tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38474028489131961442024-03-12T21:50:17.771-04:00Building a Better WargameTom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.comBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-54223756904666413962016-09-02T12:09:00.000-04:002016-09-02T12:10:23.213-04:00Waystone: Layers of Secrets (Part Two)<b>Introduction</b><br />
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<a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/RWS_Tarot_07_Chariot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="mw-mmv-final-image jpg mw-mmv-dialog-is-open" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/RWS_Tarot_07_Chariot.jpg" /></a>This is the second part of my discussion of a custom setting for <i>AMBER DRPG/Lords of Gossamer and Shadow</i>. In this setting, new player characters are likely to slowly discover the secrets of the universe through play, as a series of nested secrets. In the first part, we discussed the Marches (an inter-dimensional forest connecting different parallel realities) and the different ways to access it.<br />
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<b>Essence</b><br />
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As the players characters explore Marches with Wayfaring, they will soon notice a gradient in the level of Essence along the paths. In one direction, the paths become more "real" and the Realms that branch off them become larger and more stable. In other directions, the level of reality drops. This is because the Essence that underpins the universe flows out from its center, becoming more diffuse the farther it has traveled. The flow of Essence is thus true north of the Marches -- closer to the Center lie the High Marches, farther away lie the Low Marches. Wayfarers will find that there is a limit to how far they can travel in either direction. If they travel too far into the Low Marches, even on Paths, they will begin to suffer the effects of Low Essence, gradually weakening and eventually dying. If they travel too far into the High Marches, they will find High Essence equally discomforting and dangerous, before eventually coming to an uncross-able chasm lying across their path.<br />
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Wayfarers will also discover that the Essence is stronger along the paths than off the paths. Those with a metaphysical bent may surmise that the paths themselves are the physical manifestation of these rivers of essence flowing through and underpinning the Marches. The Waystones represent an even higher concentrations of Essence. The realm behind each one is a kind of a pinched-off balloon, and the universe therein depends on the higher local concentration of Essence.<br />
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<b>Aspects</b><br />
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The flows of Essence are not identical. Essence comes in different "flavors," known as Aspects. Along Paths strongly marked with one Aspect or another Realms too reflect this Aspect. Along a Path strong in Fire, the Realms may be filled with magma, or sheets of flame, or desert realms, for example. These Realms are not _pure_ Fire. Other Aspects are always mixed in, and even in the most strongly aspected locations, there is always a background level of mixed Essences.<br />
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Wayfarers themselves may find that that they are attuned more strongly to one Aspect or another. Such characters should purchase levels of Aspect. As they experiment with their affinity, they find that they can impost their will on the environment around them, imparting Aspect to their surroundings and causing reality to change. This is more powerful and fundamental than mere Sorcery, since it taps into the fundamental nature of the universe.<br />
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Certain Realms, for whatever reason, act as nodes in the flow of Aspect. Characters who spend their time in these areas may, by study and attunement, improve their connection to an Aspect. Such Realms are thus valuable real estate for Wayfarers to possess, and are sometimes known as Thrones.<br />
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<b>The Marcher Lords</b><br />
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Sooner or later, novice Wayfarers will encounter others of their kind. The most powerful such beings call themselves Marcher Lords, and possess a common society (of sorts) and code of conduct. These are the elder Amberites of the Waystone setting. In my playtest, I populated their number by modifying the Gossamer Lords from the main rule book, but the GM can use any collection of sufficiently potent, irascible beings.<br />
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All Marcher Lords, at a minimum, are Waywalkers, and are, almost universally, superhumanly strong, tough, and magical. Any Marcher Lord who encounters a player character with Amber-level attributes, Waywalking, Aspect and/or Sigil-crafting recognizes them as potential peer. Most Marcher Lords take such a candidate under their wing, instructing them, and building a web of obligations and debts early. Others may attempt to destroy the character before they can become a rival.<br />
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Any being may try to claim status as a Marcher Lord. They must declare their candidacy to any existing Marcher Lord. That Lord is then obliged to assemble a panel of at least three Lords (usually, but not always including himself) to test the candidate. During this probationary period he must grant the candidate hospitality and truce.<br />
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The panel of Lords then sets a series of challenges for the candidate, with each Lord usually contributing one obstacle based on their specialty. Customarily, the candidate must Waywalk from the lower marches to a designated Realm, without using a Sigil for transport. Along the way, they may have to cross specific obstacles or defeat summoned creatures. These challenges almost always require Amber-level rank in one or more attributes (or considerable cleverness) to overcome.<br />
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It is considered bad form for the panel of Lords to impose an obstacle that requires a much higher or lower Rank, and if they do, they may face informal censure from their peers. The purpose of the test is to weed out the unworthy, not assassinate
young Lords. Sometimes however, the latter takes place under cover of
the former, so a wise candidate will seek a friendly Lord to assemble
the panel.<br />
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A candidate who survives the journey and reaches the designated Realm is considered to have passed, and are recognized as Marcher Lord. Candidates who never arrive are considered to have failed. Most Marcher Lords are tetchy and dislike having their time wasted, and it is considered more than acceptable to execute failed candidates.<br />
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Marcher Lords have an informal code of conduct regarding their peers. They must accord another Lord a minimum of courtesy due their rank. A Marcher Lord is expected to grant hospitality in his Realm to another Lord who requests it, and in return the guest Lord should respect the peace of his host's domain. Marcher Lords are expected not to slay other Lords out of hand, but to have a declared feud or reason for doing so. Since Marcher Lords are connected by a web of favors, alliances, and blood relationships, there is an incentive to abide by these minimal norms, as well as an incentive for other Lords to censure a peer who violates them too often.<br />
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The main line of Marcher Lords are descended from the Sons of Bor. The majority of them come from acknowledged offspring who are given the test once their parents feel they are ready. A few (like players characters) sometimes appear out of the Realms, never having met their parent Lord or Lady. Marcher Lords are not very fertile, but they live practically forever
and travel widely between Realms. So they may have unknown offspring
pretty much anywhere. A few Lords, however, insist that they are completely unrelated to the others. <br />
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<b>Thrones</b><br />
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The most powerful Marcher Lords are not simply powerful beings in their own right, but the owners of Thrones, where Aspect of one kind or another is concentrated. Control of a Throne allows the Lord to develop a very high level of Aspect. Only one being may be fully-attuned to a Throne at a time, and is considered its "occupant." <br />
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There is only one Major Throne for each Aspect, located in the High Marches at the point where essence flows across the Abyss into the moral real. The owners of this Major Throne is considered the Prince and Lord of that aspect. Other, Minor Thrones exist here and there at nodal points. These vary in stability and power, but can still be quite valuable real estate.<br />
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Marcher Lords feud, backstab and murder for control of Thrones major and minor. The owners of the Major Thrones are the thirteen of the most powerful beings in existence. Almost all are heads of sprawling, related families of Marcher Lords, some of who may occupy Thrones Minor in their own right. <br />
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<b> </b>As each Throne Major has its own court, line of succession, rivals and claimants, Marcher Lord politics are almost endlessly complex, shifting, and dangerous.<br />
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Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-58056273465293157362016-08-03T14:09:00.000-04:002016-08-03T14:09:06.435-04:002016 Space MarinesFinished my vow for the Bolter and Chainsword's yearly E Tenebra Lux painting contest. Lots of devastators and drop pods.<br />
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<br />Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-53292710105526770372016-07-04T12:39:00.000-04:002016-07-04T12:39:22.236-04:00Woot! My Novel is ReleasedWoot! My first novel, the <i>Devourer of Gods</i> is released and now on Amazon. <a href="https://acmrs.org/publications/bagwyn">Bagwyn Books</a>
let me know late last week. I have yet to receive a physical copy, so it
doesn't quite seem real to me yet. Anyhoo, I started up a promotional site over at <a href="http://www.thedevourerofgods.com/">www.thedevourerofgods.com.</a><br />
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THE DEVOURER OF GODS<br />
An axe age, a sword age, a wind
age, a wolf age. Shields shall be cloven…</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Devourer of Gods</i> weaves the tapestry
of an alternate Viking North America soaked in blood and magic. Pagans and
Christians clash with ship and shield-wall, unaware of the supernatural menace
that hungers for them. When his son departs on a doomed raid against the natives,
the Norse chieftain Jörund must confront the seeress Gudhrun Grimswidow and the
sorcerous allies he once betrayed. In the city of St Brendan, the Marklander <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>woman Maria-Abit finds conspiracy and mystery
in the court of her king. Can they uncover and defeat the Devourer of Gods?</div>
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The latest Space Marine supplement, <i>Angels of Death</i>, is really, really cool. It collects some
previously-released Formations and adds a few more. Notably, it has big
Formation of Formations for each several 1st Founding Codex chapters.
