[The Civil War: Everything You Wanted to Know but Were too Afraid to Ask!]

5 hours ago, Andre Bolkonsky said:

Welcome! 

McClellan loved his army so much he never wanted to see it hurt. RE Lee had nothing but respect for him.  I would like to share a clip from a movie, "In Harm's Way" in which the greatest compare & contrast of McClellan and Grant is made. 

BTW, the entire movie is awesome!

 

One of my favorite movies of all time. I guess I've seen it 15-20 times.

Talking about movies. I'm surprised no one has talked about the recent revelation that Mr. Lincoln was a Vampire Hunter and seemed very familiar with Asian martial arts. This adds an entirely new twist to the whole war and Mr. Lincoln's presidency. We have to wonder too why Doris Kearns Goodwin never mentioned this in her book.

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6 hours ago, A. P. Hill said:

Agreed with the rest of your post, but you seemed to have missed two very prominent Union generals, no political, who were also charged with imbibing quite heavily.

Generals Grant and Sherman.  And yes there are arguments on both sides for and against these two gentlemen. 

I've been known to imbibe when I play Ultimate General so that's two marks against my poor generals and officers.

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Great guide, the extra Corp slot is really a good idea, thanks.

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On ‎9‎/‎8‎/‎2017 at 10:34 AM, Shigemori said:

Perhaps you were very unlucky. One kill can be enough. Its probability. Was no officer wounded?

There may have been some officers wounded and not killed. The General was killed for sure but I was not 100% familiar with the interface at the time to say for sure now that all the officers were killed and not just injured.

Thank You for the comments and help.

 

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Thanks, I figured it was me and there wasn't much I could do-maybe learn to fight better. I hope it gets better as the units gain experience.

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I seem to be losing  a lot of leaders. In a recent battle at Gaines' Mill I lost 6 leaders in just my 1st Corp including a General leading a Division. Is this normal, or is there something I should be doing to avoid so many leaders being killed? 

Thanks

 

[An absolute gem of a game. but it has a steep learning curve.]

The game is great but would be much more difficult without the Guides players have posted. I'm on my 3rd time starting the Campaign and I finally feel like I have a hang of things.

As was recommended by one Guide, I save often, before and during a battle. If I really screwed up I hit restart and try again. Which helps to learn what kind of tactics work best. I hate to not get a victory and not get the phat loot to build my army.

 

[Good review on Wargamer]

The review in Wargamer had a large part in me purchasing the game. I'm glad I did, having a hell of a lot of fun.