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Just for anyone interested.  I run my turns from pressing end turn up untill i'm ready to press end turn again, and this last turn, involving a battle, has just taken me about an hour and a quater from starting to posting.

hence the gaps in posting, I do have a Real Life, and I don't want to commit without knowing I have the time to compleate a whole turn. so if I go dark for a couple of days, blame the GF wanting to see me. Its not that I've lost interest. its just that I've commited myslef to something very large and time consuming. - but still fun for me, and its teaching me a few things.

Owch. Just owch. (1hr 55 mins, but 2 battles)

Man you are doing a very nice job with this! That danged General Johnson! Send him to be a fort commander at some god forsaken point on the map, would not trust him with a Div. [:D]

By the way Gen Johnson is a hero in my game. He saved Memphis and right now has Grant blocked off with me hanging on to everything out West. On the other hand I am not doing near as well as you in the East. My Shenadoah Army just lost a battle and I have given up much of Virginia...but hanging on to Fredricksburg and Richmond.

Sorry about this one, and the wait. I'd just finished the orignial on monday night, when photoshop crashed, loosing the 40 mins work, and all my in battle screenshots, so all I'm left with are the end of turn. so this is not the best example.

But thats 1 technial hit  in 10. lets hope its my last.

PS - Johnstones a space filler, but it kinda works as a story.

All I can say is sign me up for a subscription. This is class A journalism. Even if this isn't a formal entry in the AAR contest it should get some honorary award. the only criticism is the maps are difficult to read in some instances but perhaps this was the historical case too.

Drex,
You know, your comment gives me an idea -- perhaps Matrix should create an "AAR's Hall of Fame" in which it either reproduces (or just provides links to) the best AAR's done for its various games. Erik, perhaps something to consider.

I'd like to add that aside from being totally hooked on this great game.  Sitting here are work and reading Grey's brilliant and imaginative AAR just makes me long for Friday & Saturday nights (my only computer "playtime" unfortunately) even more!  I cannot stop playing or thinking about this game!  Kudos to the devs and it's folks like Grey with such great things to read sharing their in-game experiences that keeps that level of interest in the game, at least in myself, that high.
 
now back to my normal lurker status! [;)]

Our pleasure.

Ever heard of calling in sick?

Ha! with a 17 month old son who's daycare is also at my job site .. calling in sick means he stays home with me. He's old enough now to get upset if Daddy shows attention to the computer and not to him .. can't wait untill he's old enough to start teaching gaming too! [:D]

anyways, don't you know it's BAD karma to call in sick when your not really sick! [;)] hehehe

Gil- yes a Hall of Fame would preserve the hard work that is going into this AAR and hopefully others after it. An example of how far one can go with this type of narrative. Gray hunter has even added mis-spellings, fading and mis-spacing to produce a historical flavorof the times.

ORIGINAL: Drex

Gil- yes a Hall of Fame would preserve the hard work that is going into this AAR and hopefully others after it. An example of how far one can go with this type of narrative. Gray hunter has even added mis-spellings, fading and mis-spacing to produce a historical flavorof the times.

as stated the spelling is just my dyslexia. (the fading and poor spacing are intentional though)
I'll play with the contrast of the next one to make it a little easier to see. this is a learning process for me.

Don't worry about the mis-spelling, it is definitely historical.

Still looking good: paper and the war.

$.30 cents - this is an outrage!!![:@][:@][:@][:@][:@]

thats wartime inflation for you.

(wondered when someone would notice that)

So you made another journey through time to bring us back into January 1861?

You seem to give the governors what they are asking for this time, does it help?

ORIGINAL: jkBluesman

So you made another journey through time to bring us back into January 1861?

You seem to give the governors what they are asking for this time, does it help?

Bugger. sorry did that one in a bit of a rush.
heres the next turn, you should be getting one a day at least from me for a few days now. (GF is going away) this ones a bloody one.