Combined with the Formations in the base Codex, I now feel like a Space
Marine army can be organized around different playstyles, and do so in a
way that is fluffy and characterful. <br />
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Ravenguard get lots of scouts, sneaky deployments and sudden assaults. White Scars get fast bikes. Iron Hands can field a tank-heavy force. Salamanders get some more flame stuff (yawn). My own Chapter's lineage, the Imperial Fists, receive a Formation that allows multiple devastator, centurion, and vindicator squads.<br />
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This is the book that is making me love Formations. My first reaction to Formations was pretty negative, but that was back when the core of army building was the CAD. <br />
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It now seems to me that GW is using Formations as a way to reflect the character of the armies. The new Formations of Formations are, in effect, new, customized (and customize-able) Force Organization charts. Not since the old 3.5 Chaos Dex, have I felt this much freedom to build a force the way I want and to have it reflected in the rules.<br />
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Can Formations be abused? Are they unevenly designed? Sure. But so is 40k as a whole. More than ever, it is imperative for players to meet and agree on the type of game they wish to play.<br />
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Here's hoping GW creates formations in this much depth for every army, not just Space Marines...Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-47796905166965619862016-04-19T18:00:00.000-04:002016-04-19T18:00:19.771-04:00Well, That Sucked!You may have noticed I haven't posted in a while. I was out due to medical issues, but I'm back now. Look for more posts.Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-39621056563581872142015-10-13T12:16:00.002-04:002016-09-02T12:12:13.967-04:00Waystone: Layers of Secrets (Part One)<b>First Secrets </b><br />
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I have been running a game of <i>Amber Diceless RPG/Lords of Gossamer and Shadow</i> for our local group, using an alternate setting. Instead of Shadow and Pattern, or the Gossamer Stair, this universe is connected by a mysterious forest called the Marches. This series of columns will describe the Marches as a new player character would experience them, as a nested series of secrets, which the GM would reveal in play. Along the way, I'll provide some design notes, anecdotes, and generally explain the setting as a whole.</div>
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<b> You're a (Demi)God </b><br />
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Player characters may start they game completely ignorant of the world of the <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/90/RWS_Tarot_00_Fool.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="mw-mmv-final-image mw-mmv-dialog-is-open" height="320" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/90/RWS_Tarot_00_Fool.jpg" width="183" /></a>Marches. They may have been lost or abandoned in a realm,
and be completely unaware that others exists. Like Corwin at the start
of the Amber Chronicles, they have to discover the nature of the
universe as they go. This is a great way to introduce new players to
the setting, through experimentation and discovery.<br />
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Their first discovery then, will be about themselves. The PCs start out as Pargon-ranked in all their attributes (unless they sell them down). That means that they are already psychic, super-strong, super-tough, and insanely athletic and deadly. If they've been alive for very long, they also know that they are effectively immortal. If they've spent any points on powers, then they know that magic exists, too.<br />
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As in Amber, or in LoGaS, player characters may or may not know their parents. One of these parents (at least) was probably a Marcher Lord. If their Marcher Lord Daddy (or Mommy or Both) is present as they grow up, the parent probably vanishes from time to time. They are almost certainly caught doing (or being) more than human or having more than one power. Alternatively, the Marcher Lord parent may be long gone, a figure of mystery. Either way, the child probably has questions.<br />
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<b> </b><b>Other Worlds Exist</b><br />
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Either in play, or before play begins, the player character will learn that other worlds exist. The equivalent of an Amber Shadow or a Gossamer Domain is a Realm. A Realm is a self-contained universe. It may appear infinite from inside (as ours does) or it may be as small as kingdom or even a broom-closet. Some Realms have weird geometry; if you walk far enough you may end up back at the same point or maybe you can see distant lands hanging in the sky. The player character will likely rule their Realm, by virtue of their superhuman powers, or be raised by its ruler.<br />
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All Realms contain at least one Waystone. Waystones appear rounded, slightly pock-marked bone-colored stone, usually ranging in size from a pebble to a car tire. The bigger the realm, the larger the stone will likely appear. Some Waystones are marked with mysterious runes (usually just one) or show signs of breakage or even scorch marks. They may change slowly in size, appearance, or location over time. Waystones have a number of different nicknames -- such as Wichstones, Milestones, Geomantic points. The most common nickname, however, is "the bones of Ymr."<br />
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Player characters with Sorcery can sense that these are magical objects, filled with energy. Player characters with Aspect can tell that the stones are nexus points of essence, that they are somehow more "real" than the surrounding Realm. Player characters with Wayfinding, of course, can sense the presence of the Marches beyond the stone, and have an innate sense of how to open a Way.<br />
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Some Realms are inhabited by creatures with Minor Wayfinding. In these Realms traffic to and from the Marches may be common. In other Realms, they player characters will need to discover how the stones work for themselves, experimenting until they manage to open a Way. (At which point, they must buy the power with points.)<br />
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Concentrating on a Waystone, and pouring a little energy into it, causes a Way to open. A character with Minor Wayfinding or better need only stand near the stone and concentrate for a few minutes. Opening a Way is slower than Sorcery,using an Icon. A disc-shaped hole appears in the air, revealing the Marches behind. A character with Wayfinding proper soon finds that they need not make an opening at the stone itself, although its presence makes the process faster and easier. They will also eventually find that they can make the Way larger or smaller or differently-shaped or colored or opaque, noisy or silent, glowing or subdued.<br />
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At this point, the player character will probably step through, into the Marches. (And specifically, into the Middle Marches where most viable Realms are located.) They will see a forest. Depending on conditions, it may be a sparse forest, with scrubby undergrowth, or a lush forest with a canopy that blocks out the skies, or a pine taiga covered in drifting snows. There may be clearings or burned areas, or boulders or whatever. In some really odd places, the Marches may appear as desert or ocean or even empty space. But for the most part the Marches are forest.<br />
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The player character will probably notice a Waystone, more or less matching the one on the others side, near the Way they just vacated. Unless they concentrate on holding it open, or on snapping it shut, the Way will close about a minute after they exit. Their home waystone is probably on a path, one that stretches off into the distance. If they came from a large Realm, there may be a clearing or even some broken ruins.<br />
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The first-time traveler will feel cold, regardless of whether the sun is shining or the temperature of the air. The attuned will realize that this is not true cold -- it is a lack of magical energy, of the essence of reality. In their home Realm it was thick; here it is thin. It is stronger on the path than off it.<br />
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<a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/RWS_Tarot_21_World.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="mw-mmv-final-image mw-mmv-dialog-is-open" height="320" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/RWS_Tarot_21_World.jpg" width="182" /></a>The Marches slowly change. The same tree may not be in the same place if you look away. The type of vegetation may shift. The sun and moon may move back and forth in the sky, or vanish suddenly. The Marches are perilous. Even if character do not travel far, the exposure to low Essence will begin to take a toll on them. First they will shiver, then they will weaken, eventually they may begin to experience numbness in the extremities. They can counteract this to some degree by staying on the paths or near Waystones. If they leave the path, reality becomes unstable. There may be areas of non-Euclidean geometry, where distances fold back in on themselves, or where a single stand of trees recedes forever. The traveler may encounter strange beasts out of legend, or (perhaps more dangerous) other wanderers.<br />
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However, if the character follows the path they will eventually come upon
another Waystone. Should they concentrate, a Way will open, leading
them to a new Realm. The new Realm is a new universe, perhaps quite
different than the one the player left. Most Realms are wilderness, or
inhabited by low-magic fantasy or Renaissance humans, but there are
