War of Rights

IronX · October 17, 2015, 05:04:57 PM

Civil War FPS on kickstarter. Not sure if this has been discussed before, but it looks interesting:

(Oh, greetz, fellas: first post - yay!)

Toonces · October 17, 2015, 05:25:08 PM

I saw your name and I thought, "Man, I haven't seen IronX around in like forever."

That game looks pretty neat.

Staggerwing · October 17, 2015, 05:37:42 PM

Hey IronX! Welcome to Grogheads!

SirAndrewD · October 17, 2015, 06:02:21 PM

IronX! Yeah, I remember you from the other place where I lurked more.

As to a Civil War FPS. Nope. Reenacting, especially as an officer has ruined this. I do it for real 8 weekends a year.

Gusington · October 17, 2015, 06:16:40 PM

IronX - where the hell have you been??

Toonces · October 17, 2015, 06:29:13 PM

Quote from: SirAndrewD on October 17, 2015, 06:02:21 PM
IronX! Yeah, I remember you from the other place where I lurked more.

As to a Civil War FPS. Nope. Reenacting, especially as an officer has ruined this. I do it for real 8 weekends a year.

Wow, that must be super killer fun! Do you have any pics are anything you can share? I'd love to hear more about what that's like; seeing one of those reenactments is on my short list of things I must do while I'm on the east coast.

IronX · October 17, 2015, 07:20:09 PM

Thanks guys: good to be home!

And while I'm sharing vids, check this one out for IL2:

Boggit · October 17, 2015, 07:51:05 PM

Hey IronX. :)

I really enjoyed your Long War Mod and Arab Israeli Mod that you did with Squad Battles. Great work. Have you done any more mods since? O0

SirAndrewD · October 17, 2015, 08:02:51 PM

Quote from: Toonces on October 17, 2015, 06:29:13 PM
Quote from: SirAndrewD on October 17, 2015, 06:02:21 PM
IronX! Yeah, I remember you from the other place where I lurked more.

As to a Civil War FPS. Nope. Reenacting, especially as an officer has ruined this. I do it for real 8 weekends a year.

Wow, that must be super killer fun! Do you have any pics are anything you can share? I'd love to hear more about what that's like; seeing one of those reenactments is on my short list of things I must do while I'm on the east coast.

Pictures and stories? Tons of them. I'm not one of the East Coast boys, they are very solid and I've got a lot of friends and compatriots out there, but they do things a bit differently, and a lot sometimes better than how we are in the deep southeast. Not to say we don't take pride in what we do here. I have particular pride that my boys in my Company are the best.

But yeah, I'm an Alabama/Georgia reenactor, so lots of dismounted Cavalry and skirmishes rather than the big marquee battles like Gettysburg. My unit is the 6th Alabama Cavalry Company B/10th Indiana Cavalry Company F. I don't want to hijack IronX's thread, but yeah, I've got more than a decade and more than a few dollars in the hobby, so games like this are kind of lost on me.

Once I made company commander it got even more wild. Now every few weekends I actually get to wargame for real, responding to real situations, with real people under my command from a first person perspective. It's essentially the pinnacle of the wargamer hobby.

And ok, just one picture of me commanding my boys at 150th Selma...

Boggit · October 17, 2015, 08:07:27 PM

Impressive pic! Have you made any videos?

Gusington · October 17, 2015, 08:54:10 PM

That fire behind you looks serious.

SirAndrewD · October 17, 2015, 10:26:49 PM

Quote from: Boggit on October 17, 2015, 08:07:27 PM
Impressive pic! Have you made any videos?

Other people have. I've been too busy to take pictures or videos. There's a a few videos where you can see my arm while we assault the works at 150th Atlanta. I fell in as a Private in the 4th Georgia Infantry for that one, and it was amazing.

Quote from: Gusington on October 17, 2015, 08:54:10 PM
That fire behind you looks serious.

Making that fire was serious business. It was not a cool day by any stretch of the imagination for one. We actually fired the cabin with real torches, but someone dropped theirs back behind the trees before they could run up and toss their torch in the window. The torch set fire to the grass and spread, very fast to an SUV that was hidden behind the treeline. I had to get my company to perform fire brigade duty, fast, and put out the blaze, and then form up and go into battle where we assaulting the Confederate right flank. The blaze on the cabin was so hot we had to unbutton or strip jackets, it was probably 130F or more on the field just from the fire plus the humidity and clear skies and sun.

SirAndrewD · October 18, 2015, 01:09:52 AM

So yeah, not to hijack this....

http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=15133.0

Lets keep to the discussion of the game here and welcome IronX with open arms.

Want to talk about reenacting, I've got that above. 10 plus years of answers for those that want to do that hobby. ;)

DennisS · October 18, 2015, 01:48:55 PM

Political correctness run amok. It wasn't a war of states rights..it was a war to keep slavery. I will stay away from this game, for this reason.

Jarhead0331 · October 18, 2015, 06:06:39 PM

Quote from: DennisS on October 18, 2015, 01:48:55 PM
Political correctness run amok. It wasn't a war of states rights..it was a war to keep slavery. I will stay away from this game, for this reason.

Loser.