tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post4313973351786280939..comments2024-03-28T20:39:06.226-07:00Comments on The Mad Padre's Wargames Page: Tuesday Boardgame: GMT's Rebel Raiders On The High SeasMad Padrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-64924521245197074052014-08-14T14:05:35.880-07:002014-08-14T14:05:35.880-07:00If you like the ACW and don't want super compl...If you like the ACW and don't want super complexity, it's a cracking good game.Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-4728650070376017982014-08-14T14:04:53.305-07:002014-08-14T14:04:53.305-07:00Hey Brummie:
I never payed those games, always wa...Hey Brummie: <br />I never payed those games, always wanted to. I think I would enjoy the W40K universe more at the strategic level than at the tabletop level.Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-56223802906813923462014-08-14T14:04:08.021-07:002014-08-14T14:04:08.021-07:00Thanks Ion, I shall look at that book. One of th...Thanks Ion, I shall look at that book. One of the dilemmas in Rebel Raiders for the CSA is whether to divert builds away from batteries (very helpful in defending places) into ironclads, which, with supporting gunboats and batteries, must be cleaned out before the Union can assault a town/port/fort. Having a CSN navy everywhere is impossible, but having one concentrated in a few key points can make life annoying for the US player.<br />I shall certainly look for the Scharf book, sounds terrific.Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-19970741667558358252014-08-08T15:07:16.824-07:002014-08-08T15:07:16.824-07:00Great review there- it has made my wants list for ...Great review there- it has made my wants list for board games now.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Pete.Pete.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06668389518826053090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-16800511173010618242014-08-07T20:44:25.620-07:002014-08-07T20:44:25.620-07:00Your description sounds like a successful attempt ...Your description sounds like a successful attempt to game a very difficult topic. Mind you, history tends to disguise the real successes the CSN achieved against enormous odds. The Union's first attempt to force the mouths of the Mississippi were seen off probably too easily for the Confederacy's own good, as was the CSA victory in the Fort Pillow action (the cottonclads beat the ironclads that day). Easy (or lucky) victories led to complacency and disastrous defeats.<br /><br />It has been suggested (Hattaway and Jones, 'How the North Won') that the Mississippi, once taken all along its length, proved something of a white elephant for the Union. The barrier was no more than an inconvenience for the Confederacy, as they could effect a crossing as and when they needed to. Yet the Union still had to divert vast resources in some sort of effort to interdict that traffic.<br /><br />On the other hand, I guess it still goes hand in hand with the the remainder of Scott's Anaconda Plan (much ridiculed when suggested, but ended up how the union did strangulate the Confederacy). <br /><br />If yopu can find it, I recommend Thomas Scharf's History of the Confederate States Navy. At times it reads like 'opera bouffe' - some schemes went horribly awry - but e.g. the career of the 'Arkansas' is a jolly good read.Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519665561624985779.post-87197934075291373992014-08-07T01:02:17.690-07:002014-08-07T01:02:17.690-07:00This looks great. I must admit I used to love the ...This looks great. I must admit I used to love the Horus Heresy and Battle for Armageddon games that GW used to do. I must find something similar again.Simon Quinton https://www.blogger.com/profile/18001946192905517180noreply@blogger.com