At the risk of incurring the wrath of a minor gaming god: Your example of the Hevy Artillery regiments IMO, is slightly flawed. JR can't correctly portray this...
Dean, I was just lurking... You make an excellent point on short movement. I've also heard the ratio between firing range to movement range is a key indicator...
Dean, I think the increased risk of disorder from a tactical competence roll is sufficient in representing the greater difficulty that Green troops had in ...
Yes, I may have seen the probably posed photo and a drawing or woodcut, but don't have the link offhand. If I find the link and site I'll post it here. The...
Hi Jim, Okay to disagree with me. It's rudeness I can't abide. It can I suppose be argued that every regiment that fought should be rated "Green" in its first...
The Confederate assault by _James Longstreet_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Longstreet) 's corps, primarily by the division of _Lafayette McLaws_ ...
Personally, I am a BIG fan of the old SPI GBACW series. In it they had a "Seeing the Elephant" table for use on first battles - the chaos it caused was great!...
Well, Historicon is now behind us, I hope you all had as much fun as I did! I am almost caught back up on my sleep! Now it is time to turn our thoughts...
Scott, I got mine two days ago (to Germany)... superb as ever! Cheers, Burkhard ... -- Visit our homepage at www.DHC-Wargames.de All pages available in both...
Friday morning, 9 a.m. game submission... will confirm time and place once Andrew Turlington receives the on-line GM event form from me. In the movie...
About an hour before dawn, my adjutant, Major West, stuck his nose in my tent and brought with him my first cup of coffee for the day. After a quick weather...
Event number is F-010 9am Friday. Only JRIII game currently on the schedule, and available for 6 players. Game will be in the main ballroom of the hotel. ...
Well made point, I will need to print this and put it in my rule book for occasions where people batter me over the subject! Andy ... in ... in ... my ... ...
why use a fictional account when you can use real accounts? I just finished reading Stephen Sears' Chancellorsville and the problems Hooker had with expiring...
... My goal was to make a point for gaming purposes. It was my estimate that a generic example based upon study would accomplish that mission. I have seen...
Sounds like it fires and maneuvers as veteran, but checks morale as green. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at ...
Hi Bob, Something like you explain here is about the best a person/gamer/simulator could do to solve the problem of green troops sometimes performing above the...
Dean, It's quite clear then. The heavies "saw the elephant" with a veteran morale rating. I wonder if the thousand and one catcalls that were hurled at them...
IMPERIAL HEADQAURTERS, PARIS: The time draws near for action. The troops have been given their orders, The fleets are ready to sail, and the aircraft are...
... Two Yankee players and 4 Rebs... Two Yankee players will be withdrawing through Gettysburg and trying to set up a defensive line on Cemetery Hill. The...
Perhaps it's worth noting that the time scale of 20 minutes per turn is far more abstract than the distance scale. There would be no precise equation for how...
... The most enjoyment for me comes when the ... (snip) Short of coming home ... back ... Well said. I like these rules because the game has a "feel" that ...
The November issue of Charge will include Chris Maes' extensive and well thought out Jack Tar rules for combined arms (naval) in conjunction with JR3. This is...
Norris, These are certainly the kinds of write-ups I would look for in game, especially in a strategy game on the ACW. Also, I think any leadership loss...
In addition to the below I am looking for clubs that have events between Fall In! and Coldwars or just after that are interested in space (at no charge) in the...
Gentlemen, After an absence of about 10 years, I am returning to ACW gaming. We played JRII extensively in the early '90s, and I bought JRIII when it first...
Wow, you sound like me..... 1) Bunches, especially the rules dealing with artillery, number of stands and charges. 2) Not that I am aware of.... 3) I wish...I...
... in ... players ... You have already discovered the database in this group. Scott has started it anew since there are only four of us on it. In the links...
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