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BAB Manual EBOOK.Pdf Contents 1. IntroduCtion to Brother against Brother 5 1.1. Overview 5 1.2. System Requirements 7 1.3. Installing the Game 8 1.4. Uninstalling the Game 8 1.5. Product Updates, Bonus Content and Registering your Game 8 1.6. Game Forums 10 1.7. Technical Support 10 1.8. Multi-player registration 10 2. Loading the Game 10 2.1. Main Menu 11 2.2. “Setup Local Game” Screen 12 3. What You see When the Scenario Begins 12 3.1. Map 13 3.2. Mini-map 14 3.3. Top of Screen 14 3.4. Game Buttons and Menus 15 3.5. Order Of Battle (OOB) Display or “Unit Roster” 20 3.6. Units 20 4. What You see after selectInG a unit 23 4.1. Control Box 23 4.2. Echelon Window 25 4.3. Map 26 5. Unit types, properties and StatuSes 27 5.1. Dynamic Statistics 28 5.2. Static Unit Characteristics 29 5.3. Unit Statuses 29 6. Commanding groups and units 32 6.1. Containers 32 6.2. Commanders 32 6.3. Headquarters Units 33 6.4. The Echelon Window and Commanding Brigades, Divisions, Corps and Armies 34 6.5. Automatic Functions of Corps, Divisions and Brigades 41 6.6. Selecting and Commanding Units 44 6.7. Commanding Independent Units 48 6.8. Automatic Functions of Unit Commanders 49 6.9. Temporary Brigade Attachments 49 6.10. The Effects of Going Out-of-Command 50 6.11. Misinterpreted Commands 51 7. tips on Finding the enemy 51 8. evaluating enemY StrenGth and Fighting CapaCity 52 9. approaChing and engaging the enemy 53 9.1. Movement 53 9.2. Red X’s and Threats to Marching, Advancing or Rallying Units 54 9.3. Zone of Control 55 9.4. Proper Positions and Positioning 55 10. line-oF-Sight and other non-range FaCtors in Firing on the enemy 56 11. suppLy and resUpply 58 11.1. Supply wagons 58 11.2. Corpse-filled hexes 58 12. Forts and Field FortiFications 59 13. aFter hitting “end turn”: the Combat phaSe 60 14. victory and scoring 62 15. pBem games 62 15.1. Multiplayer Play-by-Email 62 16. sCreen resolutIons 64 17. help and troubLeShooting 65 18. For the hIstorY Buff 65 18.1. Map Information 65 18.2. Commanders’ Bios 66 18.3. Unit and Brigade/Division/Corps/Army Histories 66 18.4. Gun Histories 66 19. ModdInG 66 20. advanCed rules 66 20.1. Special Rules for Firearms 67 20.2. Special Rules for Artillery Units 67 20.3. Targeting Generals and Officers 68 20.4. Non-lethal Effects of Fire Attacks 68 20.5. Impact of Weather Conditions 69 20.6. Rules for Skirmishers 70 20.7. List of Special Abilities 71 20.8. List of Unit Attributes 72 20.9. Morale Rules 73 20.10. Rules Relating to Terrain 75 20.11. Smoke 77 21. hotkeyS lIst 77 22. list oF abBrevIations 77 23. historicaL Battle overviewS 78 23.1. Battle of First Manassas/First Battle of Bull Run: An Introduction to War (July 21, 1861) 78 23.2. Battle of Wilson’s Creek: Opening Salvo of the War in the West (August 10, 1861) 109 23.3. Battle of Mill Springs: The Battle with Many Names (January 19, 1862) 142 23.4. Battle of Williamsburg: Moving Up the Virginia Peninsula (May 5, 1862) 166 24. sCenario orders oF battle 188 25. overvieW oF research materials for Brother against Brother 209 26. CredItS 212 1. introduction to Brother agaInSt brother 1.1. overview Brother against Brother is a two-player game devoted to battles of the American Civil War, with the Union and Confederate armies represented at the regimental level. Regardless of whether it is played by one or two players, its turn structure is “IgoUgo”: that is, first one player takes his turn by moving and giving orders to as many units as he sees fit, and after he has ended the turn his human or computer opponent takes a turn. Combat occurs between player turns, with every unit attacking automatically in a random order during this turn resolution phase. Units target the closest enemy possible in their forward facing arc, and prefer units closer to the center of their firing arc. It is therefore incumbent on the player to maneuver and position his units in a manner that will bring about the best possible outcome when the shooting starts. Victory is achieved by a combination of taking and holding key positions on the battlefield and degrading the enemy force’s Strength, Morale and unit cohesion. This manual is divided into three broad sections: a basic introduction to the game; an “Advanced Rules” section devoted to more detailed explanations of game- play as well as the types of calculations that go into many of the game’s features; and, a section devoted to the history that has inspired Brother against Brother. Brother against Brother: The Drawing of the Sword contains many scenarios of the opening battles of