Hail and well met,
As some of you have heard, I have taken over the Command of the Brigade from Major General Former, the Earl of Trout.
I will try to keep these letters brief, but regular.
So the first order of Business is to welcome our new members!
In the short time I have held this command, the following players have joined us:
Dan Huck,
Aidan Slattery,
Dirk Knemyer,
and Darryl Good.

If you have not already done so, click on the Light Brigade Icon on your Profile page to see the full Roll of the Brigade, as well as the Statistics of the Finishes we have pulled out.
As you will see, not quite the bloodbath one would expect considering the condition of positions we usually step into!
Here is the Summary Mike Sims provided:
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Simple, yet interesting, w/o getting overly statistical.
Clearly shows that over 2/3 of LB games can be played out to at least a survival, with over 1/3 of them leading to a successful result.

Comparing LB to the overall DC stats... (from the stats page, adding down the columns)
1113 total "results" (7 per game, 159 standard games)
of those, only 69 solos + 286 draws = 32% (less than in the LB at 36%)
272 survivals, or 24% - (far less then LBs 35%)
Then 486 eliminations - 44%! (Way more than the LBs 28%)

So the LB, on average, does more with <snip> positions than regular players do with normal positions.
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If anyone has input to the LB Page, please let me know, it is, as always, a work-in-progress.

We also now have a space on the message boards, please subscribe to it. I plan on copying all calls for replacements there.

Final order of business.
There have been a number of requests for mentors for new players.
This is not meant to be a 'What move should I Make' kind of thing, more of a 'Why did x move fail' and general how to play/negotiate in the PBEM realm.
Any given Mentor/Mentee relationship should only require a number of e-mails back and forth and would not be expected to last the length of an entire game.
As the Light Brigade is the 'Service' group of DC, (and the best players, of course) we have been asked if we would be willing to fill this role.
It will be an informal arrangement, where GMs can request such help for a specific player (or the player can make the request) to myself or one of the Moderators (Mike and Garry) and we will then match the player to a willing LB member.

Please share your thoughts on this, by e-mail or on the forum.

And as always, thank you for your Service. This group is part of what makes DC so different from all the other Dip groups out there.

Jason "Major General Jason, Earl of Githraine"