Comments for CHARGE! Civil War wargaming http://scottmingus.wordpress.com Scott Mingus Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:40:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Gettysburg scenarios from Enduring Valor run at Fall-In by Jim Kopchak by Doug Rogers http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/gettysburg-scenarios-from-enduring-valor-run-at-fall-in-by-jim-kopchak/#comment-3811 Doug Rogers Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:40:50 +0000 http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/?p=2164#comment-3811 I have played Civil War Commander and JR3 and like them both. CWC is scalable up and down and is fast moving for convention games. I like how JR3 handles charges and melee casualties and results. For large games counting figures in JR3 is not fun. Either way you have to remember how many figures or stands were in the unit. I have played Civil War Commander and JR3 and like them both. CWC is scalable up and down and is fast moving for convention games. I like how JR3 handles charges and melee casualties and results. For large games counting figures in JR3 is not fun. Either way you have to remember how many figures or stands were in the unit.

]]> Comment on First Division Museum at Cantigny by Doug Rogers http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/first-division-museum-at-cantigny/#comment-3808 Doug Rogers Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:50:03 +0000 http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/?p=2147#comment-3808 I remember going to this museum while in Boy Scouts and being very impressed bythe WW1 trench replica. The hike was wet as it rained most of the time, but it was a cool BSA trip for our troop. I remember going to this museum while in Boy Scouts and being very impressed bythe WW1 trench replica. The hike was wet as it rained most of the time, but it was a cool BSA trip for our troop.

]]> Comment on Scott Mingus by Eric Kessler http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/scott-mingus/#comment-3805 Eric Kessler Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:48:16 +0000 http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/scott-mingus/#comment-3805 Scott, Check out the pics of another AWI game that Steve Huckaby and I put on here in Erie, PA at the MiseryBayGamers group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MiseryBayGamers/photos/album/912544655/pic/list Enjoy! Scott,

Check out the pics of another AWI game that Steve Huckaby and I put on here in Erie, PA at the MiseryBayGamers group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MiseryBayGamers/photos/album/912544655/pic/list

Enjoy!

]]> Comment on Your favorite ACW figure manufacturer? by Phil Gardner http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/your-favorite-acw-figure-manufacturer/#comment-3804 Phil Gardner Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:46:23 +0000 http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/2007/10/25/your-favorite-acw-figure-manufacturer/#comment-3804 Scott, Have just seen your post.Sorry it took so long to get back here.Im wondering if you've managed to find any Mike Percy ACW figures.I have a few hundred and have seen some for sale on ebay.I do not unfortunatley ,have any photo's but I suppose I could take some and send them over to you.I can tell you that they will blow you away.There is so little choice as regards 20mm ACW metals but Mike has produced a large range of infantry.They feature a number of avdancing with bayonets fixed and especially loading poses.A guy called Kia Furhmann in Germany had illustrations of them on his web site a few years ago.Unfortunatly, I have lost contact with Mike Percy. My email rebelrouser624@yahoo.co.uk Scott, Have just seen your post.Sorry it took so long to get back here.Im wondering if you’ve managed to find any Mike Percy ACW figures.I have a few hundred and have seen some for sale on ebay.I do not unfortunatley ,have any photo’s but I suppose I could take some and send them over to you.I can tell you that they will blow you away.There is so little choice as regards 20mm ACW metals but Mike has produced a large range of infantry.They feature a number of avdancing with bayonets fixed and especially loading poses.A guy called Kia Furhmann in Germany had illustrations of them on his web site a few years ago.Unfortunatly, I have lost contact with Mike Percy. My email rebelrouser624@yahoo.co.uk

]]> Comment on Fernando Enterprises announces increase for painted Civil War figures by Jeff http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/2007/09/14/fernando-enterprises-announces-increase-for-painted-civil-war-figures/#comment-3800 Jeff Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:27:01 +0000 http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/2007/09/14/fernando-enterprises-announces-increase-for-painted-civil-war-figures/#comment-3800 The problem with Larry is that he charges $5 for a single foot figure, which is pretty expensive for most wargamers. The problem with Larry is that he charges $5 for a single foot figure, which is pretty expensive for most wargamers.

