Historydude18 | 11 Mar 2020 7:19 p.m. PST |
As the title suggests, if you were made to choose between being a Texan defender at the Alamo or one of the 81 infantry and cavalry under Fetterman's command, which would you choose? Despite the outcome being the same. I'm interested because I recently gamed the Alamo for it's just passed 184th anniversary and I did a Fetterman game last month, and since both these battles had no survivors they have something in common. Personally I'd rather be at the Alamo because at least I wouldn't be mutilated or tortured. |
DisasterWargamer | 11 Mar 2020 7:47 p.m. PST |
Neither… in real life Alamo on the table |
Greylegion | 11 Mar 2020 7:53 p.m. PST |
I guess if I had to sacrifice, the Alamo. |
Lascaris | 11 Mar 2020 8:31 p.m. PST |
Is there an option c) live happily ever after? |
William Warner | 11 Mar 2020 9:25 p.m. PST |
If you are concerned about how future generations will remember you, then definitely, the Alamo. |
Dn Jackson | 11 Mar 2020 10:00 p.m. PST |
Alamo. They were fighting for something, the Mexican constitution as written. Failing that…independence. In other words, their rights. Fetterman's fight was just a screw up. |
Saber6 | 12 Mar 2020 3:05 a.m. PST |
having been to both sites, the Alamo. I suspect the food was better |
jurgenation | 12 Mar 2020 3:21 a.m. PST |
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Perris0707 | 12 Mar 2020 5:33 a.m. PST |
Alamo. For all the reasons listed above. Plus, selfishly and adding on what William said, I would prefer to die in a fight that is remembered by millions of people. I doubt if one American in ten thousand has ever heard of the Fetterman fight. |
Frederick | 12 Mar 2020 5:43 a.m. PST |
The Alamo For all the reasons above notably Perris0707's very cogent observation! |
pzivh43 | 12 Mar 2020 5:59 a.m. PST |
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mad monkey 1 | 12 Mar 2020 6:09 a.m. PST |
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Wackmole9 | 12 Mar 2020 6:18 a.m. PST |
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Tgerritsen | 12 Mar 2020 8:21 a.m. PST |
Umm…neither? I'd prefer to live. |
gunnerphil | 12 Mar 2020 9:00 a.m. PST |
Alamo, I want to see who plays me in the movie |
Shagnasty | 12 Mar 2020 9:34 a.m. PST |
The Alamo. In addition to all the good reasons above, the music from the movies is much better. |
The Virtual Armchair General | 12 Mar 2020 11:12 a.m. PST |
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cavcrazy | 12 Mar 2020 12:04 p.m. PST |
In the final moments of your life I am pretty sure what you are fighting for is your life. Indian, trooper, Mexican soldier, Alamo defender it really doesn't matter. Dead is dead. |
Puster | 13 Mar 2020 8:49 a.m. PST |
If you die for a cause, the choice is easy. If not, its irrelevant. If your answer is neither, you misunderstood the question. |
Old Wolfman | 13 Mar 2020 9:38 a.m. PST |
As long as I could go down standin' and swingin'. |
capncarp | 30 Mar 2020 10:37 a.m. PST |
I suppose "In a Deadwood 'House of Negotiable Affections' " isn't in the list for choosing, is it? |
John the Greater | 30 Mar 2020 12:48 p.m. PST |
The Alamo. "Remember the Fetterman Fight!" just doesn't quite have a ring to it. |