Scourge of War Boards

Kerflumoxed wrote:

I have never been able to summon assistance during any of my sandbox games, including one I just completed.

I've found that divisions which are held in reserve, or otherwise not fighting, will respond to a request for help. One sad case I had two days ago was in a fight where my division was grossly outnumbered and I asked for artillery support to my center. My corp commander promptly sent the battalion which marched to my left flank and smack into the middle of an advancing Texas brigade. They managed to drive it off, but lost 3/4 of their guns. Unfortunately, I needed them to do more than savage one brigade. The AI really waxed my tail that evening.

The independent arty battalions behave as if they are infantry divisons. They don't play a useful role in sandbox games unless the player is their commander. I think I read in another thread that Norb was addressing this issue.

The location you are ordered to does not pop up on the map right away. For some reason, it takes ~30 seconds to show up. After I receive my orders, I usually look around for the nearest road, order my troops into column, etc. and then open the map to see how large my wild goose chase is to be.

Perhaps, have another bite of hardtack and salt pork, washed down with black coffee!

Perhaps, have another bite of hardtack and salt pork, washed down with black coffee!

Do you strain the weevils out of the coffee with your teeth? :laugh:

Kerflumoxed:

Are you playing one of the 'objective' type scenarios? If so, the VP is probably the spot you are to occupy. At least that always seems to be the case for me. I usually play without objectives. In those scenarios, I am given a large rectangular box with a star in the middle. If I am in reserve, when I am finally ordered to a location, (usually after the battle is nearly lost), I am given just a star, with no box.

Hope this helps.

If in reserve, the only star that appears is my current location, even after I have received movement orders