]]> Comment on More photos of Pawel Chrzanowski’s 10mm ACW figures! by Thomas Beach http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/more-photos-of-pawel-chrzanowskis-10mm-acw-figures/#comment-3788 Thomas Beach Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:43:39 +0000 http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/?p=2079#comment-3788 Truly amazing. I can't spend too much time observing these figures as I would never again be able to return to painting my own 10's. Clearly the best ACW 10's I have ever seen. I eny your skills. Curious to know what rules Pawel prefers. Tom Beach Truly amazing. I can’t spend too much time observing these figures as I would never again be able to return to painting my own 10’s. Clearly the best ACW 10’s I have ever seen. I eny your skills. Curious to know what rules Pawel prefers.

Tom Beach

]]> Comment on Great new FREE Civil War museum now open in Gettysburg by Beth Brody http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/great-new-free-civil-war-museum-now-open-in-gettysburg/#comment-3785 Beth Brody Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:29:10 +0000 http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/?p=2118#comment-3785 If anyone is going to FALL IN! (http://www.fall-in.org/), there will be a WWII 65th Anniversary Commemoration with a salute to “The Heroes of 1944” on Saturday Nov. 7, 2009. Special Commemoration activities include a presentation by Pat Scanzillo, a veteran of the USS Murphy DD603, who will speak about the incident which sunk the destroyer in 1943. And 88 year-old Jasha Levi, author of The Last Exile, The Tapestry of a Life, will discuss his World War II confinement in Italy under Mussolini, fighting against German troops in Dalmatia in the 40s, and battling Soviet attempts to dominate Yugoslavia. FALL IN! '09 War College keynote speaker Ed Ruggero will give a multimedia presentation: “The 82nd Airborne Division in Operation Overlord, June 6-9, 1944." Ed is co-author of the US Army Field Manual “Army Leadership” and author of several books, including “Duty First: West Point and the Making of American Leaders”, “Combat Jump: The Young Men Who Led the Assault Into Fortress Europe, July 1943”, and “The First Men In: US Paratroopers and the Fight to Save D-Days.” Ed has appeared on The History Channel, the Discovery Channel, CNBC, and Fox and has spoken to audiences around the world on leadership, leader development, and ethics. If anyone is going to FALL IN! (http://www.fall-in.org/), there will be a WWII 65th Anniversary Commemoration with a salute to “The Heroes of 1944” on Saturday Nov. 7, 2009. Special Commemoration activities include a presentation by Pat Scanzillo, a veteran of the USS Murphy DD603, who will speak about the incident which sunk the destroyer in 1943. And 88 year-old Jasha Levi, author of The Last Exile, The Tapestry of a Life, will discuss his World War II confinement in Italy under Mussolini, fighting against German troops in Dalmatia in the 40s, and battling Soviet attempts to dominate Yugoslavia.

FALL IN! ‘09 War College keynote speaker Ed Ruggero will give a multimedia presentation: “The 82nd Airborne Division in Operation Overlord, June 6-9, 1944.” Ed is co-author of the US Army Field Manual “Army Leadership” and author of several books, including “Duty First: West Point and the Making of American Leaders”, “Combat Jump: The Young Men Who Led the Assault Into Fortress Europe, July 1943”, and “The First Men In: US Paratroopers and the Fight to Save D-Days.” Ed has appeared on The History Channel, the Discovery Channel, CNBC, and Fox and has spoken to audiences around the world on leadership, leader development, and ethics.

]]> Comment on Great new FREE Civil War museum now open in Gettysburg by Jay Arnold http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/great-new-free-civil-war-museum-now-open-in-gettysburg/#comment-3784 Jay Arnold Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:27:11 +0000 http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/?p=2118#comment-3784 Scott, I'll look for this when I'm in Gettysburg next April. I'll be there on a middle/high school trip. Could you contact me at jay.d.arnold AT gmail DOT com, I'd like to get your input on how to guide a tour of the battlefield. Scott, I’ll look for this when I’m in Gettysburg next April. I’ll be there on a middle/high school trip. Could you contact me at jay.d.arnold AT gmail DOT com, I’d like to get your input on how to guide a tour of the battlefield.

