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Re:Kershaw Carryover Scenario Series - The Wheatfield
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:05 pm
by Little Powell
Slow Trot wrote:
Oh, the carnage! I achieved a major victory in all four scenarios, but poor Kershaw's brigade now consists of 368 brave survivors.
Great to hear that fixed your issue. And congrats on completing the scenarios.
More to come..
I'm working on a Corps size carryover series.. Definitely some serious carnage with that many troops..
But for those that don't like the BIG battles, I'll probably do another brigade size as well.
Re:Kershaw Carryover Scenario Series - The Wheatfield
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:56 pm
by Damned Black Hat
Finished with 424 good men after deeming it impractical to take the eastern heights. This has to have been the most fun and realistic scenario I've played.
Re:Kershaw Carryover Scenario Series - The Wheatfield
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 12:19 am
by Gfran64
Hey LP,
Finished this series tonight. All MV's and had 754 men left. Scores were 2121, 4684, 3654 and 1591. All I could do was stare at that last VP. Just didn't have enough left in the tank. I was kind of sad to see most of my brigade scattered all over the ground. I really like carryovers and I think these are the best I've played yet. That's so much for all your work on these.
Regards,
Greg B)
Re:Kershaw Carryover Scenario Series - The Wheatfield
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 9:22 am
by Little Powell
Great to here you guys enjoyed them and thanks for the kind words. Carryover really brings a whole new aspect to the game doesn't it. Now try beating them in HITS... mwahaha...
Re:Kershaw Carryover Scenario Series - The Wheatfield
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:48 pm
by dcm
Perhaps no one has noticed, but there may be a small timing issue in scn #4. The map says hold for 4 min to get 200 pts, but the timer counts down 5 min intervals. Caused me to miss a MV by 2 min the first time by taking the knoll too late.
Re:Kershaw Carryover Scenario Series - The Wheatfield
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 5:13 pm
by Little Powell
dcm wrote:
Perhaps no one has noticed, but there may be a small timing issue in scn #4. The map says hold for 4 min to get 200 pts, but the timer counts down 5 min intervals. Caused me to miss a MV by 2 min the first time by taking the knoll too late.
You must be talking about the North Houck's Ridge OBJ. It is set for 5 minutes. If you can hold it for 5 minutes, the final OBJ (and hardest) will appear. I'm not sure how it showed you 4 minutes on the map. I'll have to try that out.
Re: Kershaw Carryover Scenario Series - The Wheatfield
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 5:39 pm
by Little Powell
Just wanted to mention; there has been an interesting discussion on the Wheatfield battle going on at MHO. I was trying to get some thoughts from the experts on why Ayres Union division didn't completely pulverize the rebels when he attacked near the end of the fighting. This portion of the battle is depicted in the final scenario of my series. There were several interesting responses, but this one sums it up the best:
Quite apart from the notorious discussions about Sickles, might we reflect on Longstreet's claim that this battle witnessed the "best three hours of fighting ever done by any troops on any battlefield" ?
This might be the crux of it all...the rebel infantry that attacked in that sector was at the apogee of its wartime effectiveness : well armed, highly motivated,with excellent morale and led by inspirational commanders at all levels. Those Southern soldiers were skillful and turned their advantage to lethal account.
-phil andrade