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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: Leftblank on 14 July 2022, 02:09:30 PM
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As wargamer and amateur-historian, I believed four myths: that battles decided campaigns, that generals galloped in the front lines, that thousands died and that sleek tactical positioning decided a battle. None of these myths is remotely true, I learned. Statistics and soldier's diaries tell other, true stories.
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I will not start that fruitless 'Simulation vs Gaming' discussion again. In general, Muir's findings severely undermine well-known wargame truths that we hold to be self-evident:
point values (...)
command range (...)
casualties (...)
flank attacks (...)
logistics (...)
recon (...)
more:
https://amsterdamwar.game.blog/2022/07/14/napoleonic-wargames-vs-reality-the-world-according-to-rory-muir/ (https://amsterdamwar.game.blog/2022/07/14/napoleonic-wargames-vs-reality-the-world-according-to-rory-muir/)