high-tech Realms or high-fantasy Realms too. <br />
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<i><b>Playtest</b></i><br />
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In my current game, players had the option of beginning<b> </b>clueless or clued-in. Clueless characters had no Wayfinding, and knew only their Realm. Some of them were Sorcerers and shapeshifters, quite powerful, but confined to the Realm of their birth. A few of the characters already had Wayfinding, and knew enough to wander around the Marches. None of the characters (except one) had ever met their father, but some of them had magical mothers. As the game opened, all the characters began to feel a call that drew them towards the nearest Waystone, and thus into the Marches. This compulsion, whatever it was, also enabled the characters to open a Way, provided they experimented enough...<br />
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Next up: Aspects and Marcher Lords Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-50213124275525536332015-09-15T12:08:00.002-04:002015-09-15T12:08:31.361-04:00Simplied Pointing?I've been considering the way most games handle point costs. In most games, like 40k or FoW, the scale of a game is around 1500 points and up. A typical unit costs between 100 and 300 points, with 5 point increments, and every upgrade has a point cost. But does the difference between, say a 155 point tank and a 175 point tank truly effect list design that much, particularly if the number of choices are already constrained by a force organization chart or other limiting mechanism? How would a greatly simplified point system affect play? Would reducing the granularity of pointing increase or decrease min-maxing shenanigans? <br />
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For example, consider the following simplified point scheme for a game like 40k or FoW:<br />
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<b>Infantry</b><br />
Pricing is for the first 5-10 models. Additional models would cost more points.<br />
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<i>Crappy Infantry: </i>2 points. A unit with truly awful morale, toughness, or weapon options. A unit more valuable for having wounds than for anything else. Examples: FoW Reluctant Conscripts, 40k grots. That sort of thing. Upgrading the squad by 5-10 models would cost 1 point.<br />
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<i>Normal Infantry:</i>3 points. A unit with average morale and toughness. The price includes standard weapon options. Examples: FoW CT infantry with an LMG, mortar, and bazooka-equivalent, a 40k IG squad with a heavy and a special weapon, an Eldar Guardian squad with a heavy weapons platform, etc. Upgrading the squad by 5-10 models would cost 1 point.<br />
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<i>Elite Infantry: </i>4 points. A unit with good morale and toughness. The price includes standard weapon options. Alternatively, a unit with average morale and toughness but good weapon options. Examples: FoW CT infantry with multiple LMGs or AT options. FoW CV or FT infantry with a single LMG and single AT weapon, etc. A 40k Tactical Marine Squad with a heavy and a special weapon. Upgrading the squad by 5-10 models would cost 1 point.<br />
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Super-Elite Infantry: 5 points. A unit with excellent morale, toughness, and weapon options. Examples include FoW FV paratroopers, Sternguard, etc. Upgrading the squad by 5-10 models would cost 1 point.<br />
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<b>Tanks</b><br />
Pricing is per tank or tank squadron (depending on game scale).<br />
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<i>Armored Box: </i>1 point. The "tank" is lightly armored and has only a minimal weapon. Examples: a 40k rhino.<br />
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<i>Light Vehicle: </i>2 points. This vehicle is lightly armored by has a decent weapon system. Examples: a FoW light tank with an HMG or small cannon, or a 40k Razorback or Landspeeder.<br />
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<i>Average Vehicle: </i>3 points. A vehicle with decent armor and a good weapon system or two. Examples: A FoW medium tank with AT10, a 40k Predator or Chimera.<br />
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<i>Better Vehicle: </i>4 points. A vehicle with one outstanding feature, and the rest decent. Examples, a FoW T-35/85. A 40k Leman Russ.<br />
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<i>Superior Vehicle:</i> 5 points. A vehicle superior in several respects and decent in only a few. Examples: A FoW Tiger or Panther.<br />
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<b>All the Trimmings</b><br />
What about the little things on a unit, that make a small difference in game play, but might not be worth a whole point. I suggest that any or all such upgrades cost 1/2 a point. Spend a point, getsome extras (from a choice) on any two units. So buying AtT for a Space Marine Tactical Squad would get you shooting or melee options on your sergeant. Buying AtT for a Rhino would let you take a dozer blade, storm bolter, or hunter-killer missile. Buying AtT for a rifle squad might get you an extra bazooka or MG. The idea is to make the extras expensive enough that the player would hesitate, but without making the pricing super complicated.<b> </b>Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-3706261282825293792015-08-17T10:42:00.000-04:002015-08-17T10:42:01.025-04:00Ancients: Leader AbilitiesAs part of my ongoing Ancients wargame project, I will now turn to generals and leaders. I'd like my game to be mostly about commanding, bolstering and manipulating a battle-line of infantry units. I envision each leader in the players' army as having a set of abilities which can be activated with a successful roll. Different forces will have different abilities, representing national focus or training or style.<br />
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Each force will have a commanding leader, known as the <b>Warlord</b>. Secondary leaders will be known as <b>Commanders</b>. These are game mechanical terms, distinct from any historical titles or ranks. A <b>leader </b>model may move independently or it may <b>join </b>a unit. When joined to a unit, the <b>leader</b> is vulnerable to destruction if the unit takes hits or breaks, but often has a bigger effect of that unit through certain Abilities.<br />
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The following are draft lists of <b>Abilities</b>. An army will typically chose two lists, buying abilities from each. They are in rough order of utility. The higher level abilities will often be reserved for the Warlord. Each will typically have two chosen Abilities. Additionally, all leaders will have access to a set of universal Abilities.<br />
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Only one Ability may be attempted by each leader each turn. <br />
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<b>Universal Abilities</b><br />
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<i>Bolster Morale: </i>Does not require a roll to activate. Use when a Unit fails its Break Test. If the leader is currently independent, and the Unit is within 6"of the leader, then that Unit may roll its Break Test using the Leader's Leadership score if it is higher. If the Leader has joined the Unit, you may reroll the Break Test using the Leader's Leadership score if it is higher, with a +1 bonus. If the Leader is your Warlord, use a +2 bonus instead.<br />
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<b>Deployment Abilities</b><br />
Deployment Abilities are activated at the end of the Deployment phase, and require a Leadership roll to activate. If both players have Leaders with Deployment abilities, roll off to see who activates an ability first. (High roll may choose.) Then alternate until both players have finished activating all the Deployment abilities they wish.<br />
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<i>Lateral Deployment Move: </i>Select a friendly unit within 6" of the Leader. That Unit may be placed in any valid location within the player's deployment zone within a Standard Move of its original location, with any ending facing.<br />
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<i>Scouting Deployment Move: </i>Select a friendly unit within 6" of the Leader. That Unit may immediately make a
Standard Move inside or out of the Deployment Zone <br />
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<i>Rear Deployment Swap: </i>Select two adjacent friendly units within 12" of the Leader, one of which is in the rear arc of the other. Swap the locations of these two units, retaining the same facing.<br />
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<i>Lateral Deployment Swap: </i>Select two adjacent friendly units within 12" of the Leader and in each other's side arcs. Swap the locations of these two units, retaining the same facing.<br />
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<i>Deployment Trickery: </i>Select two friendly units anywhere within 24"of the Leader. Swap the locations of these two units, with any facing.<br />
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<b>Reserve Abilities:</b><br />
A player declares if he will activate any Reserve Abilities at the start of his Deployment Phase. When each ability is activated, the player must immediately declares<b> </b>which Unit he will place into which type of Reserve. If both players have Leaders with Reserve abilities, roll off to
see who activates an ability first. (High roll may choose.) Then
alternate until both players have finished activating all the Reserve abilities they wish.<br />
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<i>Ambush Reserve: </i>A Unit placed into Ambush Reserve remains in Reserve until the end of the Deployment Phase. The controlling player must place the Unit into a valid location in his Deployment zone. Doing so counts as activating a Deployment Ability.<br />
