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When can I get one so I can have more than one army? I am playing my first serious game and it is a few months into it. I took back Harpers Ferry since in this game I lost it (last game it held which was nice ;-) ) and Manassas (sp). I have a balanced military and am setting things up to have 2 more Armies out there.

Also, for an amphibious landing what do I do again? I am assuming that to load them onto a transport I just need to combine the units with the stack containing the transports and warships? Do I have to wait until I am in the region I want to unload them and wait another turn to do so or can it all be set up on one turn?

For example, I have 5 ships for bombardment and 4 transports in a fleet. I move the units I want into the fleet, move the entire fleet only 6 days away, unload on the shore and attack. Is that possible? I haven't been able to figure it out. Doesn't seem right to have to wait a whole month when I can get there in 6 days via ocean.

Sorry for the basic questions but I actually couldn't fall asleep last night planning my damn strategy for the next turn. 2 am I was still up devoured in this game. Now that I have most of the rules down and how things work I can't get enough!!

Guru80 wrote:When can I get one so I can have more than one army? I am playing my first serious game and it is a few months into it. I took back Harpers Ferry since in this game I lost it (last game it held which was nice ;-) ) and Manassas (sp). I have a balanced military and am setting things up to have 2 more Armies out there.

I don't remember the dates, but you will be able to build more army HQs in time. IIRC, the first ones get added towards the end of 1861?

Guru80 wrote:Also, for an amphibious landing what do I do again? I am assuming that to load them onto a transport I just need to combine the units with the stack containing the transports and warships?

Yes

Guru80 wrote:Do I have to wait until I am in the region I want to unload them and wait another turn to do so

Yes

Guru80 wrote:or can it all be set up on one turn?

No, not amphibious assault. If you were "just" transporting them to a friendly harbour, you could move them directly into the harbour and get them unloaded.

Guru80 wrote:For example, I have 5 ships for bombardment and 4 transports in a fleet. I move the units I want into the fleet, move the entire fleet only 6 days away, unload on the shore and attack. Is that possible? I haven't been able to figure it out. Doesn't seem right to have to wait a whole month when I can get there in 6 days via ocean.

There are different ways of explaining or justifying this. The way I think of it is that in that day and age, amphibious assaults would need a lot of preparation, planing and meticulous execution, so it would be expected to take time

Thank you for the quick reply!! I was waiting to hear back before I proceed with my next turn to make sure I couldn't do it all in one step as outlined above. Launching an offensive on some ocean side forts and didn't want to get left hanging out there for another turn if I didn't have to.

I understand the delay though. It isn't like they had landing craft, wireless communication, GPS positioning and all the other new technologies. I can imagine cooridinating an amphibious assult of any complexity and number would have been difficult at best!

Guru80 wrote:Thank you for the quick reply!! I was waiting to hear back before I proceed with my next turn to make sure I couldn't do it all in one step as outlined above. Launching an offensive on some ocean side forts and didn't want to get left hanging out there for another turn if I didn't have to.

I know *exactly* how you feel

(Been there a couple of times myself )

We've all been there Guru. However, u may seek knowledge here in forums, but also on the wiki...many answers are grouped there. Just click on the link on top of Rafiki's Sig.

He's da man.

Oh I know it! I have spent lots of time recently reading that. Loaded with good info.