]]> Comment on A wargamer’s delight: Brad Gottfried’s new series of map books! by Theodore P. Savas http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/a-wargamers-delight-brad-gottfrieds-new-series-of-map-books/#comment-3782 Theodore P. Savas Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:35:17 +0000 http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/?p=2133#comment-3782 Dear Scott Thank you for taking the time and trouble to review this book. We deeply appreciate it. Your readers will likely want to know that we have just received advance copies of The Maps of Chickamauga, by David Powell (text) and David Friedrichs (maps). It is 320 pages, full color, 126 full page maps, orders of battle (Tullahoma and Chickamauga), notes, bib., and index. Wargamers will love the never-before-seen detail and possible scenarios. Here is a weblink: http://www.savasbeatie.com/books/Chickamauga_book.htm Thanks again. Theodore P. Savas Managing Director Savas Beatie LLC Dear Scott

Thank you for taking the time and trouble to review this book. We deeply appreciate it.

Your readers will likely want to know that we have just received advance copies of The Maps of Chickamauga, by David Powell (text) and David Friedrichs (maps). It is 320 pages, full color, 126 full page maps, orders of battle (Tullahoma and Chickamauga), notes, bib., and index. Wargamers will love the never-before-seen detail and possible scenarios. Here is a weblink: http://www.savasbeatie.com/books/Chickamauga_book.htm

Thanks again.

Theodore P. Savas
Managing Director
Savas Beatie LLC

]]> Comment on Scott Mingus by nicole asbury http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/scott-mingus/#comment-3780 nicole asbury Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:05:52 +0000 http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/scott-mingus/#comment-3780 hello, i left a comment on the web site of your other article i was wondering if you knew anymore info on the brick house that you talked about in your one article. The house owned by george dick. this house looks exactly like the one i will be moving into and im pretty sure it is. i saw his grave in the cemetery by this house and thats the one im moving into. ive been dying to know more about the place but cannot find information anywhere. if you could be any help, if you know anything. my email is jaydansmommy1@verizon.net. thank you so much! hello, i left a comment on the web site of your other article i was wondering if you knew anymore info on the brick house that you talked about in your one article. The house owned by george dick. this house looks exactly like the one i will be moving into and im pretty sure it is. i saw his grave in the cemetery by this house and thats the one im moving into. ive been dying to know more about the place but cannot find information anywhere. if you could be any help, if you know anything. my email is jaydansmommy1@verizon.net. thank you so much!

]]> Comment on Which rules set do you prefer? by Gregory http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/2007/03/12/which-rules-set-do-you-prefer/#comment-3776 Gregory Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:50:16 +0000 http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/2007/03/12/which-rules-set-do-you-prefer/#comment-3776 I have played Fire 'n' Fury, but do not like the abstractions required for combat at this level. I have played both JRIII and Guns at Gettysburg, and prefer the latter, though I will not turn down a game of Johnny Reb. I have Dave Marks's rules, and intend to use a variant he has designed for the ECW — For Parliament, King, or Glory. They are clean and seem to promise a good game, so I have no doubt they would work well for the ACW period as well. American Battlelines is a rules set that I am in the process of revising, and has much to recommend it, especially in the way it models the disruption of troop formations as they move around the battlefield. It is a tried and true system also. I have played Fire ‘n’ Fury, but do not like the abstractions required for combat at this level. I have played both JRIII and Guns at Gettysburg, and prefer the latter, though I will not turn down a game of Johnny Reb. I have Dave Marks’s rules, and intend to use a variant he has designed for the ECW — For Parliament, King, or Glory. They are clean and seem to promise a good game, so I have no doubt they would work well for the ACW period as well. American Battlelines is a rules set that I am in the process of revising, and has much to recommend it, especially in the way it models the disruption of troop formations as they move around the battlefield. It is a tried and true system also.

]]> Comment on The long gone Dobbin House diorama at Gettysburg by Gary Henriksen http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/the-long-gone-dobbin-house-diorama-at-gettysburg/#comment-3775 Gary Henriksen Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:29:56 +0000 http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/?p=1088#comment-3775 Relating to the above, I have the Golden Book in mint condition and I even have the little Dobbins House red and blue flier above. In addition, I have "This Hallowd Ground" with the many diorama shots. All these are in boxes packed away for decades; perhaps it is time to get them out and ebay them for the younger generation so see what we really called fun. Does anyone remember Military Art Galleries out of California in the 60s? I have a catalog of a host of 54mm ACW miniatures from them. I tried to order from them around 1963; however, they sent a simple post card stating "PLEASE DON'T WRITE US", so I don't know what happened to them; maybe litigation? Anyway, most of the soldiers illustrated have realistic positions and postures that I have never seen duplicated to this date. I am not sure but I think Michigan Toy Soldiers how have the rights to the old Bussler miniatures that I coveted so much in my early days. Glad to see this site is still up and running. Relating to the above, I have the Golden Book in mint condition and I even have the little Dobbins House red and blue flier above. In addition, I have “This Hallowd Ground” with the many diorama shots. All these are in boxes packed away for decades; perhaps it is time to get them out and ebay them for the younger generation so see what we really called fun.

