A Blog for Campaigning - unofficial of course

[A.S. Johnston]

I've started a blog for the game. It is not approved or sanctioned, but I promise to be good. The idea is what I was talking about today with a few on the TS server, which is a place to train the newly-arrived general-hopeful, encourage them, work up campaign rules for later when we can make more maps to expand at least in the Gettysburg Campaign of history, coordinate existing campaigns and start new ones, have tournaments and competitions.

I'll be posting stuff there starting tomorrow, but you're all welcome to go there and read the Welcome post and the About page and that includes all you thirty-some folks who are lurking as I type this, too! The url is: http://ccnabbol.wordpress.com/ and comments are open.

Competitions, like 1 v 1 at brigade and division level; MP at division and corps level; everyone against the AI for the whole three days' battle and then change sides and do it again; whatever anybody can think up and we can do with the resources available.

Training for new-friends, brigade v. brigade and division v. division with an experienced General as the instructor, giving help, suggestions and support, with a view of working with the new guy/gal until they're red hot to play in a competition or campaign and have some clue of what to do and how to do it.

Campaigns, existing and new ones, while we wait for some more maps or ability to mod maps for ourselves. Ah, the Shenandoah Valley with Gen. Jackson!! Or, even, the campaign leading up to the Gettysburg battle itself. Whatever we can do.

Videos or links to videos; not Cleopatara, certainly, but 5 to 10 minutes of video from an interesting action in a game. 'Fluff' like imaginary bios for your generals, first-person accounts of an action within a larger battle, letters home instead of (in addition to?) a formal AAR, tactical and strategic articles ... you name it.

If the blog gets too crowded, not to worry, I have a couple of domains in my pocket and can find hosting easy and cheap ... but, being stingy myself, I prefer to go for free if we can.

What do you all think? Something needs to be done to get the action going here, I think, and we can do it.

[RDBoles]

Cool stuff A S Johnston,
I checked out your blog,it looks great! The Word Press looks to be a fun thing to do. Spreading the word about SOW Gettysburg "is a good thing", as Martha would say. In reading your post, you seem to be getting out of the blocks running at high speed. I look forward to reading more and playing more, now that I'm retired. Move Forward.

[con20or]

Good idea!

[A.S. Johnston]

Thanks for the kind words. I'll be posting later today the outline of my ideas regarding what we can do with Gettysburg ... well, that doesn't sound right, when I say it out loud! :dry: ... but you know what I mean. I have no skill at coding or modding so don't expect grand schemes for this or that script or mod or what-have-you in that department, but I can figure out ways to use the resources we have to enjoy the game and ease the entry of new players into it.

[Michael Slaunwhite]

Hi.

Great idea Sir.

Cheers.

[A.S. Johnston]

Thanks. I have posted ideas on one type of competition and about training to help new-comers to the game and the whole Gettysburg experience. I hope folks will comment on the posts and get involved in the idea-making and working together thing, to improve all of our experiences. Anyone with ideas, plans, campaigns ... anything to get more play going, especially more MP play, please comment.