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bob48

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on: May 12, 2020, 03:06:58 PM

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Reply #1 on: May 12, 2020, 03:12:29 PM
I've had that in the cart soooo many times!  :bigthumb:

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Reply #2 on: May 12, 2020, 03:29:06 PM
I finally managed to pick it up from Hexasim in France who just got stock in today- non of the UK stores have it yet.

There is a Vassal mod for it Mike :-)

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Reply #3 on: May 12, 2020, 04:08:47 PM
That map looks pretty old school

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Reply #4 on: May 13, 2020, 06:13:45 AM
Yep, it is pretty old school, but its a nice brigade level game of a battle that I have always found interesting. Nice components, easy to learn and play, and ideal for solo, plus it can play through fairly quickly.

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Reply #5 on: May 13, 2020, 09:00:54 AM
Bawb, this is pretty unlikely, but if the opportunity ever came up, Antietam battlefield is a very nice day.
It's well maintained, well marked, and surprisingly small.
It can easily be walked, or biked.
This makes it quite clear how poor McClellan was in the presence of the enemy.
A gamer once noted how different second Manassas and Antietam would have been if the union commanders had been swapped.
Pope's combativeness would have worked at Antietam, while Mac's cauton was suited to Second Manassas.

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Reply #6 on: May 13, 2020, 09:07:57 AM
 :bigthumb:

If only  ;)

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Reply #7 on: May 13, 2020, 09:22:20 AM
I'm embarrassed to say I live about 80 miles from Antietam and have never been.  :-[

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Reply #8 on: May 13, 2020, 09:43:51 AM
SHOCK HORROR!

Did you buy the game yet?  ;D

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Reply #9 on: May 13, 2020, 09:46:55 AM
I'm about 75 miles away from the battlefield and have been there several times.  I'm tempted to buy the game and play it a few times, and then return to the battlefield to see if playing the game gives me a new perspective.

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Reply #10 on: May 13, 2020, 09:49:04 AM
Quote from: bob48 on May 13, 2020, 09:43:51 AM
SHOCK HORROR!

Did you buy the game yet?  ;D

 >:D

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Reply #11 on: May 13, 2020, 09:50:27 AM
Quote from: trailrunner on May 13, 2020, 09:46:55 AM
I'm about 75 miles away from the battlefield and have been there several times.  I'm tempted to buy the game and play it a few times, and then return to the battlefield to see if playing the game gives me a new perspective.

That sounds like a great idea  :bigthumb:

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Reply #12 on: May 13, 2020, 09:59:32 AM
After I retire (two more years!) I'm hoping to visit some of the closer battlefields.

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Reply #13 on: May 13, 2020, 10:39:00 AM
Quote from: bbmike on May 13, 2020, 09:59:32 AM
After I retire (two more years!) I'm hoping to visit some of the closer battlefields.

I have 35.5 months until retirement myself.  I calculated that I have about 600 working days.

If they open up Virginia soon, my wife and might take a day trip south to visit Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Courthouse.  We did all three in one day a couple of years ago, so this time we might do two out of three.

Manassas is closest to me, but I've only been there once or twice.  I've been to Gettysburg probably 8 times, Antietam probably 4 times.

I bought a game for the battle Kernstown last year and also want to play that.  I haven't been there in 10 years, but after playing the game it would be good to get back out there.

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Reply #14 on: May 13, 2020, 10:45:10 AM
If I were ever able to do so,  I would have loved to follow Jackson's route around the Shenandoah Valley..

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