Category: Civil War Games – AARs
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FREE Copy of HPS Campaign Chickamauga Available Soon
I will soon be announcing a contest asking for the best After Action Reports you can create for any Civil War wargames you own. You may submit as many After Action Reports as you wish for a single game or multiple games. The winner will receive a free copy of Campaign Chickamauga from HPS Simulations. […]
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Gary Grigsby’s War Between the States
I’m not sure how I managed to miss this, but Gary Grigsby’s new Civil War game has received a title: Gary Grigsby’s War Between the States. A new forum is now available at Matrix games for those of you interested in tracking its final stages of development. In addition, an AAR thread has been started […]
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Beta Tester Starts New AAR for AGEOD’s Upcoming Civil War Game
Many of you who read this site regularly will be familiar with AGEOD’s American Civil War, due out very soon. I went over various features being covered by lead developer “Pocus” in late December 2006. AGEOD beta tester “Barney” has started a new AAR for the game to give prospective buyers further insight into how the game works. “Barney’s” first post in the ongoing AAR is as follows:
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FoF: jchastain’s “Long Live the Union!” AAR
Note: Due to space constraints, I plan to include the first posts of various AARs from the Matrix Games forums and then provide a link to the rest of the story. This AAR and that of Gil R. are a combined PBEM AAR played by two members of the Forge of Freedom team to demonstrate what the game has to offer. jchastain writes: ———- Gil and I are firing up a new PBEM game, so we thought we would share it with everyone. PBEM games are strictly strategic games, so this will focus on the strategic elements of the game. As is often done on Matrix forums, we’ll have 2 separate threads – one for each side. We will not be reading the other’s thread, so while we welcome comments on our approaches and blunders please do not discuss what you read in the other thread. And with that brief intro, let’s proceed to the game…
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FoF: Gil R.’s “It Ain’t a Lost Cause Yet!” AAR
Note: Due to space constraints, I plan to include the first posts of various AARs from the Matrix Games forums and then provide a link to the rest of the story. This AAR and that of jchastain are a combined PBEM AAR played by two members of the Forge of Freedom team to demonstrate what the game has to offer. Gil R. writes: ———- I’m not allowed to peek, but I know that jchastain just started an AAR for our play-by-e-mail game. I’m playing the CSA, and am about to describe my decisions and moves. I’ll also be posting a bunch of screenshots. We’ll try to make at least one move each day. The point of this AAR is to show the strategic game, just as Hard Sarge has been demonstrating the tactical battles.
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FoF: Grotius’ “AAR Of Incompetence!”
Note: Due to space constraints, I plan to include the first posts of various AARs from the Matrix Games forums and then provide a link to the rest of the story. Grotius writes: ———- This thread will demonstrate how *not* to play Forge of Freedom! I plunged into the Advanced Game after reading the epic Gil/jchastain AAR and skimming the manual. Don’t get me wrong, the manual for FoF is terrific, but when I first got the game I was anxious to fire it up, and so I just played. Now I’m reading the manual and realizing all the mistakes I made.
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FoF: ShootMe(USA) v JonReb(CSA): Save The Union
Note: Due to space constraints, I plan to include the first posts of various AARs from the Matrix Games forums and then provide a link to the rest of the story. Shoot Me_I Explode writes: ———- JonReb and I are starting a PBEM game and I thought it would be fun to try to imitate jchastain and Gil and conduct my own battlereport. I will be taking the side of the USA and attempt to save the Union from the rebel forces.