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<i>Flank Reserve: </i>A Unit placed into Ambush Reserve remains in Reserve until the controlling player Activates his Flank Reserves at the start of his Movement phase. This requires a Leadership roll from a Leader with the Flank Reserves Ability. If the roll is successful, the Unit Moves immediately onto the table from any edge.<br />
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<b>Lead from the Front Abilities</b><br />
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<i>Genius for Murder: </i> Activate in any melee phase. Require<b>s </b>a
Leadership
roll to
activate. If the Leader has joined a Unit, that Unit gains Advantage
over one enemy Unit. Lasts until the start of the activating player's
next turn.<br />
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<i>Retinue</i>: Activate in any melee phase. Does not require<b> </b>a roll to activate. If the Leader has joined a Unit, that Unit gains 3 extra attacks. Lasts until the start of the activating player's next turn.<br />
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<i>Heroic Resistance: </i>Activate in any melee phase. Require<b>s </b>a Leadership
roll to
activate. If the Leader has joined a Unit, that Unit may reroll failed Saves. Lasts until the start of the activating player's
next turn.<br />
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<i>Rally: </i><i> </i>Activate in any melee phase. Require<b>s </b>a Leadership
roll to
activate. If the Leader has joined a Unit, that Unit automatically passes all Break Tests until the end of the Turn.<br />
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<b>Defensive Abilities</b><br />
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<i>Testudo: </i>Activate in any shooting phase. Require<b>s </b>a
Leadership
roll to
activate. Select one friendly unit within 12" of the Leader. That Unit may reroll failed Saves. Lasts until the end of phase.<br />
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<i>Change Facing: </i><b> </b>Activate in any phase. Require<b>s </b>a
Leadership
roll to
activate. Select one friendly unit within 12" of the Leader. That Unit may rotate its facing in any direction. If it is in contact with an enemy Unit, the enemy Unit remains stationary and strikes the new facing. <br />
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<i>Flank Protection: </i>Activate in any phase. Require<b>s </b>a
Leadership
roll to
activate. Select one friendly unit within 12" of the Leader. That Unit may count one of its flank or rear facings as "front" for determining Advantage and number of Attacks . If it is in contact with an enemy
Unit, the enemy Unit remains stationary and strikes the new facing. Lasts until the start of the activating player's
next turn.<br />
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<i>Immovable Mountain: </i>Activate in any phase. Require<b>s </b>a
Leadership
roll to
activate. Select one friendly unit within 12" of the Leader. That Unit counts all its flank and rear facings as "front" for determining Advantage
and number of Attacks . It may not move in its subsequent Movement phase. If it is in contact with an enemy
Unit, the enemy Unit remains stationary and strikes the new facing. Lasts until the start of the activating player's
next turn.<br />
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<i>Narrow Frontage: </i>Activate in any Melee phase. Require<b>s </b>a
Leadership
roll to
activate. Select one friendly unit within 12" of the Leader that is engaged with multiple enemies to its front. One of those enemy Units (opposing player's choice) does not contribute any Attacks in Melee. Lasts until the start of the activating player's
next turn.<br />
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<b>Offensive Abilities</b><br />
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<i>Push: </i>Activate in any Melee phase. Require<b>s </b>a
Leadership
roll to
activate. Select one unit within 12" of the Leader that is engaged with a single enemy Unit to its front. If successful, push both Units directly backwards by one standard Move. Use the lowest Move value of the two Units involved.<br />
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<i>Berserkergang: </i>Activate in any Melee phase. Require<b>s </b>a
Leadership
roll to
activate. Select one friendly unit within 12" of the Leader. The selected Unit may reroll failed to-Hit rolls in Combat, but must also reroll successful Saves.Lasts until the start of the activating player's
next turn. <br />
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<i>Rain of Arrows: </i>Activate in the controlling player's Shooting phase. Require<b>s </b>a
Leadership
roll to
activate. Select one friendly unit within 12" of the Leader. The selected unit may reroll failed to-Hit rolls. Lasts until the end of Phase. <br />
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<b>Support Abilities </b><br />
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<i>Bolster the Line: </i>Activate whenever a friendly Unit is destroyed within 12" of the Leader. Requires a roll to Activate Select any other unengaged Unit within 6" of the destroyed Unit and on its flanks. Replace the destroyed Unit with the selected Unit.<br />
<i> </i><br /><i>Shorten the Line: </i>Activate whenever a friendly Unit is destroyed within 12" of the Leader. Requires a roll to Activate
Select any other unengaged Unit within 6" of the destroyed Unit and in its rear arc. Replace the destroyed Unit with the selected Unit.<br /><i> </i><br />
<i>Rest and Refit: </i> Activate whenever a friendly Unit suffers hits within 12" of the
Leader. Requires a roll to Activate
Select any other unengaged Unit within 6" of the destroyed Unit and in
its rear arc. Swap the two Units.<br />
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<i>Strengthen: </i>Activate in any Melee phase. Requires a roll to Activate. Select a friendly unengaged Unit within 12" of the
Leader, and in the rear arc and within 6" of a unit engaged in Melee, it may contribute half its dice to the other Unit's combat. Lasts until the start of the activating player's
next turn. <br />
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<br />Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-88147513201408776982015-07-27T12:25:00.000-04:002015-07-27T12:46:33.758-04:00Thoughts on the Age of Sigmar Background<a href="http://www.waylandgames.co.uk/33315-thickbox_default/warhammer-age-of-sigmar-book-english.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" class="irc_mi" src="http://www.waylandgames.co.uk/33315-thickbox_default/warhammer-age-of-sigmar-book-english.jpg" height="320" style="margin-top: 0px;" width="320" /></a>Having read the new <i>Warhammer: Age of Sigmar </i>book, here are some thoughts on the background for the new world, how it differs from the old Warhammer world, what it means for the game design, and what I think it means for the game's future.<br />
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First of all, I'm pleased to say it still feels very Warhammery. There are plenty of hold-over characters and references. Several of the old characters become gods: Sigmar, Teclis, Tyrion, Nagash...<br />
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Chaos remains Chaos: Nurgle, Tzeench, and Khorne are all basically the same. The models and art are evocative of the long-developed Chaos look and feel. Slaanesh is present too, but the fluff says s/he is now a prisoner. Fan paranoia thinks GW may be writing Slaanesh out of the background to be more child friendly. I am not yet sure. I think there may be a battle for Slaanesh in some future campaign. (Besides, what sort of S&M god would Slaanesh be, if he didn't like to be tied up from time to time.) The Horned Rat gets promoted to be a minor Chaos God.<br />
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Orks look pretty much the same, but don't get many photos. <br />
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Ogres look pretty much the same, and feature in lots of photos. I predict minimal changes to the Ogre model range.<br />
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The undead have lots of Nagash stuff from the endtimes, and seem to be using the Vampire Counts skeletons. I predict a loss of Transylvanian and Egyptian elements, in favor of some new look. <br />
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Interestingly, the Lizardmen are all over the place in the photos, with lots of giant dinosaurs. They are renamed, but I think that far from being written out of the new universe, the Lizardmen will remain with minimal changes to the model range. There are just too many cool dinosaur models.<br />
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The Skaven play a major role in the background. If anything, the Skaven have gotten even more emphasis than in WFB.<br />
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The wood elf tree spirits have an army in the main book, minus all the elf elements.<br />
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Dwarves are mentioned as existing, but get one picture -- of a Slayer.<br />
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The Elves are just gone. Wood Elves, High Elves, Dark Elves. Gone. There are elf gods, but they are all sad that their people have vanished, except for a few survivors that hang out with Sigmar.<br />
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The Empire is gone, gone, gone. Bretonnia is gone, gone, gone. No more Renaissance Germany. No more King Arthur. Boo hoo.<br />
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The world is more open. There are now nine realms, seven of which are contested battlefield. Each corresponds roughly to an old Wind of Magic (except for the Chaos Realm itself). Each of these mortal realms is made up of (apparently) many sub-dimensions, pocket worlds, and so forth. So there is no D&D campaign map of the world any more, only of particular battlefields, and you are free to invent your own. I think this is a major change, and it gives GW space to grow and develop this new world.<br />
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The Stormcast Eternals are magic Space Marines (more or
less) who descend from the Heavens on drop pods... I mean lightning
bolts and smash things. Actually, I think they are quite interesting.
