Uh oh, He's back... Gentlemen, Got back late last night from the Mill Springs reenactment. Another awesome experience, unbelievably cool for one such as I....
My son was in the mounted troop at Valley Forge Military Academy. They had a donated ex-race horse in the troop, which tended to bolt at the sound of a...
Don't know much about reenacting so how do you decide that you... captured a battery? stopped by aninfantry screen or artileery fire? and how do you keep 50...
Getting a 4 page email for a 2 line reply is pretty bad for those who get the digest version or those poor buggers who are on dialup. Edit out older replys and...
... Good job, Dean. The cav looked good. Dismount at the fence line, horse holders to the rear. From the Union gun line, it was very impressive. Not the...
Nope...we lived in Northern Virginia. 30 years. Lastseven in Warsaw. Randy ... From: corzin@... To: jriii@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007...
... without actually risking getting hurt? ... To say that those on this group have an interest in the ACW is probably a major understatement. I consider that...
JRIII Yahooers, October 27th is one of the best conventions in Michigan "Pro or Con" in Dearborn. Go to www.proorcon.net for details. I will be doing a...
Mr. Corzin, I'll try to answer your questions. 1. Reenacting the battles is a competitive game, much like our miniatures games in many ways. The "battle" in...
Dean, Glad to hear you're still standing. Had no idea reenactors did "tacticals". Nearest I ever came to experiencing "combat" was several games of Skirmish...
Dean, I must have missed something....when and where do you roll the dice? [IMAGE] -- Want an e-mail address like mine? Get a free e-mail account today at...
... We have normally 5 of the 7 man crew who play JRIII. When we catch a battery limbered, we allow for a plus 3 modifier in our discussion. Catch a line on...
Hi James, Thanks for the kind words. Pretend cav service is not combat, of course, but, very occasionally, there are moments of terror involved. I cannot tell...
That's a club in Brooklyn. Also saw this one. An actual TV news report on wargaming in New Zealand. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PBkisvuzf0&NR=1 James...
Dean, In one sense I see pretend cav service and pretend battles, i.e. ACW miniatures war gaming, as a forum around which men primarily, can discuss, think,...
James, Well said James. I could not agree more. War gaming is certainly the engine which has powered my historical interests for fifty years. One of the great...
Excellent! You know, we could do alot for our hobby by simply e-mailing these video links to friends who do not play war games. I suspect that if more folk...
Dean, hmmm... interestingly I don't consider myself to be a historian, nor an amateur. I suppose I consider myself to be just a guy who is interested in how...
Doug, I really enjoyed your article on making stone walls and fences in Charge #16 (reading it on magweb) and have gotten the materials I need to start. I have...
While the gates themselves are probably anywhere from open to wooden to ornate metal - I simply leave a gap the width of a stand so the troops can "march"...
Justo, Funny. I already did this. There's an innate attraction to war games. You either enjoy them or you don't. And even amongst people who do enjoy them...
I finally found a solution (tonight) to stone alls for 6mm scale. I have some giant matches used for cigars which work perfectly...I paint a base-coat on them...
...or you can get some long spaghetti like Angel Hail - boil it - shape it as desired and then paint.... If you gonna play with rice armies - might as well...
hey, believe it or not, I played Twlight Imperium with both my wife and my mother and they both liked it! ************************************** See what's new...
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Good one.... use an egg timer for turns? Randy NY Times, July 3, 1863: "Pickett's charge of 100 foot tall Virginia giant infantrymen halted at Gettyburg." ... ...
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