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I suppose my orders in Nashville should have instructed some of my units to enter the town at the end of combat! As a result, a single service unit, communications, held the town in the face of my two divisions. On the next turn General Daniel Miles thought his men were too tired to assault this sin...

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[ATTACH]22550[/ATTACH] This is the situation after my attack on Nashville. So, what is that unit with two inside the city? The largest unit is a signal corp. What happens next is so typical of the real Union efforts in 1861 as to be comical. The generals outside Nashville decided they were to tired ...

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⋅ Managing Money ⋅ Building Specialty Units [ATTACH]22549[/ATTACH] Early Jan 1862. I've managed my money well, for the first time having a comfortable surplus that I foresee being able to hold till the next troop surge. However, I am on empty for troops, despite the $2K/ company...

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⋅ Nashville Beckons ⋅ Intelligence Gathering ⋅ Builds [ATTACH]22548[/ATTACH]What I'm looking at it the Army of Tennessee, currently occupying Hickman, Ky. This army is being led by Albert S Johnston and has Earl Van Dorn attached. Dorn's division has at least four cava...

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⋅ The Kentucky Offensive ⋅ A Winter Retreat ⋅ The War at Sea ⋅ Musings on Little Rock [ATTACH]22543[/ATTACH] Late November. The situation immediately after Kentucky remains in the Union. I've secured all the cities in the state. But the weather has slowed ...

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This is a screen shot of the Eastern theater from late October. Stonewall Jackson has driven off my field defenses near Harper's Ferry, indicating the first Southern offensive. A Union division under General Hamilton did well, and is in good order, but is now in Hancock, north of the Potomac River. ...

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[ATTACH]22541[/ATTACH] This screen shot shows the Union resource blackboard. That 120 units of money ($120K/ turn) doesn't change much and is a limit on Union resources. You can see that even this early in the war there are strong supplies for other commodities. Manpower is a turn by turn gasping th...

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This is an early October supply situation for the area of Arkansas and Missouri. On the East you can see the 'western shore' flanking move that netted Madison and as far as Bolivar. The area supplied will change. I have ownership of the area north of the Arkansas near Madison, with the only two town...

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⋅ Cohesion in Naval Units ⋅ Revised Build Strategy ⋅ Western Rebel Depots ⋅ Threatening Richmond Washington, DC, October 1861 02--- This will be a brief AAR and it will focus, again on naval warfare in the game. I had allowed the naval forces to become exhaus...

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⋅ Union Evacuates Ft Smith ⋅ Kentucky Forces Organized ⋅ Naval Strategy Early October 1861--- The two units that had been holding Ft Smith have successfully escaped without loss. They are headed north to Fayetteville. In a larger sense, the Fayetteville end of the Miss...

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⋅ Price's Fayetteville Success ⋅ Madison, Ark. Union Success ⋅ More Kentucky Musings ⋅ Butler Moves to Hampton Roads ⋅ Developing a Network of Depots ⋅ Reviewing the Build Plan I wasn't able to write an AAR for the previous turn. You have ...

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Here are a few screen shots from the August 1861 period. There is a limit of just five uploads allowed. So, these are separate.

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⋅ Fayetteville and Ft. Smith Campaign ⋅ Plans for Butler ⋅ Naval Plans ⋅ Long-term Plans for New Orleans, Texas and Florida ⋅ A Build Plan Washington, DC AUG 1861 00--- While I'm waiting for VigaBrand's reply I've been looking over old forum discuss...

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⋅ Refusing the Call to March on Richmond ⋅ Conquering Missouri ⋅ Fayetteville Plans ⋅ Early Thoughts on Kentucky ⋅ An attack on New Orleans Considered WASHINGTON, DC, JUN 02 1861--- It has been a busy few days personally. Fortunately VigaBrand has b...

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Years ago I played War in Europe, the monster SPI game. Three of us put it on a wall with the counters held by an art putty that could be removed (it left a slight oil stain on the map and the counter). Fortunately, our wives understood and allowed this. One of the guys loved doing gamey moves. But ...

