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I have CM Fortress Italy, Normandy(2.0), Market Garden, and Shock Force (with USMC expansion) and I am horrible at all of them. :-[

I kind of think the CM games are heavily influenced by the old Close Combat games. (CC is a great series by the way.) The two games play very similar to one another but I find CM a lot harder.

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Other Games / Re: Scourge of War - Gettysburg
« on: January 21, 2014, 07:56:54 pm »
Been playing a bit. Had quite an enjoyable time so far. It's a shame that you can't play as the entire Army of Northern Virginia, or the Potomac in the Gettysburg scenario's. You only seem to can in sandboxes, which don't seem to have any historical aspect, and just spawn your troops right infront of the enemy all over the map. Which looks quite retarded.

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First day of Gettysburg as Jackson. Probably the easiest scenario out there.  ;D

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The Chancellorsville expansion has a scenario where you command the entire ANV. Antietam has two army command scenarios(one for each side) and Pipe Creek has one Union army command scenario. I don't know about the other expansions because the three I listed are the only ones I have right now. I wonder why they didn't make any for Gettysburg...

Sandbox takes a little messing around with to figure out how to get good games but they are possible. I have found you can do army vs army battles with no problems on sandbox if you choose "Hunt them down." Choosing the Attack or Defend options seems to cause larger forces to overlap a bit.

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Other Games / Re: Scourge of War - Gettysburg
« on: January 20, 2014, 03:37:10 pm »
I just hope it won't be that expensive as the ACW versions were. It is that I was really hyped to play it again, but otherwise I would never pay 30 euro's for a game like that.

Apart from that, is it just me or is giving orders to your generals sometimes just a pain in the arse? I have the feeling I have to manually move every regiment in order to do it right. When I give command to the AI it does sometimes just weird things, (like turning lines straight infront of the enemy).

The ai is supposed to be realistic which means occasionally the regiments/brigades/divisions will use their judgment to react to the situation instead of following your orders. That sometimes adds a certain level of frustration to the game when units appear to ignore you. (My artillery does this quite a bit.) You can overrule the unit commander with the "take command" button.(The yellow button with the flag.) Personally I prefer this type of ai more than the mindless robots of the Total War series.

What level of command are you playing at?

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Other Games / Re: Scourge of War - Gettysburg
« on: January 19, 2014, 04:16:59 pm »
Just bought this game again. I just love to command Jackson's Corps in Gettysburg.  ;D

Do you have any of the expansions?

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Other Games / Re: Scourge of War - Gettysburg
« on: October 29, 2013, 08:33:04 pm »
Headquarters Campbell's Division
Near Salzkotten, Germany, October 29, 1813

SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report as to the part borne by this division in the action of October 29, 1813, near Wurzbach, Germany:

Around 1300 hours, I received orders to move my division towards the town of Salzkotten. I gave the necessary orders and the division began at once to move west along a dirt road with the right wing of the corps. My division was near front of the column. We had been marching for ten to fifteen minutes when reports of French cavalry began coming in from scouts just ahead of the column. Approximately five minutes later, I spotted what I believed was a French division forming north of the road near a place called Wurzbach. I immediately ordered the division to form on a ridge north of the road to guard the column as it continued on to Salzkotten. I formed a line on top of the ridge consisting of General Wheatley's brigade as the left wing and Col Fermor's brigade as the right. Col Lowe's brigade was placed behind the main line in reserve. I placed Major Gardiner's battery on the crest in front of the infantry and they began shelling the French infantry with great results.

The French Division began maneuvering but was checked by British cavalry. The cavalry was attempting to protect the main column that was marching towards the massive battle that was now raging at Salzkotten. After twenty minutes of shelling the French, the cavalry began harassing and attacking the enemy division's flank. It was at this time that I ordered General Wheatley's brigade forward with orders to probe the enemy. I also moved Col Fermor's brigade forward to support Wheatley's flank. The French division, weakened by artillery and repeated cavalry attacks, was weaker than I had anticipated so I ordered General Wheatley to increase his pressure and directly attack the opposing forces. I then ordered Col. Fermor to probe the right flank of the enemy.

General Wheatley's brigade made great progress and was driving the French back when Col Fermor ordered his command to attack the French Battery. The French guns made a gallant stand and drove Fermor's brigade back. I then ordered the Brigade of Col Lowe forward to replace Col Fermor's brigade in the fight with the order to drive off the French battery. I also ordered Major Gardiner's guns to fire on the enemy artillery. Col Lowe's troops executed an amazing bayonet charge against the stubborn battery driving them off and capturing two guns which were turned to fire on the rest of the enemy division. The troops belonging to Col Lowe behaved with extreme courage and bravery. After the enemy battery was taken care of, I ordered Col Lowe to assist General Wheatley's brigade with finishing off the now breaking French division. A few minutes later I received word that the rest of the corps had broken through the defense at Salzkotten and the battle had been won!

My division lost 938 men. We estimate that the division inflicted 1,346 enemy casualties.

I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Henry Campbell
Major General, Commanding Division.


