The Shenandoah system is a lot of fun. I've run the campaign several times and am currently in the process of it right now. However, I don't think the...
Robert, Would you be able to send the document directly as the attachment did not come through? I'd like to take a closer look at your method. Thanks ... ...
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Hello, Just got done playing a 7 player game and we ran into a situation that we haven't encountered before. The way the gamemaster resolved it was quite...
The unit would have marched on through and the skirmishers either advanced ahead of their parent outfit or simply rejoined it. Skirmishers are NOT an...
I searched the archives of this group and have seen where people have asked about it, but nothing was really said in reply. So, once again, I will open the...
There was a 7YW version called Final Argument of Kings. Some would do AWI with it. No Napoleonic version that I know of. Frankly, I'm not terribly sure that...
... advanced ahead of their parent outfit or simply rejoined it. Skirmishers are NOT an impediment to their own regiments advance. ... front of the advanceing...
... stand ... Either ... down ... fire. ... 20 ... Dice down appears to be an adequate compromise. If I were moderating the game, the skirmish stand would fall...
... Hi Norris, Hopefully we'll roll dice together soon. However, I disagree with making the stand fall back without having the opponent do more than give an...
... than ... I tend to be more concerned with what happened on the battlefield with the gaming table just a tool to simulate events. Doctrine said that...
Hi Scott The real benefit for using regimental skirmishers comes when playing blind or with hidden units. Then the use of skirmishers as pickets in front of...
Hi Keith, Only if they (skirmishers) force a reation from the opposition. If they are merely swept away via movement then I'm not sure of their role....
Norris and Scott, Excellent debate gentlemen. I like Scott's compromise solution because I believe skirmish lines often did fight effectively to retard and ...
Hi, I'm playing the Devil's Den scenario with my daughter and nephews this week and have a question. What I did was make the layout from pinkboard. Used a...
Joe, I suggest using a brownish-blackish brown mixture for the water base (the darker colors will show deeper spots). Remember, Plum Run is a very marshy...
I believe that the 'original' figures in this range were sculpted by Tony Barton, and it is these I have purchased under as part of the AB range of figures...
... base ... very ... Once the ... more of a ... Much of late June 1863 had been rainy and most of the streams / creeks / runs in the Gettysburg area were...
I did not remember this Scott, thanks for the correction! Doug ... From: Scott Mingus <scottmingus@...> To: jriii@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 05 Apr 2005...
Hello. We are starting to play this rules and we have a couple of doubts. Our main doubt is concerning the refusing end stands in page 12 of the rules. I'm...
Please let me know when I can buy one direct from you and how thanks Steve ________________________________ ________________________________ Historical Gamers...
Don't have the book in front of me, but I thought either "Hold" or"Formation Change" did the trick. It can be issued regardless of fire conditions--I myself...
In the book it says that you have the same number of figures on the dismounted stand as the mounted and there is a -2 penalty to offset horse holders right? ...
No, you would not take the -2 DRM. We usually make stands of 3 figs for dismounted Cav which we use to replace the 4 figure Cav stands. You would fire the...
In our group, we use three stands for dismounted cavalry. Thus if the Cav unit is represented by four 3 fig stands - then dismounted would be three four...
Steve, Likewise, I have dismounted stands with less figures than the mounted stands alon with separate horseholder stands. That was the thinking behind the EV...
I'm pretty much a newbie on everything ACW and JRIII but I've got a question about how to represent the Chaos found on the battlefield. Firstly I really like...
If you use the order chit system whereby the officers are limited in the number they can allot each turn to their brigade this, allied to a players natural...