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BG-for grognards - Gubi - 02-18-2016

Allo, allo.  Just back into the forums, here at the Blitz.  As Mr. Guberman, I was an agitator and scenario designer for the CS Rising Sun section.  JP, et al, know me from there.  Elsewise, I have always been an ACW nut and historian.  Not unlike some others, I suppose, I have worked up a PDT file which seems to work flawlessly at 10 men per strength point.  Which leads me into this discussion:  I recently supplemented my BG ACW collection with the Campaign ACW stuff, all of them.  Shame, still no map editor...and hoohaw...no OOB editor.  Out of the BG series, I have a PDT file that seems to consistently work at 10 men per SP...which allows for a lot of interesting possibilities.  Years ago I learned how to make maps for the BG series, but due to a comp crash and loss of data, I lost all of the maps I had been making for the West Virginia campaign of '61...and then lost interest.  But those were still at 25 men per SP.  If anyone is interesting in corresponding with me...using all of the available maps from the stock series and from the wonderful maps collected at the ACWGC site, I have rendered the following scenarios, with OOBs at 10 men per SP:
Fairfax CH, Va-1 Jun 61
Philippi, WV-3 Jun 61
(converted) Big Bethel, Va-10 Jun 61
Cole Camp, Mo-19 Jun 61
Falling Waters, WV-2 Jul 61
Haggler's Woods, Mo-9 Jul 61
Rich Mountain, WV-11 Jul 61
Monroe Station, Mo-11 Jul 61
Carrick's Ford, WV-13 Jul 61
Scarrytown, WV-17 Jul 61
Dug Springs, Mo-2 Aug 61
Athens, Mo-5 Aug 61
Dry Wood Creek, Mo-2 Sep 61
Carnifex Ferry, WV-10 Sep 61
Blue Mills Landing, Mo-17 Sep 61
Barbourville, Ky-19 Sep 61
Hanging Rock, WV-24 Sep 61
Romney, WV-25 Sep 61
Kanawha Gap, WV-25 Sep 61
Greenbriar River, WV-3 Oct 61
Santa Rosa Island, Fl-9 Oct 61
Wet Glaze, Mo-13 Oct 61
Bolivar Heights, WV-16 Oct 61
Camp Wildcat, Ky-21 Oct 61
Ball's Bluff, Va-21 Oct 61
Short sharp scenarios, using the terrain where I can find it on all of the maps I know of.  And I'm currently still producing the OOBs...beating a dead horse, maybe?
If anyone would like to correspond, I would be entertained.  The OOBs are minutely exhaustive, however, the victory conditions and scenario finesse, probably needs a better hand to examine them to make them really perfect.  On my box, they hold their own, quite well...and are short sharp fun...4-5 to 10-25 turns...depending...but at 10 men per strength point, the units sure do get tired if you're not careful.  If anyone is interested in helping, or possibly collaborating...I'm all ears.

At 10 men per SP, the old BG series stands as good as the JT Campaign stuff...for grognards and freaks, I suppose.

If anyone is interested, I'll see if I can post an attachment.  The map file might make it prohibitive, here.  We can start anywhere.

Cheers
Gubi

RE: BG-for grognards - Gubi - 02-18-2016

An example, for those in the know:  Here is the OOB for Fairfax CH, the tiniest of them all.

1
Union D 2Div Dept of NE Va
 Begin
 L 1 1 4 Lt CH Hopkins
 B Hopkin's Det
  Begin
  U 5 4 C P 0 23 detB/2US Cav
  U 3 4 C B 0 23 det2US Drgns
  End 
 End
Confederate D Bonham's Brig Army of the Potomac
 Begin
 L 2 2 4 LtCol RS Ewell
 L 1 1 4 Gov W Smith
 B Ewell's Command
  Begin
  U 6 1 C P 5 9 Prince William Cav
  U 6 1 C P 5 9 Rappahannock Cav
  U 4 2 I R 27 9 Warrenton Rfls
  U 2 1 C P 6 9 Harrison's Cav Co
  U 2 1 C P 6 9 Wickham's Cav Co
  End
 End
Union S 6 4 Supply Wagon
Confederate S 6 9 Supply Wagon

RE: BG-for grognards - Gubi - 02-18-2016

Then here. Rich Mountain:

1
Union A Dept of the Ohio
Begin
L 3 2 4 MGen GB McClellan
C McClellan's Command
Begin
U 2 2 C P 44 5 HQ Staff
L 2 1 4 BGen N Schleich
D Schleich's Brig
Begin
B 3Oh(Morrow)
Begin
L 1 1 4 Col IH Morrow
U 35 3 I R 10 5 1/3Oh(Morrow)
U 35 3 I R 10 5 2/3Oh(Morrow)
End
B 14Ind(Kimball)
Begin
L 1 2 4 Col N Kimball
U 35 2 I R 11 4 1/14Ind(Kimball)
U 35 2 I R 11 4 2/14Ind(Kimball)
End
B 15Ind(Wagner)
Begin
L 1 1 4 Col GD Wagner
U 35 2 I R 31 4 1/15Ind(Wagner)
U 35 2 I R 31 4 2/15Ind(Wagner)
End
End
L 2 2 4 BGen WS Rosecrans
D 1Brig(Rosecrans)
Begin
L 1 2 4 Col FW Lander
B 17Oh(Connell)
Begin
L 1 1 4 Col JM Connell
U 33 3 I R 11 5 1/17Oh(Connell)
U 32 3 I R 11 5 2/17Oh(Connell)
End
B 8Ind(Benton)
Begin
L 1 1 4 Col WP Benton
L 1 1 4 LtCol Colgrove
U 12 3 I R 12 4 1/8Ind(Benton)
U 12 3 I R 12 4 2/8Ind(Benton)
End
B 10Ind(Manson)
Begin
L 1 2 4 Col MD Manson
U 21 2 I R 10 4 1/10Ind(Manson)
U 21 2 I R 10 4 2/10Ind(Manson)
End
B 13Ind(Sullivan)
Begin
L 1 1 4 Col JC Sullivan
U 33 2 I R 14 4 1/13Ind(Sullivan)
U 32 2 I R 14 4 2/13Ind(Sullivan)
End
B 19Oh(Beatty)
Begin
L 1 2 4 Col S Beatty
L 1 1 4 LtCol Hollingsworth
U 26 3 I R 34 5 1/19Oh(Beatty)
U 26 3 I R 34 5 2/19Oh(Beatty
End
U 8 3 C R 44 5 Burdsal's Oh Drgns
U 6 4 A T 13 23 G,4US Arty
U 6 4 A H 13 23 I,4US Arty
End
L 2 1 4 Col RK McCook
D McCook's Brig
Begin
B 4Oh(Andrews)
Begin
L 2 1 4 Col L Andrews
U 35 3 I R 30 5 1/4Oh(Andrews)
U 35 3 I R 30 5 2/4Oh(Andrews)
End
B 9Oh(McCook)
Begin
U 35 3 I R 31 5 1/9Oh(McCook)
U 35 3 I R 31 5 2/9Oh(McCook)
End
B 6Oh(Bosley)
Begin
L 1 1 4 Col WK Bosley
U 35 2 I R 22 5 1/6Oh(Bosley)
U 35 2 I R 22 5 2/6Oh(Bosley)
End
U 6 3 A N 13 17 Loomis' Btry
End
End
End
Confederate A Northwest Army
Begin
L 2 1 4 LtCol J Pegram
C Pegram's Command
Begin
L 2 2 4 LtCol JM Heck
D Heck's Command
Begin
B part20Va(Tyler)
Begin
L 1 1 4 Maj N Tyler
U 8 3 I R 15 9 Buckingham InstGds/20Va
U 7 3 I R 15 9 CoH/20Va
U 8 3 I R 15 9 Bruce's Co/20Va
U 7 3 I R 15 9 Jones' Co/20Va
End
B part25Va(Reger)
Begin
L 1 1 4 Maj Reger
U 10 4 I R 17 9 Highland Cnty Co/25Va
U 5 4 I R 17 9 Bath Cnty Co/25Va
U 10 4 I R 17 9 Pendleton Cnty Co/25Va
U 8 4 I R 17 9 Kiracofe's Co/25Va
U 7 4 I M 17 9 8th Star Arty/25Va
U 8 4 I R 17 9 Everly's Co/25Va
U 7 4 C M 5 9 Franklin Gds Cav/25Va
U 3 4 C M 5 9 Smith's Cav Sqd/25Va
End
U 1 3 A H 8 9 Anderson's sect/Lee Arty
U 1 3 A H 8 9 Massey's sect/Lee Arty
U 5 4 C R 7 9 Churchill's Cav
End
L 1 1 4 Cpt JA Delagnel
D Delagnel's Command
Begin
B part20Va(Delagnel)
Begin
U 8 3 I R 15 9 CoB/20Va
U 7 3 I R 15 9 Powhatan Rfls/20Va
U 8 3 I R 15 9 Rockingham Lee Gds/20Va
End
B part25Va(Curry)
Begin
L 1 1 4 Cpt Curry
U 7 4 I R 17 9 Augusta Lee Rfls/25Va
U 8 4 I R 17 9 Rockbridge Gds/25Va
End
U 1 3 A H 8 9 Statham's sect/Lee Arty
End
U 5 4 I R 16 9 det20Va/25Va
U 1 3 A H 8 9 Raine's sect/Lee Arty
D 44Va(Scott)
Begin
L 1 2 4 Col WC Scott
U 28 2 I R 25 9 1/44Va(Scott)
U 27 2 I R 25 9 2/44Va(Scott)
End
D Militia
Begin
L 1 1 4 Col GA Porterfield
U 10 2 I M 45 9 Beverly Vols
End
End
End
Union S 6 4 Supply Wagon
Confederate S 4 9 Supply Wagon