With the Stormcast Eternals, GW is reversing the usual background.
Instead of Chaos corrupting and destroying a decaying world, we have
(essentially) a fantasy version of the Emperor's Great Crusade. Order
is on the offensive, liberating worlds and bringing hope.<br />
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Overall, I think the emphasis will be on smaller numbers of bigger, more interesting models. The existing factions are simplified into 4 big factions: Order, Chaos, Destruction, and Death. So all the good guys into Order, Chaos remains Chaos plus it's got the Skaven, Orcs and Ogres hang out together, and then there are some undead.<br />
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My guess is that we will soon see a repackaging and rerelease of many of the old models. I strongly suspect that GW will keep the newer kits, the ones that are more atmospheric, and larger or more dynamic. I think older models, models based on real history, and so forth will be phased out. The biggest losers, I think will be the good guys (and the dark elves). The two human factions, Empire and Bretonnia, look to me to be gone for good. There doesn't seem to be any good place for their historical armies. Most of the elf and dwarf stuff seems too low-fantasy, and just generic. Maybe some of the bigger or newer kits like Lion Chariots, Dragons, or War Altars will survive.<br />
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Heck, maybe none of them will, ultimately. I'm merely guessing when I suggest some older models will be repackaged with new (IP protected) names and round bases. And all of this is dependent on Age of Sigmar surviving long enough for GW to put into action whatever long-term plans it has.<br />
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Given the horrible new rules, I'm not sure that's a safe bet.<br />
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But overall, I do like the new world.<br />
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<br />Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-21017104441354449802015-07-27T11:42:00.003-04:002015-07-27T11:43:22.400-04:00Pointlessness<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Why my posts have become less frequent lately.</td></tr>
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So <i>Warhammer: Age of Sigmar</i> is out, and it has no point values, and the old time WFB players are <br />
pretty upset.<br />
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Lots of wargames, particularly historical games, have no points, relying on either a game master or a player to set up the armies and the victory conditions for each scenario. Such games can be quite satisfying, and are often a convention staple.<br />
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Moreover, point systems are quite often flawed. Listen to wargamers complain, and it's almost never about <i>rules</i> or <i>rules systems</i>, it is about army lists and unit points. Are they too high? Are they too low? Are the overpowered? Does this unit "suck"? More often than not, it's the point value of the unit that we complain about, not underlying the rules representation. <br />
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When I design games, the point values give me more anxiety and heartache than any other factor in the game. They are the hardest to tell if I've gotten them right, whether the balance is there or not.<br />
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Why not just take Sigmar's hammer to points, and obliterate them altogether? What purpose do points serve? What is the point of points?<br />
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It seems to me that points serve several purposes in wargames, which are quite useful:<br />
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1) Points are a <i>social </i>convenience. Any two players who are familiar with a game can throw down a scenario, choosing roughly evenly matched forces. But it takes time, and coordination. The players need to meet, agree, negotiate, and design. It's <i>work</i>. Points make it possible to have pick-up games. Make a list at point value X, show up at the store, and play your opponent's X point list. You don't need to know your opponent, or his army, or ever have met him before. Moreover, a list gives a certainty that you can find an opponent. I can safely buy and paint model X, and I will always find an opponent, as long as my list is "legal."<br />
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2) List design is creative. People like making lists. Johny likes lists because he can play with themes and units. Spike likes lists because he can hunt for a competitive advantage. It's fun to tinker and customize. Codices and army books suggest army designs. "I'd like to do a 1939 tank army." "I'd like to make a drop pod army." "Hey, did you see you can make a list of nothing but <i>cavalry</i>? With a train, too?"<br />
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These positive factors often outweigh the negatives of a pointed game, and all the crazy balance problems they bring.<br />
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I don't know if Age of Sigmar is going to fly or flop. (My money is on flop.) But without points, it's departing radically from the features <br />
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<br />Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-42119344786332425352015-06-30T13:25:00.001-04:002015-06-30T13:51:52.986-04:0040k Formations and Flames of War Briefings<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The venerable 3rd edition Force Org chart.</td></tr>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBfRCSYIEFPIOd_4ee3rxqK_B7ukUzBlhdwFha7A3iHXwLrUV5rLXapEGvAGYeFsLsuwvk_cOekqV7e4gw9JV8qPf4J25yZ_I6c8cBl82YF56qJ7GBpvdRdrQ_kIVmoKiNGsvxtUnQMpU/s1600/fo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>Seventh Edition Warhammer 40k has been moving away from its standard Force Organization chart. You may remember this venerable method of organizing armies, introduced way back at the start of 3rd edition, it consists of 1-2 HQ, 2-6 Troops, 0-3 Elites, 0-3 Fast Attack and 0-3 Heavy Support. In essence, it usually represents a smallish infantry company, with a core of foot troops backed by some heavier vehicles or transports -- although over the years it has also been shaped to allow players other, more unusual types of "armies."<br />
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As a system of selection, it is both quite permissive -- allowing a players to pick freely from these slots -- but also restrictive in the overall types of forces permitted. So you could make a ludicrous force of ten scouts and six Dreadnaughts, you could. But Imperial Guard players who wanted to make a Tank Company or Space Marine players who wanted to make a Reserve Company Devastator force, found these impossible -- unless GW deigned to make a fudge to cover their specific force.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A typical FoW briefing.</td></tr>
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Compare this to Flames of War's approach to army "briefings." FoW separates a force's nationality from its Company type. So you could have a British Infantry force, a Mechanized force, or a Tank force, each with different Core and Support options and ratings. A unit that might be Core of a tank company (like a tank platoon) might be the support of an Infantry company, and vice versa. There could be further diversity by representing different types of tank or infantry companies, from different periods of the war, theaters, or parent organizations.<br />
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Flames of War's approach has led to hundreds of lists, many simulating specific historical units which existed for only very short periods of time. This approach is more open than 40k's -- allowing for a huge variety of company types -- but perhaps too dependent on the constant release of new briefings.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A 40k Formation.</td></tr>
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40k, however, has begun to try something new: Formations and Detachments. Starting in 6th edition, it released an "Allied Detachment," which was a cut-down Force-Org chart allowing you to field allies. They also began releasing Formation - which allowed you to take groups of models outside of the normal Force Org chart, provided you took them in the specified numbers and with the specified upgrades. In return, you got a small rules bonus for the models in the Formation.<br />
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7th edition has exploded its use of Formations and Detachments enormously. The old Force Org chart has been renamed the Combined Arms Detachment, which can be combined freely with other Formations, Detachments, and even individual loose units (in what is is known as a "Unbound List.") Moreover, the last few Codices have been releasing Formations of Formations, in which different Formations are combined. Many of these Formations are drawn from 40k's extensive background. The Space Marines now have a Demi-Company, which can be doubled into Battle Company, a Scout group, a First Company strike force, and so forth.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A 40k Formation of Formations</td></tr>
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As a person who likes to fiddle with games design, I'm struck by how much these new Formations are coming to resemble Flames of War's myriad company briefings. Now a variety of force organizations from 40k's universe are beginning to see in-game representations.<br />
<br />Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-44038577834834161882015-06-12T11:32:00.003-04:002015-06-12T11:33:01.738-04:00Thinking About Amber DRPG<a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/02/Amber_DRPG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Amber DRPG.jpg" border="0" class="mw-mmv-final-image mw-mmv-dialog-is-open" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/02/Amber_DRPG.jpg" /></a>The <i>Amber Diceless RPG </i>has been one of my favorite games for years. Recently I've been trying out its successor game, <i>Lords of Gossamer and Shadow</i>, with my local RPG group. As part of designing the campaign, I've been thinking about what makes a good <i>Amber </i>game work. (When it works; sometimes it doesn't.)<br />
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1) Deep Character Investment: I've found that players often develop a deeper investment in their <i>Amber </i>characters than they do in characters from other games. The system encourages you to think deeply about the characters' background, their upbringing, and their goals and wants. But, more than that, the very simplicity of the system encourages deep characterization. <i>Amber </i>characters have only four stats, and maybe one or two of a handful of powers, but players are encouraged to visualize everything about them, from what they are wearing, to the worlds they visit, and have almost no limitations in inventing these details.<br />
