Custer's Last Stand: American Experience

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Chamberlain
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Custer's Last Stand: American Experience

Post by Chamberlain »

Guys,

Tonight on PBS, at 8pm ET, is a 2 hour Documentary "Custer's Last Stand: American Experience",

"A history of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer spans his charge at Gettysburg to his death on the battlefield of the Little Bighorn."

Might be cool to check out ... Will DVR it .....

Here are some additional viewings besides tonight :

Thu 1/19 1:00AM - 3:00AM, CH 13 13HD
Thu 1/19 1:00AM - 3:00AM, CH 713 13HD
Thu 1/19 9:00PM - 11:00PM, CH 8 NJTV
Fri 1/20 8:00AM - 10:00AM, CH 132 21WLD
Fri 1/20 2:00PM - 4:00PM, CH 132 21WLD
Fri 1/20 7:00PM - 9:00PM, CH 132 21WLD
Sat 1/21 12:00AM - 2:00AM, CH 132 21WLD

Chamberlain
-Col. Joshua Chamberlain, 20th Maine

We cannot retreat. We cannot withdraw. We are going to have to be stubborn today
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Martin James
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Re: Custer's Last Stand: American Experience

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Funnily enough, I've been playing around with a Little Bighorn scenario, which shows some promise, but needs a bit more work.

It is primarily intended for play against the AI as sitting Bull, Crazy Horse et al, and works on the principle that the 7th Cavalry player(s) don't know what they're facing. There are several possible Sioux OOBs, and degrees of aggression. The idea is with the weaker OOBs, the injuns will be hard to catch, so you need to spread Reno, Benteen & the rest. But if the hostiles are there in large numbers, they will come at you hard.

I really wish someone had some native American sprites I could use. Plus some tepees.

Martin
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Re: Custer's Last Stand: American Experience

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Injuns?!?! Injuns?!?! :angry:
'The path that is not seen, nor hidden, should always be flanked'
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JC Edwards wrote:
Injuns?!?! Injuns?!?!
Don't be too hard on him JC. I thinks he's from across the pond.

B
"Those in whose judgment I rely, tell me that I fought the battle splendidly and that it was a masterpiece of art.” - George McClellan to his wife describing the battle of Antietam
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JC Edwards wrote:
Injuns?!?! Injuns?!?!
Don't be too hard on him JC. I thinks he's from across the pond.

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Varmints, 'ornery critters, Slim Pickens impersonation etc etc ........(nurse, screens)
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Re: Custer's Last Stand: American Experience

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Just looked at this thread again. My first asumption was that JC was joshing with me. If not, and he was alerting me to a term which is no longer considered acceptable in the US, then apologies, and noted.

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It's not bad. Goes in-depth about the Little Bighorn. Wish they had spent more time on Custer in the Civil War, especially Trevilian Station. Then a certain pattern might emerge... :)
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Just looked at this thread again. My first asumption was that JC was joshing with me. If not, and he was alerting me to a term which is no longer considered acceptable in the US, then apologies, and noted.

Martin
It's OK Martin. It's just that I am 1/4 Ottawa and the term "Injun" leaves a bad taste in my mouth. ;)

And if there was to be a Little Big Horn MOD......I'd want to be Crazy Horse! :evil:
'The path that is not seen, nor hidden, should always be flanked'
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Just looked at this thread again. My first asumption was that JC was joshing with me. If not, and he was alerting me to a term which is no longer considered acceptable in the US, then apologies, and noted.

Martin
It's OK Martin. It's just that I am 1/4 Ottawa and the term "Injun" leaves a bad taste in my mouth. ;)

And if there was to be a Little Big Horn MOD......I'd want to be Crazy Horse! :evil:
No argument there :)
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Ok guys. Glad I've not offended anyone :).

You'll be pleased to know that Custer has not won yet in any of my test games! Although that could be my play of course. I have even chanced upon a sad circle of dead cavalry on occasion.

One thing I like about the situation is that there is no agreement on Sioux/Cheyenne numbers. Far from being an OOB problem, that is really an opportunity I think, as it means the US player or players have no clear idea of what they are up against. At the moment native American numbers can range from c900 up to 3,500.

It should be easy to make an option to take the native American side. And I can apply the same OOB variability to the US army. After all, it was possible that Custer, Terry & Gibbon (and even Crook) might have coordinated better, so I very much doubt that Crazy horse et al had a clerar idea what they were facing either.

Am using a sprite ratio of 1:1 btw, and it is quite something to see what a full cavalry regiment actually looked like.

No if only someone had some sprites. Confederate cavalry doesn't quite do it for Oglala Sioux :sick: .

Martin
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