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Lee wets himself, aka Grant Takes Command

Started by Berkut, August 31, 2009, 11:38:11 AM

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Habbaku

#45
September 02, 2009, 07:58:19 PM
The Rebels sure as hell found 'em!
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

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Habbaku

#46
September 02, 2009, 11:25:08 PM Last Edit: September 02, 2009, 11:35:38 PM by Habbaku
AAR of May 5th :

"Uncle John" Sedgewick's corps slug-marched up a few hexes and decided that they had found a good spot to rest at the remainder of the day.

Lee and 2/3 of Hill's corps fast-marched off closer to Spotsylvania County, prepared to back up Ewell and Longstreet's corps if they're forced back.

Grant had about a pint of bourbon within the course of an hour, fell asleep and, without him, the entire Union army took a nap.  And dug in.

The AoNV decided that they should match the entrenchment efforts and now The Wilderness looks like Verdun circa 1915.

(Translation : After Berkut winning the first round's initiative, then my winning the second round, the initiative dice came up 1/1--meaning that Berkut then had a 50% chance of the day continuing.  He failed his roll, so it passed to me to voluntarily continue the day or not.  Seeing no reason to give the Yankees even more time to move up...I called the day off and gave everyone a nice, sunny day to entrench!)
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

Habbaku

#47
September 02, 2009, 11:29:00 PM


Map of the fortified camp that is The Wilderness.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

Berkut

#48
September 02, 2009, 11:29:44 PM
:bleeding:
"If you think this has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."

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CountDeMoney

#49
September 03, 2009, 05:55:11 AM
Good luck with that, Berk.

Berkut

#50
September 03, 2009, 10:03:11 AM Last Edit: September 03, 2009, 10:07:07 AM by Berkut
May 6th dawns clear.

Sedgewicks Corps finally makes it across the Rapidan, and moves into position south of the Wilderness tavern, flanking Ewell Corps.

However, Longstreet arrives to save the day, securing the Confederate southern flank, and allowing Ewell to counter-attack, driving Wright back, but exhausting 2/3rds of Ewells corps in the process.

Hancock then attacks Johnstons division, left to hold the north flank, but the attack goes poorly, losing 3000 Union to only around 1000 Confederate casualties.

Warren continues to hurry up, and is poised to cross into the Wilderness as well, which is turning into quite the mess, to be completely honest.
"If you think this has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."

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Berkut

#51
September 03, 2009, 10:29:29 AM
Both of these attacks made something clear - you need to have more than a little bit of superiority to attack. The 'D' result means you add 3 Fatigue, and are Disoraganized. Since you spent 1 Fatigue to make the attack, that puts you at 4 - which means you are done for the turn.

Which doesn't mean that you should never make such an attack - had I rolled 1 higher, the result would have been MUCH better, with him forced to retreat, me advancing,and his position taken. But if you are looking to make successive attacks, you need a better result.

There is a great sense of "But I need to attack NOW...before he can respond!" though. I should probably ahve moved Mott and Birney into position to support the attack - but if I did that, he could ahve dug some more, or moved out, or even counter-attacked first!

I am really, really liking this game system.
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Ape

#52
September 03, 2009, 11:23:53 AM
Quote from: Berkut on September 03, 2009, 10:03:11 AM
losing 3000 Union to only around 1000 Confederate casualties.



Are you telling me you lost 6 sp vs. 2 ? yikes, that's a freaking horrible result, your dice rolls must be crap  :cry:

Habbaku

#53
September 03, 2009, 11:42:54 AM
Quote from: Ape on September 03, 2009, 11:23:53 AM
Are you telling me you lost 6 sp vs. 2 ? yikes, that's a freaking horrible result, your dice rolls must be crap  :cry:

He actually lost 3 SPs to my 0--but both sides ended up dropping ammunition and becoming disorganized/fatigue 4-ed in the process.

His battle modifier was only +2 and the rolls ended up 1/2 in my favor.  Add that on top of the fact that he assaulted with nearly triple the number of troops I had and you end up with a recipe for lots of Yankee dead.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

Ape

#54
September 03, 2009, 01:13:08 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on September 03, 2009, 11:42:54 AM


He actually lost 3 SPs to my 0--but both sides ended up dropping ammunition and becoming disorganized/fatigue 4-ed in the process.

His battle modifier was only +2 and the rolls ended up 1/2 in my favor.  Add that on top of the fact that he assaulted with nearly triple the number of troops I had and you end up with a recipe for lots of Yankee dead.

Ah ok, they must have changed the scale somewhat since the first three games of the series :unsure: was roughly 500 soldiers per infantry SP and 750 for cavalry

jimmy olsen

#55
September 03, 2009, 03:02:31 PM
What's the scale of these hexes? 1/2 a mile?
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Warspite

#56
September 03, 2009, 04:23:28 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 03, 2009, 03:02:31 PM
What's the scale of these hexes? 1/2 a mile?

Looks like roughly an inch to me.
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Habbaku

#57
September 03, 2009, 05:22:45 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 03, 2009, 03:02:31 PM
What's the scale of these hexes? 1/2 a mile?

No idea, honestly.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

CountDeMoney

#58
September 03, 2009, 05:24:05 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 03, 2009, 03:02:31 PM
What's the scale of these hexes? 1/2 a mile?

IIRC, 1 mile/hex.

Berkut

#59
September 03, 2009, 06:04:25 PM
2000yds/hex.
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