AAR - News from the Front.

From the creators of Crown of Glory come an epic tale of North Vs. South. By combining area movement on the grand scale with optional hex based tactical battles when they occur, Forge of Freedom provides something for every strategy gamer. Control economic development, political development with governers and foreign nations, and use your military to win the bloodiest war in US history.

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Thanks to Gil for moving this labour of love to the main page.
I should point out that this game was started in Febuary 2007, and therefore is an older version of the game. so if theirs anything odd going on, then I may well be fixed by now. so sit back, and enjoy.

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Right, I suppose i better say something.

This is the counterpart to my Union game, this time I'm playing the confederates. the difficulty is First Sargent, its the coming fury scenario, and i think I've bitten off a little more than I can chew.

as you can see, theres substantially more work involved here, and your going to see less of the mechanics behind the game. but it's going to be more of a story for you. I've put some stats up, so you can follow things, but I'm never going to put the governors rating down, or anything like that.

I hope you enjoy, and remeber, this is going to take time, I'm commited to filling at least a page a turn, so this could turn into a VERY long AAR - if not in game time, then in real time, its taking about 30 mins a page at the moment.

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dammit. I said lyon. Lyon was the union commander, I ment McCulloch.

Forgot which side I'm playing this time.
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    Excellent AAR, very intresting to read!
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Outstanding! I'm amazed at the effort.
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Man, this is a real immersive AAR ! Great work at synthetizing news... you're from Time Magazine ? (the only newspaper able to time-travel)... [8|]


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This is great. Keep up the great work.  
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Very nice looking, thanks.
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Thanks for the comments.
Just as well this isn't part of the competion, theres nothing worse than a one horse race. [;)][:D]

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I should add that, having done some newspaper layout back on my college paper, I can appreciate how difficult it must be to get everything to fit on a single page, and formatted correctly.

I hope this isn't taking you away from anything important, like curing cancer or whatever your day job might be...
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well, I am actually a Research Assistant for the Medical Research Council, but I dont do any work on cancer.

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Very nice work Hunter! [8D] can't wait to see the next edition of 'The Forge' as we are apt to call it in Atlanta, GA [;)]
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Outstanding as always, keep it up! [8D] Note the AAR contest has now been announced too.
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great work. Wow!
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What a great promo for the game! The misspellings add a very nice touch of verisimilitude. Three cheers!
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ORIGINAL: General Quarters

What a great promo for the game! The misspellings add a very nice touch of verisimilitude. Three cheers!

Actually, thats just my Dyslexia and a lack of a spellchecker in Photoshop.

but then again, If lincon can't spell, then why should it bother me. :)
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