Does anyone remember Military Art Galleries out of California in the 60s? I have a catalog of a host of 54mm ACW miniatures from them. I tried to order from them around 1963; however, they sent a simple post card stating “PLEASE DON’T WRITE US”, so I don’t know what happened to them; maybe litigation? Anyway, most of the soldiers illustrated have realistic positions and postures that I have never seen duplicated to this date.

I am not sure but I think Michigan Toy Soldiers how have the rights to the old Bussler miniatures that I coveted so much in my early days.

Glad to see this site is still up and running.

]]> Comment on Scott Mingus by John Nyeste http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/scott-mingus/#comment-3772 John Nyeste Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:32:52 +0000 http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/scott-mingus/#comment-3772 Scott, Saw on Gettysburgdaily.com today that you are into miniatures/wargaming. I don't know if you are aware of or have interest in the following, but I thought I'd give you the link. http://www.norbsoftware.com/Portal/index.php Regards, John 53rd PVI Co. C, National Regiment Scott,

Saw on Gettysburgdaily.com today that you are into miniatures/wargaming. I don’t know if you are aware of or have interest in the following, but I thought I’d give you the link.

http://www.norbsoftware.com/Portal/index.php

Regards,
John 53rd PVI Co. C, National Regiment

]]> Comment on The long gone Dobbin House diorama at Gettysburg by Bob C. http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/the-long-gone-dobbin-house-diorama-at-gettysburg/#comment-3769 Bob C. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:34:04 +0000 http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/?p=1088#comment-3769 Wow! I HAD the Gettysburg book and the Bulge book. I never saw the Trenton book,but would LOVE to find all of these books again someday. I was first in the Dobbin house when I was 7, in 1973. I don't actually recall the diorama,but I probably saw it. Bob Wow! I HAD the Gettysburg book and the Bulge book. I never saw the Trenton book,but would LOVE to find all of these books again someday. I was first in the Dobbin house when I was 7, in 1973. I don’t actually recall the diorama,but I probably saw it.

Bob

]]> Comment on Scott Mingus by Zach Bleacher http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/scott-mingus/#comment-3768 Zach Bleacher Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:10:34 +0000 http://scottmingus.wordpress.com/scott-mingus/#comment-3768 Dear Sir, I am currently working with the help of others on some research for an upcomming Symposium in Columbia, Lanc. Co. I beleive that it is slated for the end of Oct. It is to be about Col. Welsh and the 45th Pennsylvania. I am presently looking for any and all information pertaining to several members that were from YORK and WRIGHTSVILLE that served w/ the 45th. I have found bits & pieces, but no discernable concrete info. I have been using the Digital Newspaper, courtesy of PennState (http://digitalnewspapers.libraries.psu.edu/Default/Skins/civilwar) and that has given us SOME leads, but I can't find resources for YORK residents, is there a link somewhere out there for old York news papers from the war? Also the Draft records are great but still leave holes. Again any pointers and help is apprecaited! best regards, Zach Bleacher 45th PVI Co.K Reenactment Org. Dear Sir,
I am currently working with the help of others on some research for an upcomming Symposium in Columbia, Lanc. Co. I beleive that it is slated for the end of Oct. It is to be about Col. Welsh and the 45th Pennsylvania. I am presently looking for any and all information pertaining to several members that were from YORK and WRIGHTSVILLE that served w/ the 45th. I have found bits & pieces, but no discernable concrete info. I have been using the Digital Newspaper, courtesy of PennState (http://digitalnewspapers.libraries.psu.edu/Default/Skins/civilwar) and that has given us SOME leads, but I can’t find resources for YORK residents, is there a link somewhere out there for old York news papers from the war? Also the Draft records are great but still leave holes. Again any pointers and help is apprecaited!

best regards,
Zach Bleacher
45th PVI Co.K
Reenactment Org.

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