One of the two massive columns.
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French division forming north of the road. I have just set up on the ridge.
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The division formed on the ridge while the column continues to march behind us.
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Lowe's brigade charging the battery.
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My complements to Cook for his glorious bayonet charge against the battery.
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Cook(DeoVindice61) commanded Lowe's brigade

Total forces engaged
49,030 Coalition troops
45,642 French troops

Overall casualties for entire battle
13909 Coalition
11235 French

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Other Games / Re: Scourge of War - Gettysburg
« on: October 29, 2013, 07:39:52 pm »
However, we claimed victory in this destruction considering we lost 2k men and the french lost 4 and half thousand men. We put the hurt on the frenchies.

That was only for our division.(we inflicted ~45000 casualties and only lost ~2,000) However, the losses for the battle were probably around 10-15 thousand on both sides. There were about 100,000 men engaged.

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I'd love to show you guys my cavalry kit, but atm it only consists of a sabre, a whole lot of wool and some things I ordered made and won't get until fall xD
 

I would love to see your cavalry kit. I am quite fond of cavalry during the period. Do share when you get them in the future!


Cavalry is always impressive. especially when you get a large number of them. Must've been terrifying to face a cavalry charge back then.

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I would just like to add that I strongly disagree with what Nazis and some other groups have to say. however, they have every right to say it and i will defend their right to say it. How can you reenact history if you censor it. how can you learn about history if you censor it. If you censor certain groups, where does it stop? You cannot censor soneone because you disagree with them. That's all I have to say about that.


I would like to apologize for any spelling or grammatical errors. I am typing on my phone lol

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Historical Reenactment / Re: A historical night
« on: May 03, 2013, 05:26:10 am »
Damn, well, in that case, make sure you refill your canteen every chance you got.

For some reason a lot of people don't have canteens in my reg. Making me, who has one, a very popular guy.

Well last year they had that:
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So I guess they know what they are going to face. It is really hot, but it would be a shame if it would rain all day. Especially on Gettysburg 150th.

Olafson, at civl war reenacments  they have "ice angles" which are women who are in period civilain cloths who walk around with ice so pretty much the same   

Some events do, some events don't. But I think both Gettysburg events allow ice angels on the field. They are amazing. especially when you have been laying on the ground for a while.

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Historical Reenactment / Re: A historical night
« on: May 02, 2013, 05:26:23 am »
Pretty sure you have to be 18 to sign waivers.

I think if you are a minor(under 18) you have to sign as well as have a parent or guardian sign.

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Historical Reenactment / Re: Reenacting Foods.
« on: May 02, 2013, 05:25:10 am »
Poptarts

Some people refer to poptarts as "soft tack"

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Historical Reenactment / Re: A historical night
« on: May 02, 2013, 01:43:33 am »
Right. What's that in celcius?

Because I don't presume you are going to re-enact in the temperature at which water boils.

That would be 150th Manassas lol but luckily I was only a spectator for that one.

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Historical Reenactment / Re: A historical night
« on: May 02, 2013, 01:09:12 am »
You're missing out the reeeeeaal feeling man. You'll get that when you stayed for the night.

It will also be cold. And don't forget to take a leak before settling down. Nothing worse then being warm and cozy only to wake up around midnight because of nature's call.


Lol yeah yeah, I gotta get a nightcap as well too. Its only a few month altough. After Gettysburg, my gum blanket is going to see some good wear. Thats for damn sure.

I seriously doubt you will be cold at gettysburg... lol probably at other events but not in july.

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Historical Reenactment / Re: A historical night
« on: May 01, 2013, 08:37:11 pm »
We generally try to do what the original guys did. Like at 150th Fredericksburg, we used A tents because the army was going into winter camp at the time. At other events, we use dog tents or no tents at all. It all depends on what the event calls for. Like at Maryland my Maryland, we were supposed to have dog tents for Friday night and bivouac near the cornfield on Saturday night.

Another example is the 150th McDowell reenactment. The army had been in the area for some time and would've had A tents. We set up camp just outside of town on Friday and the rebs camped somewhere like a mile or two away at the foot of a mountain. Saturday, we drilled, patrolled/got lost in the woods for hours, and then fought a battle. The script called for the union forces to flee through town while the confederates "captured" and slept in our camp. Meanwhile, the yankees would march to the base of Sitlington's Hill and camp on the mountainside with whatever they had with them.(No dog tents at that time period.) Then Sunday, we marched up to the top of the mountain and reenact the battle on original ground.

It was a very cool event. However, it rained pretty much non stop for the whole weekend so the confederates were offered the town gym to sleep in...  ???

The union guys were only given the option to stay in their own camp or camp on the mountain according to plan so at least we were authentic. About half stayed in camp and half went up and suffered on the mountain.

As a side note: the event was limited to about 500 hardcore reenactors with strict uniform standards so it was a great event.

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Feedback?

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One of the things I noticed is your accoutrements seem to be a little long. I would say hike those traps up a bit more. They should be about the height of your elbow with your waist belt going over the navel.

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