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Author Topic: You don't need to know the ACW to have fun playing it.  (Read 995 times)

Offline olicana

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You don't need to know the ACW to have fun playing it.
« on: June 22, 2017, 10:50:36 AM »
ACW is not one of my periods. I've played countless games but my historical knowledge is wargamey, at best. Knowledge, of course, doesn't stop one having a great time playing an ACW game.

I recently had the opportunity to play in a multi player mini-campaign, including a naval blockade, with the LOGW. The tables



See more pics, etc. here:

http://olicanalad.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/last-weekend-i-spent-thoroughly.html

Offline Jabba

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Re: You don't need to know the ACW to have fun playing it.
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2017, 11:30:35 AM »
Nice looking set up and a fun game as well by the looks of it.

Tony.

Offline Miantanomo

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Re: You don't need to know the ACW to have fun playing it.
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2017, 11:19:37 AM »
ACW is a personal favorite of mine and is always a good era to wargame.
"If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die."
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Offline Cubs

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Re: You don't need to know the ACW to have fun playing it.
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2017, 11:32:37 AM »
Large scale battles aren't usually my thing, so the ACW stuff that interests me are the skirmishes and raids. Reading about Mosby's Raiders opened up a whole new line of ideas for me, so in my case at least the extra knowledge did give me some new fun!
'Sir John ejaculated explosively, sitting up in his chair.' ... 'The Black Gang'.

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