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the green Napoleon
Some of my favourite graphics are the hand-painted ones and uh, whatever isometric views like Civ3, Baldur's Gate (which i think was done by hand iirc). They age very well.
The AI in Sid Meier's Antietam is generally pretty good, but yesterday I played a battle that made me wince.
This scenario has a very short time limit, so I kept my troops to Manuever column and ordered them to hustle for the hill. For some reason the enemy decided move most of their troops down the hill to attempt to stop me at the bridge, but it didn't quite work.
The enemy commander spent the entire game fighting that one regiment while my brigade took the hill, routed his defenders there, slaughtered the artillerymen, and then poured fire on him FROM THE HILL.
I've never had an easier victory.
A somewhat more interesting altercation:
Both sides made mistakes in the opening plays. The rebels should have engaged me immediately, ensuring that I never went NEAR the Roulette Farm. If they could keep my main body of men engaged in the south, that forward brigade would be trapped behind enemy lines. For my own part, I ordered the forward brigade to advance even further, creating a situation where they could have been completely surrounded.
Said situation. That first brigade was my strongest, but because I moved it too far forward two of its regiments were broken early on and it struggled throughout the battle.
Eventually my second and third brigades arrived to fight in the cornfield. I couldn't outflank them because of another body of rebs hidden in the woods, so I relied on superior strength of arms and a series of charges to push the enemy back and compromise their position.
In the south, my and the enemy lines were broken and tangled together.
Eventually, all ended well. I used artillery to maintain a hold over the Hagerstown road, and after weakening the main body of rebel troops I had some to spare to drive out the enemy in the woods, allowing me to turn the rebel flank and rout them. The result was a decisive Union victory.
This scenario has a very short time limit, so I kept my troops to Manuever column and ordered them to hustle for the hill. For some reason the enemy decided move most of their troops down the hill to attempt to stop me at the bridge, but it didn't quite work.
The enemy commander spent the entire game fighting that one regiment while my brigade took the hill, routed his defenders there, slaughtered the artillerymen, and then poured fire on him FROM THE HILL.
I've never had an easier victory.
A somewhat more interesting altercation:
Both sides made mistakes in the opening plays. The rebels should have engaged me immediately, ensuring that I never went NEAR the Roulette Farm. If they could keep my main body of men engaged in the south, that forward brigade would be trapped behind enemy lines. For my own part, I ordered the forward brigade to advance even further, creating a situation where they could have been completely surrounded.
Said situation. That first brigade was my strongest, but because I moved it too far forward two of its regiments were broken early on and it struggled throughout the battle.
Eventually my second and third brigades arrived to fight in the cornfield. I couldn't outflank them because of another body of rebs hidden in the woods, so I relied on superior strength of arms and a series of charges to push the enemy back and compromise their position.
In the south, my and the enemy lines were broken and tangled together.
Eventually, all ended well. I used artillery to maintain a hold over the Hagerstown road, and after weakening the main body of rebel troops I had some to spare to drive out the enemy in the woods, allowing me to turn the rebel flank and rout them. The result was a decisive Union victory.
NickyJ
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Looks like a fun game. I'm going half to get it some day...
NickyJ
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I loved that game. I wish I could play it again.
NickyJ
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Why can't you play it?
Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
Nothing particularly exciting, just my first German game in a long while where I attempted Sealion before Barbarossa, rather than afterwards.
The invasion began pretty much within weeks of the fall of France. I saw an opportunity to take Portsmouth and struck, well aware I had exactly one major naval fleet that was getting pounded by the Royal Navy. Took about two-thirds of England before the fact my convoy ships hadn't been built well in advance started to take it's toll.
Long-story short, the British launched a fantastic counter-attack and pushed me right back to the coast before the supplies started coming in again, and after a few immense battles we're days away from the conquest of England. I'm not entirely convinced of the merits of attacking Scotland as we hit winter though.
The invasion began pretty much within weeks of the fall of France. I saw an opportunity to take Portsmouth and struck, well aware I had exactly one major naval fleet that was getting pounded by the Royal Navy. Took about two-thirds of England before the fact my convoy ships hadn't been built well in advance started to take it's toll.
Long-story short, the British launched a fantastic counter-attack and pushed me right back to the coast before the supplies started coming in again, and after a few immense battles we're days away from the conquest of England. I'm not entirely convinced of the merits of attacking Scotland as we hit winter though.
SuperBeaverInc.
Groucho
Its not like theres anything important in Scotland anyway
Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
True. At that point I'm not born yet.
mythmonster2
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A bunch of random scenic pictures I took in Minecraft.
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SuperBeaverInc.
Groucho
Even then, not like theres anything important
Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
Come on now, I know you can insult better than that.
SuperBeaverInc.
Groucho
Midnight-Blue766
The filidh that cam frae Skye
Kan' Sharuminar
Fluffy
Yeah, but its only Scotland, so I don't feel like making the effort
I can understand; I'm not bothering with Canada in-game.
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