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2) Infinite Setting: The characters can go anywhere, and do just about anything they wish. It is extremely common for Amber groups to separate, pursuing different goals, in entirely different worlds.<br />
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3) The Ties that Bind: Despite the open setting, Amber characters are always drawn back to each other and to the important NPCs. Most player groups quickly obtain a full set of Trumps, permitting them to call each other and teleport to each others' locations. So a widely scattered group can almost always reform for a plot point. Amberites are also all <i>family</i>. The important NPCs have similar powers, are usually blood relations. Player characters cannot help but be pulled into the plotting and adventures of other Amberites.<br />
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I'm not sure how this will play with my current group, but I hope they will have a good session.Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-89966696464469336422015-05-27T10:44:00.001-04:002015-05-27T10:44:31.412-04:00Layers, DonkeyYesterday, I played a small <i>40k </i>game against a beginner, at 1000 points, and only one vehicle. It reminded me of the early days of 3rd edition when I started playing, when people used fewer transports.<br />
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It made me realize that old <i>40k </i>is still there in modern 40k, layered deep in the rules. As 40k has grown, it has developed some quirky rules redundancies.<br />
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Consider, for example, how 40k handles multi-wound characters. Characters have multiple wounds to save them from small arms and to seem more heroic. But there's always been a need to make them vulnerable to really powerful weapons. <br />
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Back in 2nd edition, big guns like lascannons did d3 or d6 wounds to multiwound characters. Then, in the 3rd edition reboot, the designers simplified things by removing this extra dice roll and replacing it with Instant Death, a rule that stated when S doubled T, it removed the model no matter how many wounds it had. Simple, easy.<br />
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It wasn't too long, though, before they introduced a Salamanter mantle -- wargear that prevented instant death. Items granting immunity proliferated, and eventually became standardized with the special rule Eternal Warrior. By 5th or 6th edition, most competitive character builds were immune Instant Death, one way or the other.<br />
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There was already a solution, of sorts, though. Apocalypse had introduced D-weapons, which in their original rules just killed everything, with no save, no invulnerable save, and no nothing. It was a great rule when playing 5000 or 10,000 points a side.<br />
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7th edition ported D-weapons into the main game, but made them less deadly. They now only kill things super-dead on a 6. On a 2-5, they do D3 wounds. <br />
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So now, 40k has <i>two </i>mechanics for multiple wound models. There's the old Instant Death, which is trumped by Eternal Warrior, and then on top of that there's the D mechanic, which trumps Instant Death.Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-73248301365708465482015-05-11T22:32:00.003-04:002015-05-11T22:32:51.191-04:00Waystone<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Waystone</span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A setting for <i>Amber Diceless</i> RPG/<i>Lords of Gossamer and Shadow</i></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i> </i></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The Setting</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A vast
wilderness known as the Marches stretches across existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In its depths, reality goes thin, travelers
who leave its paths vanish, and malformed things walk. Scattered within the
Marches, there exist enclaves of stability and order. The peoples of these
realms, the diverse descendants of a long-vanished empire, live in scattered
freeholds and petty-kingdoms, defending their precarious lands with rapier and
pike, musket and arquebus. Among them are those born to greater power, in whom
the Essence flows strongly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These gentry
travel the Marches where others cannot tread, masters of spell, of blade, and
of reality itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Game Mechanics</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This is
a diceless game, inspired by Eric Wujick’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Amber
Diceless Roleplaying</i>, and its descendant <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lords of Gossamer and Shadow</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Character Creation</span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Points</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Everybody
starts with 100 points to build their character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any leftover points become Good Luck for your
character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you go over 100 points,
your character gains Bad Luck.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Races</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In
ancient days, the fourteen Archons bred mortals into a variety of castes for
their empire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most inhabitants of the
realms are humans, the descendants of the hardy and populous worker caste.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Others may be “elves,” “dwarves,” “orcs,”
“trolls,” and others: the descendants of the administrators, builders, soldiers
and heavy laborer castes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also
races and beings touched by the wild forces of the Marches – the beastmen and
monsters – who are rarely welcome within the stable realms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">You can
be any type of race you wish, or invent your own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it has a special power, such as night
vision or regeneration, you may need to pay points for it.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Attributes</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">You
start with 0 points in each Attribute. An Attribute of 0 is human-average. You
spend points to improve. If you spend at least 10 points you are considered to
be supernaturally-potent in that Attribute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You may also sell down your Attribute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At -10 or below, you are considered completely enfeebled in that
Attribute.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Will: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Used for Mind-to-Mind combat, and
for powering magic. At higher levels, it allows you telepathic insight into
people you meet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Strength</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">: Covers hand-to-hand fighting
and feats of strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At higher levels,
you become supernaturally strong.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Endurance</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">: Allows you to resist adversity
and to recover from injury.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At higher
levels it allows you to regenerate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Knowledge</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">: Represents your education and
life knowledge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At higher levels, you
may intuit information directly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Charisma</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Represents your social skills, and is used for social combat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At higher levels, you become supernaturally
inspiring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Melee</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Your skill in using hand weapons in combat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At higher levels, you become supernaturally
agile and skilled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Ranged</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">: Your skill in using ranged
weapons in combat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At higher levels, you
become supernaturally agile and skilled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">For each
of your Attributes, you may pick one Specialty, which must be a fairly narrow
subset of the Attribute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(For example,
your Knowledge Speciality might be Biology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Your Melee Speciality might be 2-handed swords.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you are using your Speciality, you gain
a +5 bonus to your Attribute.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Powers</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">You may
use your points to purchase Powers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Powers come in different levels: Minor, Basic, Advanced, and maybe
beyond. Advanced levels are not available at start.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Magic: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Magic reflects your attunement to
one of eleven Domains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Or a Domain of
your own creation.) Each Domain is purchased separately.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Minor
Magic [5 points] allows you to create Minor effects with your domain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(A spark for fire, for example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or a glow for Light.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each Minor effect requires a spell slot. Y</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Basic
Magic [10 points] allows you to create larger effects with your domain, and to
weaponize them as melee or ranged attacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(A firebolt for fire, for example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Or a blinding burst for Light.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each
