The RA2 thread down there reminded me of something we used to do on another forum. One person, the game master, posts a map with two sides. Units dot this map, and the players PM the game master with orders for these units. A set of orders for each side is randomly selected, and the map is updated with the results.
I decided to make a civil war version, to see how you guys like it. All you have to do is PM me a set of orders for the union or the confederacy, and I'll randomly selected (well, I will screen to make sure the orders are good, IE, they give orders of each unit, or atleast most, etc etc), then post the next turn. Each turn will represent a month, so keep that in mind with how far you can move units. Each turn each side will get some new units, if you want to, you can request specific units in your orders.
Note: Yes ASB things will happen, but hey, this is for fun, not accuracy. I will try and keep things simi-realistic, IE its slightly slanted in the North's favor, etc etc
Map Key:
Grey is the confederacy, Blue the union. Red boxes are confederacy units, black the union. I - Infantry C - Calvery A - Artillery
N - Naval R - Iron clad T - Transport
The numbers indicate which infantry, calvery it is, etc. So a red box with I 1-3 means Confederate infantry 1, 2, and 3 are all at that location. They can be split up, but if they are close enough, I'll put them in one box to reduce clutter.
Your orders should look like this:
"For the confederacy:
Have I-8 and I-9 attack New Mexico
Load I -10 onto the transport
Have all other units defend (being lazy in the example
)
I would prefer mainly artillery to be produced for next turn"
And finaly, the map, you may need to save it and zoom it, sorry.
I decided to make a civil war version, to see how you guys like it. All you have to do is PM me a set of orders for the union or the confederacy, and I'll randomly selected (well, I will screen to make sure the orders are good, IE, they give orders of each unit, or atleast most, etc etc), then post the next turn. Each turn will represent a month, so keep that in mind with how far you can move units. Each turn each side will get some new units, if you want to, you can request specific units in your orders.
Note: Yes ASB things will happen, but hey, this is for fun, not accuracy. I will try and keep things simi-realistic, IE its slightly slanted in the North's favor, etc etc
Map Key:
Grey is the confederacy, Blue the union. Red boxes are confederacy units, black the union. I - Infantry C - Calvery A - Artillery
N - Naval R - Iron clad T - Transport
The numbers indicate which infantry, calvery it is, etc. So a red box with I 1-3 means Confederate infantry 1, 2, and 3 are all at that location. They can be split up, but if they are close enough, I'll put them in one box to reduce clutter.
Your orders should look like this:
"For the confederacy:
Have I-8 and I-9 attack New Mexico
Load I -10 onto the transport
Have all other units defend (being lazy in the example
)I would prefer mainly artillery to be produced for next turn"
And finaly, the map, you may need to save it and zoom it, sorry.
