Blockading Topic Again! Apologies

[bk6583]

As I've said in previous posts, I talked my neighber into playing me hotseat and he's picked up things as the CSA rather quickly (to my frustration - having played exclusively against Athena). It's 1864 - I have Richmond, Mobile, Atlanta, NE and everything in between (he still holds all of the coastal ports from Pensacola to Wilmington). I have the blockade boxes maxed out at 100% and have brown water blockaded EVERY CSA coastal port there is to blockade. My neighbor has informed me that one, his large fleet of blockade runners (which no matter how many frigates and other assorted ships I send to the blockade boxes my neighbor informs me has done nothing more that reduce the ammo on some brigs) continues to bring in roughly 20-30 WS each turn. In addition, making judicious use of light industrialization, he said his GS and Ammo supplies are more than adequate. Sooooo - considering all of the resources I've invested in all of these ships, why am I not really hurting my neighbor in the overall supply department?

[James D Burns]

You are hurting him. Had you not done what you did, he’d be far more flush with units and gear than he is now. And all the money he’s had to spend on industrialization is money not spent on building new units, so he is much weaker than he would be without the naval blockade. But the idea you can win the war with a naval blockade alone… not going to happen.

It sounds like you’ve got his production as low as possible, which means you’re out producing him by quite a bit. Build, build and build some more and then lean on him with your huge armies and watch his front begin to crack.

[GraniteStater]

You are hurting him. Had you not done what you did, he’d be far more flush with units and gear than he is now. And all the money he’s had to spend on industrialization is money not spent on building new units, so he is much weaker than he would be without the naval blockade. But the idea you can win the war with a naval blockade alone… not going to happen.

It sounds like you’ve got his production as low as possible, which means you’re out producing him by quite a bit. Build, build and build some more and then lean on him with your huge armies and watch his front begin to crack.

BWAHAHAHAHA!

You ruthless wargamer, you.

[Jim-NC]

You are crushing his economy, however, he can still draft/print/tax, etc. Thus he can continue to field an army (probably in very poor shape), but an army he can have. His weakest spot is either CS or WS, which is why his brigs are bringing in WS (probably exclusively to all else at this point). He may not be able to replace losses due to a lack of CS at this point (or maybe not).

Keep up the pressure, and his lines will crack. It's a matter of time before it does.