Basic effect requires a spell slot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
are now sufficiently skilled that you can cast Minor effects at will. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">You have
six prepared spell “slots.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You may cast
prepared spells at will. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spells may
combine different Domains. You may swap out and prepare new spells as a short
ritual. You may purchase more “slots” at 1 point each.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">You may
also use a long ritual (several hours or days) to prepare an effect at one
level above your own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
standard Domains are: Fire, Air, Earth, Water, Light, Dark, Cold, Beasts,
Healing, Mind, Death.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Sigil-Crafting: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Sigils are specialized personal
Waystones which you can use to communicate and (at higher levels) travel
instantaneously. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Minor
Sigil-Crafting [10 points]: You may craft a Minor Sigil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Minor Sigil allows communication with any
other linked Sigil or Waystone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can
sense nearby Sigils.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Basic
Sigil-Crafting [25 points]: You may craft a Basic Sigil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Basic Sigil allows communication and travel
between with any other linked Sigils or Waystones.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Shapeshifting: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Shapeshifting allows you to
change shape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Minor
Shapeshifting [10 points] allows you to change into one alternate form via a
short ritual.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Basic
Shapeshifting [25 points] allows you to change into your preferred alternate
form at will, and prepare up to six other forms into which you can change after
a short ritual. A long ritual will allow you to swap out and prepare new forms.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Wayfinding:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> Wayfinding offers control over
the Ways and Waystones that enable travel into and out of Realms and through
the Marches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Minor
Wayfinding [10 points] allows you to sense the presence of nearby Waystones,
and to use existing Waystones to open gates into and out of Realms </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Basic
Wayfinding [25 points] allows you to enhance or degrade the effects of a
Waystone, to open gates into and out of Realms without a Waystone, to create
temporary Paths, and to survive for longer in low-Essence portions of the
Marches.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Connections</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">You may
purchase a Connection to one of several organizations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the Associate level [5 points], you have
contacts in the organization, but are not a member.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the Member level [10 points], you are
considered a member of that organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here are some organizations:</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
Church worships the seven loyal Archons who ruled the old Empire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fear the influence of Wild creatures and
the Shadow Vessels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
Freefolk venerate the five “traitor” Archons who destroyed the old Empire in
the name of mortal freedom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have
good relations with many Wild creatures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
Magi are a mutual-supporting group of those who wield magic. There is a college
for each Domain, and for the arts of Sigil-Crafting and Wayfinding.</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
Second Empire is a feudal network of many realms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It attempts to revive the old Empire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
Warders watch over the Marches and Realms, and try to troubleshoot incursions
from the Wild and the Shadow.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Toybox</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">You may
purchase retainers, animal companions, magical items, and even entire
Realms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Minor items are 5 points, Basic
items are 10, Advanced items are 15.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Work with the GM in designing your toybox.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">You may
have whatever mundane items you wish, provided they fit on your person or in a
small dwelling, subject to GM approval.</span></div>
Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-50217788086555319692015-04-06T14:05:00.000-04:002015-04-06T14:05:14.270-04:00A Conundrum<br />Bigger scale models are more fun to paint. Smaller-scale models allow more movement, and are more fun to play.<br />
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28mm models are the standard for most wargames now; big enough to be interesting to paint, not so huge as to be completely ridiculous. (Like 54mm). <br />
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But, honestly, I think 28mm is borderline too large for a satisfying game of maneuver. I prefer the game play with 15mm or 10/6mm.<br />
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<br />Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-32478324575936701902015-04-06T14:02:00.002-04:002015-04-06T14:05:24.062-04:00Ancients: Further Flanking refinementsI've been reviewing this situation again in my head:<br />
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On reflection, I think it will be too powerful if A and C get their full attacks in this set up. So I'm thinking that in such a combat, only the unit with the most frontage in contact with E should get its full attacks. The other two (A and C) should be able to contribute only half their dice.<br />
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In this scenario, attacks can be split. <br />
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Units would need to put at least half of their attacks towards the unit in front of them, with the largest contact. (A against D, B against E, C against F). They could then put half their attacks to any other unit, if they wished. (So A could attack D and E, B could attack D, E and F, and C could attack E or F). Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-34570435327762584222015-03-24T14:17:00.002-04:002015-03-24T14:17:28.727-04:00Ancients: More Thoughts on FlankingI have been thinking more about how to represent threats to the flanks, or overwhelming, of Units in shorter battlegrounds. The basic situation I wish to address is the following:<br />
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Obviously in this situation, E is overwhelmed by numbers, if nothing
else, and should suffer some sort of penalty fighting A + B + C.<br />
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The question is how to achieve this through the game-mechanics. WFB, for example, has an elaborate system of turn radii and angles that would allow A and C to either multicharge on E, or to flank charge either side (for a whopping penalty). Hail Caesar would say A and C are supporting B, and give B a combat bonus of some sort.<br />
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I hate worrying about clipping and charge angles, though. The WFB solution is out.<br />
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I have considered a system similar to <i>Hail Caesar</i>, where either A would get a bonus or E would receive a penalty, either to combat or to morale. <br />
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This is trickier than it looks, because we must consider the relative capacities of all Units involved. Let us imagine E is a huge, elite regular unit, and A B and C are puny. <i>Hail Cesar! </i>scales the bonus A gets based on the close-range capacity of A and C. I would have to add another element (support dice) to my system to do the same. A workable possibility.<br />
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I'm thinking I want to be different however ...<br />
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<i>A potential solution?</i><br />
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Under my system all charges from before a 180 degree line of a Unit's front would charge to the front. A would charge B's front and, if it reached B, adjust to the center. Being front to front and base to base would be considered an abstraction, representing a melee that might actually be more fluid.<br />
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Now, if multiple units were involved, the charge would try to bring them all in, centering the whole charging line on the target unit.<br />
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Corner units A and C would be able to attack with their full dice, regardless of whether the relative unit sizes were as above or more like this ...<br />
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This would heavily penalize E, even in the absence of special rules about threatened flanks. (Maybe even too much so.) E would be highly encouraged to bring some buddies:<br />
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For a more even fight.<br />
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It might also be advisable to allow new units to enter and adjust the spacing of combat..<br />
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Any thoughts out there? Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-74649862249148820792015-02-18T13:42:00.002-05:002015-02-18T13:43:37.130-05:00Ancients: Shooting<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Persian archers. <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Archers_frieze_Darius_palace_Louvre_AOD487.jpg">Wikimedia</a>.</td></tr>
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"This then is how the Lacedaemonians and Thespians conducted themselves,
but the Spartan Dieneces is said to have exhibited the greatest courage
of all. They say that he made the following speech before they joined
battle with the Medes: he had learned from a Trachinian that there were
so many of the barbarians that when they shot their missiles, the sun
was hidden by the multitude of their arrows.
