"Are You Fixated on Virginia?" Topic

As an ACW gamer, do you find your gaming primarily focuses on the Virginia/Eastern theater?

No.

No, mostly western theater.

No we mix it up.

No, Pennsylvania mostly…

No, my ACW forces are organized for the Western Theater, specifically Thomas' XIV Corps of the Army of the Cumberland and Hardee's Corps of the Army of Tennessee (in 15mm).

Jim

Not so much. My gaggle fluctuates between East and West (with occasional forays into the Trans Mississippi).

Virginia? Which one? Is she cute?

Dan

Absolutely not. I'm completely Western Theater. I'm more fixated on Tennessee than Virginia.

Yes and no. I prefer to wargame the smaller battles that were fought in western Virginia and West Virginia.

I was going to say yes until I realized I miss read the topic…
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No. Most of the ACW games I organize are fictional
battles…

Nope, Western Theatre all the way.

Like Ed my games are fictional battles but I take my regimental names and leaders from 1862-ish Eastern forces.

Mostly Southern and Western

I don't "do" ACW. I have friends who put on games.

But I find that the Virginia theatre is strangely same old same old. The action was in the West, while in Virginia the combatants just smacked each other up side the head, accomplishing little besides dead Americans.

No.

No. Perhaps because I'm a Westerner myself, I am more
interested in the Western Theatre--all the way out to Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona.

Grelber

Much more interested in the Western Theatre. More interesting campaigns, battles and personalities.

I spend about 2/3rds of games based in Eastern theatre. So yes.

Like Dave Gamer and martin goddard – mostly fictional and mostly Eastern theater.

Reading, researching and painting definitely a yes. But oddly I actually wargame mostly the western theatre ?

Yes, the Eastern Theater has always fascinated me and I've been studying / researching it for many years.

+1 to Mr. Wigglesworth above.

Not in the slightest.

No.

The Shiloh, Vicksburg campaigns have always been my favorites.

Mostly but we do a fair number of Western games (probably 70/30 East/West)

How could you NOT do the Army of Northern Virginia if you are an ACW buff? One of the best armies ever fielded. Imagine if they had the supplies available to the Army of the Potomac. It was the action in the east that resulted in the Emancipation Proclamation – which is certainly an important event. You could certainly argue that the war in the east tied down the bulk of the Confederacy's forces thus allowing the victorious Union campaigns in the west against much smaller Confederate forces. Don't "dis" the east.

I prefer the wackiness of the West.

Yes. Lee, Jackson and Stuart says it all. Cleburne and Forrest were equally great but a decent theatre/army CO was never present.

I knew a Virginia in High School I was pretty focused on but that was a long, long, time ago!

Am I primarily interested in the Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia? Then Yes.

However, that's mostly because there aint enough days in the year to be properly interested in both the East and the West and I made a choice fifty four years ago that I've never completely altered.

Don't mean I'm not interested in the West but there's interested and then there's Interested!

No

No

Well, I was born in & still live in Virginia. So I guess I'd say yes…

For our local group, more interest and gaming has been in the West, although Gettysburg has always gotten an inordinate amount of attention. I've thought that too much focus has been placed on Virginia to the point where it seems that some don't know there was a war being fought elsewhere. Funny thing, when a recent rules set was released with the title "Pickett's Charge" I was put off by the title because it seemed to reflect a similar narrowness. (Nothing here about the rules about which I know nothing.)

Funny thing, when a recent rules set was released with the title "Pickett's Charge" I was put off by the title because it seemed to reflect a similar narrowness. (Nothing here about the rules about which I know nothing.)

I did wonder if that might happen, which is a shame as they are really good rules and not at all East/West specific!

Actually it just occurred to if you were "fixated on Virginia" and an Easterner, you would have to ignore Antietam and Gettysburg!

Kinda silly I'd of thought!

I haven't actually gamed in the ACW in years, but in my reading and writing I cover both East and West, and find the West more interesting. For one thing, being pro-Union, it's nice to see the good guys winning most of the time. For another, there was a lot more maneuvering over large areas there. And, to me, campaigns are much more interesting than battles (in both history and gaming).

I misread the thread title as 'Are you fixated on Vagina' – it took reading the first several posts to realize my mistake – now that I am no longer confused – I'm trying to decide if I am disappointed

- I am

Probably

Not at all. If I have a fixation it's on the western theater.

I'm totally over focusing on the East. Can't be helped. 😀

No, mostly west of the Appalachians and Florida.