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Post by slave2gaming on Jan 30, 2017 0:51:19 GMT
I found myself thinking that shooting was underpowered, a line formation has 5 shots but a block formation has 6.
I wondered whether to make the reason for using Line formation, that you get to roll dice equal to the number of stands that you have.
My thoughts were really based around the fact that the ACW was really a shooting war, this would give line formation some reason to be used and focus the game a little more on the shooting.
Thoughts?
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Post by madmorgan on Jan 30, 2017 11:54:43 GMT
You're quite right about the firepower of the line - I'm not sure how to work it into the current ruleset - need to study same.
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Post by easye on Jan 30, 2017 14:42:33 GMT
In my games, shooting did just fine. It was assault that was underwhelming, which is fine.
The ACW was a shootin' war, not a hand-to-hand war.
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Post by boxholder on Jan 30, 2017 16:15:14 GMT
Right on, e! That is one of the things that made it one of the first "MODERN WARS."
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Post by billf on Jan 30, 2017 16:17:29 GMT
I haven't had any problems with shooting either. If a line gets 10 dice, one good round of fire could panick a unit. Is that a good or a bad thing ??
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Post by slave2gaming on Jan 30, 2017 22:45:03 GMT
cool, we'll leave as is.
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Post by madmorgan on Feb 1, 2017 16:42:18 GMT
Indeed - it was a painful unlearned lesson well into the war, costing thousands of lives as officers tried to grasp the difference that battlefield was now ruled by firepower.
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