Historical Online Learning Foundation

Archives, Player Notes, & Game Event Records

This site is intended to serve as the repository of records from past events and activities. This site is designed to allow members of the Players Guild and friends of the Foundation to search and locate documents that capture the intent and flavor of the 18+ sponsored conducted since 1997, the dozens of Academy training exercises, and as much of the official findings from alpha & beta developmental testing as possible. All past players of HOLF-sanctioned events, tests, and graduates of the various academies used over the years are encouraged to forward any relevant documents they wish to donate to the War College Archivist.

Napoleonic Wars Online (NWOL)

NWOL - 1 (2006)

• NWOL-1 Newspaper Center (the central index to all player-generated papers produced in support of NWOL-1)

• TBP

NWOL - 2 (2008)

• TBP

Civil War OnLine (CWOL)

Mexican War (BLADD beta) (1997)

• "The Fighting 15th" (a eulogy to the 15th Virginia, the first unit ever decimated in CWOL)

• "Honor Guard" (a story allowing the distinguished units from the BLADD beta to be recognized)

CWOL-1 (1997)

• "Inspection Tour" (an article that ran in one of the CSA-oriented player newspapers)

• Plan West (one of the plans presented to CSA leadership prior to start of CWOL-1; has embedded .BMP files - allow time to load)

• Plan East (the other proposed operational plan in the Eastern Theater; has embedded .BMP files - allow time to load)

• Proposed CSA Naval Strategy (there was no tactical naval module in CWOL-1)

• CSA Eastern Theater Field Order #1 (the initial plan in the east w/ map)

• Order to II Corps, CSA Army of the East (issued by the Corps Commander at game start; has embedded .BMP file)

• Sketch of Campaign Plan: Central Theater (no accompanying text-based order)

• Commander's Call dispatch (from after the start of CWOL-1)

• November 1861 CSA OOB (from the office of the CSA Chief of Staff)

• Situation Report from CSA Chief of Staff to President, CSA (circa November 18, 1861 - we used the actual month & day in these communiqués. The year was plucked out of the air)(No maps)

• CSA Commander's Call #2 (circa December 1997)(CWOL-1 has going 3x months at 3x turns a week)

• CSA OOB re-organization CSA OOB re-organization (done during the Christmas break)

• CSA response to critical newspaper articles  (written after CWOL-1 was stopped at 90+ turns) (there are several embedded graphics in this file; allow time to load)

Examples of Player-generated web sites for CWOL-1 (courtesy of Jordi Pueyo)

• The Brotherhood of the Palmetto (a discreet "gentlemen's club" from the Old South)

• II Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ( a unit web site)

CWOL-2 (1998)

CWOL-3 (1999)

CWOL-4 (2000)

• Treatise on Defense in SAS (The best technique for defense of cities using the SAS game system)

CWOL-5 (2002)

CWOL-6 (2002)

CWOL-7 (2004)

Special Events

Red River Campaign (1999)

Manifest Destiny beta (1999)

Franco-Mexican "Incident" (concurrent w/ CWOL V) (2002)

Summer Games (2002)

Spring Games (2003)

The Sparring Matches at Wake's Gym (Summer 2003)

Ole Rough & Ready (ORR)(Nueces River Campaign) (2004)

Spring Games (Triple Scenario) (2009)