing to secure it will make you loose 10 NM. Developp a strategy to seize and hold it against counterattack.
- East : What are you going to do at Harper's Ferry : are you ready to loose it or do you want to strengthen the position to avoid southern threat on Maryland ?
- Plan some replacements for your units (rule of thumb : 10% of deployed units but no more than 15).
- When you receive the first union generals in Washington, begin to dispatch some of them to Missouri and western theatres of war. Do the same with some supply wagons.
- It's not a task I would do in the first turns but be ready to improve you railroad and river transport capcacity later in the game.
You can also find a wealth of information here.
Nice. I am in the same boat as Garuda and this looks pretty helpful.
As Union player begin to organize your blocade strategy :
- Don't forget that your fleets in the blocade boxes will suffer from fights and weather so you have to keep some relieving ships.
- Have one or several transport ship(s) with your blocade fleets to allow them to stay longer in the blocade boxes.
- Do you want to use brown water blocade (Typically Richmond) ?
- Some players build a depot in one of the two forts in the Florida keys to ease resupply of their ships in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Don't forget that your fleets in the blocade boxes will suffer from fights and weather so you have to keep some relieving ships.
- Have one or several transport ship(s) with your blocade fleets to allow them to stay longer in the blocade boxes.
- Do you want to use brown water blocade (Typically Richmond) ?
- Some players build a depot in one of the two forts in the Florida keys to ease resupply of their ships in the Gulf of Mexico.
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I designate "dumping cities" for units that I build, with the ultimate intention of building armies beginning there. I usually only do two to start out, but it might well be smarter to do more -- I use Alexandria in the East and New Albany or Cincinnati in the West. I build a bunch of units in Illinois at my first opportunity to give to Lyons once he unfreezes (in St. Louis). I gather them in Cairo and send him downriver to Fort 10, which he can take the moment he arrives if set at all-out. Then you're free to send him to Memphis or Forts Henry and Donelson.
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