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It's a good thing you didn't attack Alexandria. There are and were two layers of defense there. You can see the fort I built and the record shows the division, with 662 points (fortified at 4). There was also a division in Washington and the Washington defense forces behind it. The unit in Loudon is...

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My offers were rejected by VigaBrand. All he wants is a house rule to prevent leaders from scouting without having an element accompany them. However, I am going to voluntarily begin publishing the accumulated AARs through this game date (March 1862). That will probably change some Southern strategy...

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We're negotiating over something gamey I've been doing. I learned it from Athena last November in the game I keep referring to as my first win over the AI of ACW. If you go back over the history of my posts on this game you'll see I have been highly annoyed at the ability of Athena to put raiders in...

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This looks exciting! Btw, your Fayetteville attacks look too small to succeed. You need to group together all them into one large attack, and maybe bring some artillery. Hi GMB, Thanks for enjoying our suffering :thumbsup: We are actually in February 1862 as I write this reply. So, I can tell you t...

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WASHINGTON, DC; JUNE 1861 02--- VigaBrand has brought up five one star generals to Manassas and a number of other units totaling 567 points. The rail line between Alexandria and Strasburg Depot is uncut and I have no units on it at the moment. There are an additional 507 points there under Joe Johns...

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Washington, DC May 02 1861--- We're moving on to another turn already, after just a few hours. The surprise attack on Spotsylvania was designed to destroy the depot, with a secondary result of hoping to destroy the railroad there. We only destroyed the depot. We've withdrawn to Alexandria and are se...

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Washington, D.C.MAY 21 1861--- After a technical problem and a restart we are now on turn four. This turn is likely to see the first real battles. The first 'battle' being at Ft. Sumter. In the previous turn I had sent the Marines and the Washington Bde to Fredericksburg, the plan being to seize and...

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WASHINGTON, DC, EARLY MAY--- The results of the second turn are in. Here are the news items: * The Blockade has lowered British/ French intervention by 7 points. Current level is -19! * The South has called for volunteers * Lincoln gave his inaugural address * Sam Houston is calling on federal help ...

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I'm not an expert on CSA industrialization. However your strategy is following a line laid down by many threads. Banks6060, in replying to a question in June 2008 also pointed to investment in Georgia. Georgia is among the last states to fall back into federal hands and it has good potential. Accord...

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WASHINGTON, D.C., LATE APRIL--- This is an After Action Report for the 1861 full campaign with Kentucky versus VigaBrand. The first few turns are relatively uneventful. I'll be posting this some game months after the events. The intent here is to share my first PBEM game. I had been playing the game...

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At one time, I think with an early patch, there was a concept of using the Union navy to blow forts away. I believe that concept has been fixed with a patch. In any case, I've never successfully used that concept to capture a fort.

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In the interest of being transparent, VigaBrand and I are completing negotiations on a PBEM. VB tells me he has played PoN. I've played AACW, but only against Athena.

I do plan an AAR, if time is available.

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Hello, thx for great information. Is it possible to build the fort with the art and a transportship instead of a supply waggon? (like Depots) Building with an ocean going transport is half the price of a supply wagon. Building with a riverine transport is the same cost as a supply wagon. You're get...

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Hi Vorkosigan,

Have you found your opponent for ACW yet? (I seem to be restricted from PMs. Sorry)

[email="pb783@yahoo.com"]Patrick[/email]

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Hi Poli,

I've owned ACW for several years. I JUST, for the very first time, defeated Athena. I guess I'm finally ready for a living opponent. Let's trade some info, proposed house rules and discuss.

[email="pb783@yahoo.com"]Patrick[/email]

As of 2013/02/07 I am in a game. Thanks.

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Kentucky Enters the War November 1861

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Penalties to players who use a gamey exploit

Fayetteville- Great for Business; Great for Life

Late June- Washington Threatened; Money & California

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