the American Civil War: First Bull Run/First Manassas, the battle fought within a day’s march of Washington, D.C. on July 21, 1861, in which Gen. Irwin McDowell’s Union Army of Northeastern Virginia surprised Gen. 5 P.G.T. Beauregard’s Confederate Army of the Potomac (supported by most of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s Army of the Shenandoah), arranged in a defensive position along the crossings along the Bull Run Creek, by launching an ambitious flanking attack, only to see the Union’s initial advantage disappear and for them ultimately to be routed from the field of battle – revealing to the North that war with the southern states would not be over quickly. ê Williamsburg, the first true battle of the following spring’s Peninsula Campaign, fought on May 5, 1862 after the Confederates under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston had withdrawn from their position at Yorktown just before the famously unaggressive Union Gen. George B. McLellan felt ready to attack, with part of Johnston’s army defending a pre-fortified position outside of Williamsburg against part of McLellan’s in order to buy time for the bulk of the army to escape to the safety of Richmond fifty miles away. ê Wilson’s Creek, the first battle fought in the trans- Mississippi theater, when early in the morning of August 10, 1861 a force setting out from Springfield, Missouri under Union Gen. Nathaniel Lyon attempted a two-pronged surprise attack on Gen. Benjamin McCulloch’s small Western Army and Gen. Sterling Price’s similarly small Missouri State Guard force, only to see Lyon’s plans fall apart, and for him to be killed while leading a counter-charge soon before his outnumbered forces crumbled – 6 preventing the Union from asserting control over all of Missouri until the following year. ê Mill Springs/Logan’s Cross Roads, a relatively small engagement with major consequences for the war in the western theater, since when the forces of the Confederate Western Department under Gen. George B. Crittenden and Felix K. Zollicoffer left the safety of their fortified encampment at Beech Grove on January 19, 1862 to march ten miles through rain and mud in order to take on Gen. George H. Thomas’s Army of the Ohio they quickly lost the element of surprise and soon began to fall victim to the Union force’s superior firepower, and after Zollicoffer’s death and a successful attack on their flank were forced to retreat back along the same ten-mile road – giving the Union its first victory of the war (and a major morale boost), and significantly weakening the Confederacy’s position in Kentucky. 1.2. System requireMents Minimum System Requirements CPU 1.4 GHz or faster (can use multi-core) RAM: 1GB Hard Drive Space: 2 GB OS: Windows XP or better with DirectX 9 or higher Minimum Resolution: 1024 * 768 Video Card DirectX 9 compatible or greater Sound Optional, DirectX 9 compatible Internet Connection for Multiplayer PBEM++ 7 IMPORTANT: Brother against Brother is designed to run in screen resolutions of at least 1024 x 768, but not at 1366 x 768. If your computer uses this resolution natively please change your Desktop resolution to another, such as 1024 x 768. 1.3. installing the Game To install the game, insert the game DVD disc into your DVD drive. If you have disabled the Autorun function on your DVD or if you are installing from a digital download, navigate to the DVD or download file location, double- click on the installation file, and if it is a zip archive, then double click on the executable (exe) file that is shown inside the archive. The correct file name will normally include the words “SetupRelease”. Follow all on-screen prompts to complete the installation. 1.4. uninstalLing the gaMe Please use the Add/Remove Programs or Programs and Features option from the Windows Control Panel or the “Uninstall” link in the game’s Windows START menu to uninstall the game. Uninstalling through any other method will not properly uninstall the game. 1.5. produCt Updates, bonus Content and registering yoUr game In order to maintain our product excellence, Matrix Games releases updates containing new features, enhancements, and corrections to any known issues. All our updates are available free on our website and can also be downloaded quickly and easily by clicking on the “Check for Updates” link in your Game Menu or by using the “Update Game” shortcut in your Windows START menu folder for the game. We also periodically make beta (preview) updates and other content available to registered owners.
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