Hello: Has anyone played the Mexican American War with these rules? Anybody have any suggestions on the subject? I am starting on the Mexican American War in...
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Matthew L Irsik
mirsik1@...
Jan 2, 2001 1:23 am
Darrell, I played Mexican American War for years using the Complete Brigadier set of rules which was produced by the same firm who originally printed Johnny...
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Darrell J. Bartok
ke-woh-no-tay@...
Jan 2, 2001 5:18 pm
Hello: Thanks for the help. I agree with what you say. That is one of the problems with trying to do the Mexican American war with ACW type rule sets. How do...
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Rob&Mitch DeWolfe
robandmitch@...
Jan 2, 2001 8:01 pm
Has anyone tried it with the rules that were written specifically for the Mexican-American War? There were two; "Santa Anna" and another set that went with it,...
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Peter Palmer
peter@...
Jan 3, 2001 12:03 pm
Web browsing through some 15mm terrain manufacturer sites and found the following business and two pieces which caught my interest were: JR Miniatures (Also...
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Lee Barnes
Lee.Barnes@...
Jan 3, 2001 4:50 pm
For X-mas I received Santa Ana Tactical. SAT is at the scale of: 1 fig is equal to 30 men, 1 cannon fig is 2 guns and 1 Artillery fig is 10 men; 1 inch equals...
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Bill Broussard
wbroussard@...
Jan 11, 2001 6:04 pm
I've introduced a friend to JRIII last week and he had a question I could not answer. While hill slopes can be represented as rough or broken terrain for...
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tpafundi@...
Jan 11, 2001 8:28 pm
Bill, My brother has actually asked that very same question to John Hill himself. John replied back with a very interesting set of explainations. If you are...
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William Broussard
wbroussard@...
Jan 11, 2001 8:42 pm
Thanks Tim, yes I'd really like to read what he had to say. Bill Broussard...
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John S Baker
johnsbaker@...
Jan 11, 2001 10:18 pm
Yes I would like to see as well ! John ... From: "William Broussard" <wbroussard@...> To: <jriii@egroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 1:35...
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David Robinson
robcon@...
Jan 11, 2001 11:55 pm
I would be interested in his response also. Four years of active duty with the 101st, infantry of course, and several years as a reenactor I have seen the most...
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William Broussard
wbroussard@...
Jan 12, 2001 3:40 pm
As the Maine and Alabama boys respectively knew so well on Little Round Top....
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William Broussard
wbroussard@...
Jan 12, 2001 3:47 pm
Scott Mingus, what about charging uphill?...
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hilljhn@...
Jan 12, 2001 4:08 pm
One of the more common questions brought up about Johnny Reb is that there is no obvious DRM modifier for being uphill in a firefight or in defending against a...
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William Broussard
wbroussard@...
Jan 12, 2001 4:30 pm
Thank you, John Hill, for clarifying this. When my friend brought up this question it was in regard to a charge and not to firing. In fact I always wondered...
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William Broussard
wbroussard@...
Jan 12, 2001 6:02 pm
Something just occurred to me regarding my question of charging up hill. The specific charge in question was already disordered when it hit the upslope and ...
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John Hill
hilljhn@...
Jan 13, 2001 10:41 am
As an example of who has the advantage (uphill or downhill?) in a civil war firefight consider the Battle of McDowell, May 8, 1862. In this battle, 9,000...
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sethkimmel@...
Jan 14, 2001 6:41 am
In a message dated 1/11/01 8:30:41 PM !!!First Boot!!!, tpafundi@... writes: << If you are interested, I will get them from my brother and send you his ...
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Dean & Gail West
westlind@...
Jan 16, 2001 2:03 am
Howdy, I would like to add some thoughts to the uphill-downhill fire discussion. The most advantageous open field position was supposed to be on the military ...
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David Robinson
robcon@...
Jan 16, 2001 6:18 am
Regarding firing uphill or downhill. I agree with dean regarding the most advantageous military position, that theory is still taught and practiced today. ...
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Malcymalc@...
Jan 16, 2001 8:45 pm
In a message dated 1/16/01 3:19:39 AM GMT Standard Time, westlind@... writes: << The greater accuracy and range of the rifle-musket used during the...
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Jim Emerick
jemerick@...
Jan 17, 2001 2:16 am
Hi List, Just wanted to let everyone know that I will be running some ACW events at Ghengis Con in Denver (Feb 15th thru 18th, 2001). I'll be running "Salem...
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Dean & Gail West
westlind@...
Jan 18, 2001 1:39 am
Ambrose Bierce's Civil War short story which i think is entitled "The Fight at Picket's Mill" is, in my humble opinion, the best description of a Union assault...
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Anthony C. Gulotta
njgulotta@...
Jan 18, 2001 3:31 am
In the last issue of America's Civil War there was an article on the battle of Perryville and the 3rd Ohio. They were positioned on top of a hill and with a...
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Bill Broussard
wbroussard@...
Jan 25, 2001 8:49 pm
Has anyone on this egroup ever played with MLW rules. I was just interested in an educated comparison of strengths, weaknesses, etc....
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Bill, Bayside Personnel
bill@...
Jan 26, 2001 8:57 pm
Hi all, I was playing Scott Mingus's Peach Orchard scenario last night (great game Scott!, I will send you a playtest report this weekend) and a question came ...
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DKline1863@...
Jan 26, 2001 10:57 pm
Billy, any unit marked Hold can fire at any point during the turn following First Fires. Therefore, a unit marked hold can fire at a unit charging a unit it...
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Scott + Debi Mingus
mingus@...
Jan 27, 2001 2:16 pm
Thanks for the compliment Bill! The Peach Orchard is one of two Gettysburg 15mm games that I will present at Origins in downstate Columbus this summer. This...
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Lee.Barnes@...
Jan 27, 2001 5:59 pm
We are playing some older JRII scenairos with JRIII. What would be the statistics for a 24lb howizter? We are using the range of the 12lb Nap with a +1 DRM....
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Lee.Barnes@...
Jan 27, 2001 6:10 pm
Hi yo'all from the still frozen North My son, Mike, and I have just finished playing the Wheatfield scanario. Which includes a part of the Peach Orchard....
