Omnius wrote:Runyan99,
Johnston reacted to the sound of the telegraph in railing to Manasas long before the sound of the guns went boom. We can replicate this historical fact by ordering Johnston to rail over to Manasas on the first turn of the demo,
Johnston was reacting to a known Union movement. You cannot do that. You don't know the union is moving until the end of the turn, 15 days later. So, you are guessing that the Union will move on Manassas. Either that or Johnston does not move, and Beauregard fights by himself.
If the Union does not attack Manassas, and a human player may not, then a preemtive move uncovers Winchester, and you lose that place next turn.
The player thus has a handicap far in excess of what the historical commanders faced. That has to be compensated for with a generous MTSG rule.