The IH Proposal Thread

[Prodigal]

Carlota, as well as the Confederados in Brazil, were both post civil war evacuation plans that were not endorsed by President Davis.

['Gunny]

Is this the place for this? Can we get someone in here to smite these fellas?

[Double A]

I still say that the best way would be to defend the border, and send small guerilla fighters to attack strategic points or raid supplies, instead of invading the north.

This. North had more men, so they could take more casualties. Typically the defenders take less. Invading with less men is a bad idea.

[Dave Strider]

This. North had more men, so they could take more casualties. Typically the defenders take less. Invading with less men is a bad idea.

The Confederate plan was a Strategic offensive and a tactical defensive. This means that, while they were invading, they would defend whenever there was a battle.

[Rebel Jeb]

I still say that the best way would be to defend the border, and send small guerilla fighters to attack strategic points or raid supplies, instead of invading the north.

Or if Jackson was in charge he would have killed all prisoners till his death which would have probably ended the war since CSA was winning fight after fight during Jackson's life.

Anyways...I think this game must happen. Maybe we could split up CSA and USA into mult-state factions and forget the outside influence.

[Prodigal]

That'd be neat.

[Rebel Jeb]

And the swing states could start neutral and decide (Such as Maryland).

If I understood IH's more, I'd help mod one, but alas.

[Dave Strider]

Yeah, I like that idea. We could have an "election speech" type thing where both sides put propoganda in the state. Each speech could have small numbers of people from that state joining the army of that side, as well as that side getting more political support in the contested state.

Like, for example, say Maryland was being contested. Confederates could put propoganda in Maryland and, in return, get, say, a brigade of Maryland troops as well as a 10% chance of maryland joining them(think of the elections in the WEF and FFA IHs; people being elected, their vote percentages and whatnot)

[Double A]

I think Maryland should be a PC, and both the North and South will have to try their damndest to get them to choose.

[Dave Strider]

And Kentucky and Missouri and Delaware, of course, should also be PC.

[Barry Goldwater]

Meh, tbh I'm not particularly interested in another ACW IH this time, we've already had two successful ones (in the sense they were actually active and large, interesting battles were fought) in the past. (and an ahistorical ACW in WEF )

That said, I wouldn't mind playing one of the border states when it comes out, it means I'll probably get to do more RP than fighting as everyone tries to convince me to side with them

BTW, would you guys prefer a 1642 IH or the WEF 1805 'classic' IH I proposed? We had a lot of 30 YW IHs before, but they all failed to get off the ground and I'm interested in hosting either.

[Dave Strider]

1805 pl0x.

[Agamemnon]

Either, but I'd lean toward 1600s, as I like the style of warfare (and the epic looking clothes) better.
I think that that style ACW IH would be fun, but what Barry said is true.

[Barry Goldwater]

To further elaborate, the 1642 IH would be a far cry from a 1618 IH (which imo would end in Bohemia/Palantinate getting curbstomped by Austria + friends in the first few turns, since the situation at that time was seriously imba in favor of the Catholics) and full of conflict:

-In England you've got the English Civil War just kicking off

-On continental Europe you have the Thirty Years' War at its peak with an increasingly exhausted (but still dangerous) Catholic alliance fighting France, Sweden and some other Protestant states plus the Eighty Years' War in modern Netherlands, and the Ottoman Empire ready to pounce on Hungary and open a third front

-In eastern Europe Poland & Russia are about to butt heads over Smolensk.

Then ofc there's always the New World, in case you want things to get even more complicated and violent

[Dave Strider]

I've also been thinking of a Colonial game; a WEF-like game where people can help influence Britain's expansion into the new world starting in the year 1600.

['Gunny]

Perhaps a Britain 1647 WEF style

[Prodigal]

I'm so done with speeches to garner influence and men.

[Double A]

The closer to medieval age you get the more fun pre-industrial age war is (from a strategic standpoint) (excluding Roman times). Do the 1600's thing.

And Kentucky and Missouri and Delaware, of course, should also be PC.

None of them border DC.

[Dave Strider]

So? All of them were border states, all of them allowed slavery, all would be important.

[Agamemnon]

I would like to play a colonial expansion game starting in 1600 but using factions that we create.