He was not at all disturbed by this and made light of the
multitude of the Medes, saying that their Trachinian foreigner brought
them good news. If the Medes hid the sun, they could fight them in the
shade instead of in the sun. This saying and others like it, they claim,
Dieneces the Lacedaemonian left behind as a memorial."<br />
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--- Herodotus 7.226<br />
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Shooting will follow rules very similar to melee combat, but with certain modifications. Shooting is less likely to be effective in completely breaking a unit, and the odds of hitting a target will depend variously upon the skill of the shooter and the formation of the defender. <br />
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<i>Ranged Weapons</i><br />
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A unit's ranged attacks will be rated by the unit's Size, the weapon's lethality, and its range.<br />
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The number of dice rolled reflects not only the rate of fire of the weapon, but also the training and doctrine of the unit.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bows</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Superior Bows</span></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 102.75pt;" valign="top" width="137"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Huge </span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 102.75pt;" valign="top" width="137"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 102.75pt;" valign="top" width="137"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 102.75pt;" valign="top" width="137"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">14</span></div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 102.75pt;" valign="top" width="137"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Large</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 102.75pt;" valign="top" width="137"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 102.75pt;" valign="top" width="137"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 102.75pt;" valign="top" width="137"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 102.75pt;" valign="top" width="137"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Medium</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 102.75pt;" valign="top" width="137"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 102.75pt;" valign="top" width="137"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8</span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 102.75pt;" valign="top" width="137"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10</span></div>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 102.75pt;" valign="top" width="137"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Small</span></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 102.75pt;" valign="top" width="137"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6 </span></div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 102.75pt;" valign="top" width="137"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8 </span></div>
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<br />
Range:<br />
<ul>
<li>Slings/Javelins 12"</li>
<li>Bows 24"</li>
<li>Superior Bows 24"</li>
</ul>
<i>To-Hit </i><br />
<br />
When shooting at most targets, the difficulty is based on the skill of the firing unit.<br />
<br />
Skill 1 5+<br />
Skill 2 4+<br />
Skill => 3 3+<br />
<br />
When shooting at Skimishers, however, the to-Hit threshold is based on the relative skills of both units.<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>Attacker's Skill < Defender's Skill: 5+</li>
<li>Attacker's Skill = Defender's Skill: 4+</li>
<li>Attacker's Skill > Defender's Skill: 3+</li>
</ul>
<br />
This is because we are assuming that Formed or Warband Units defend themselves with their armor, but will not break their formation in order to disperse or use the sweep of the land to defend themselves. Skirmish units, however, will use their full skill and cunning to sneak around.<br />
<br />
The to-Hit roll is further modified by the following, potentially cumulative, factors:<br />
<ul>
<li>Target is over 12" away: +1 to difficulty.</li>
<li>Target is in area terrain or behind linear terrain: +1 to difficulty. </li>
</ul>
<br />
<i>Saves and Break Tests</i><br />
<br />
<br />
Units Save in shooting following the same rules as melee combat.<br />
<br />
Units add up the Hits they have taken at the end of the shooting phase. If this equals or exceeds their Hit Threshold, they must make a Break Test, with the same modifiers, etc, as in the melee phase.<br />
<br />
When they make their test, however, they are less likely to break from shooting, and are more likely to fall back. A unit that exactly equals the number needed for its break test, or fails it by 1, Gives Ground rather than Breaks.<br />
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<br />Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-4531229643270758692015-02-02T12:30:00.003-05:002015-02-02T12:30:49.953-05:00Ancients: A Basic Combat Mechanic<br />
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Some say an army of horsemen, or infantry,<br />
A fleet of ships is the fairest thing<br />
On the face of the black earth, but I say<br />
It's what one loves.<br />
This is very easily understandable to do<br />
For each of us. She who far surpassed<br />
The beauty of all, Helen, just went and left<br />
Her noble husband<br />
Sailing she went far away to Troy,<br />
And thought nothing of child or parents dear,<br />
Nothing at all, but ...................led her off,<br />
............ing.<br />
.........................bent.......<br />
............................and lightly.........<br />
...reminds me of Anactoria who is not here<br />
Whose lovely way of walking, and the dark flash<br />
Of her face I would rather see ---- than<br />
War-chariots of Lydians and spear-men struggling<br />
On a dusty battlefield.<br />
<br />
Translated by <a href="http://www.middlebury.edu/%7Eharris/">William Harris</a><br />
<br />
<b>Basic Combat Mechanic</b>s<br />
<br />
Here is a sketch of the combat mechanics for my proposed Ancients game. My goal is for a simple system, that focuses more on the training and organization of the combatants than the nuances of their equipment.<br />
<br />
<i>Number of Dice</i><br />
<br />
The number of dice a unit rolls in combat is determined by its size. The number of dice are not affected by casualties the unit has suffered, nor is it affected by where on the facing the combat occurs or how many models are in base to base. (These factors will be accounted for elsewhere.) If a unit is fighting more than one opponent, it may split its dice however it wants.<br />
<i> </i><br />
<ol>
<li>Huge 12</li>
<li>Large 10</li>
<li>Medium 8</li>
<li>Small 6</li>
</ol>
<br />
Some units may be designated Shock or Defensive. A Shock Unit generates extra dice on the first turn of a new Combat, if it Charged or Counter-Charged.. A Defensive Unit generates extra dice on the first turn of a new Combat, if it has not Charged. Total dice in these situations:<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>Huge 14</li>
<li>Large 12</li>
<li>Medium 10</li>
<li>Small 8</li>
</ul>
<br />
<i>To-Hit</i><br />
<br />
Each opposing Unit rolls its dice simultaneously. If the Units are evenly matched, the number needed to-Hit is a 4+ . In most combats, however, one Unit will have an Advantage over the other. In each of the following categories, a Unit may gain Advantage. Count how many steps better than the other Unit it is. <br />
<br />
Skill<br />
Higher Skill > Lower Skill (The difference in skill levels is the total Advantage)<br />
<br />
Weight Class<br />
Heavy > Medium > Light<br />
<br />
Unit Type<br />
Cavalry > Infantry <br />
<br />Formation<br />
Formed > Warband > Skirmish<br />
<br />
Position<br />
Engaging Enemy in Rear > Engaging Enemy in Flank > Engaging Enemy in Front <br />
<br />
If the Units each generate Advantage, from different categories, then Advantages cancel each other out.<br />
<br />
Advantage modifies the to-Hit rolls. <br />
<br />
If neither Unit has Advantage, they both hit on a 4+.<br />
<br />
If a Unit has one net point of Advantage, the Unit with Advantage hits on a 3+. The Disadvantaged Unit his on a 4+.<br />
<br />
If a Unit has two or more net points of Advantage, the Unit with Advantage hits on a 3+ AND the Disadvantaged Unit his on a 5+ <br />
<br />
<i>Saves</i><br />
<br />
Units then make saves based on their Weight class.<br />
<i> </i><br />
<ul>
<li>Heavy 4+</li>
<li>Medium 5+</li>
<li>Light 6+</li>
</ul>
<br />
<i>Resolution</i><br />
<br />
Each Unit has a number of Hit Threshold based on its Size:<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>Huge 5</li>
<li>Large 4 </li>
<li>Medium 3</li>
<li>Small 2</li>
</ul>
<br />
If a Unit takes a number of Hits equal to this threshold, it must take a Break Test at the end of melee. A Break Test is a Leadership Test modified by the following:<br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>+1 If the Unit has not yet made any Break Tests this game.</li>
<li>+1 If the Unit was on the winning side of the combat, based on the number of total Hits each side took.</li>
<li>-1 For each additional full multiple of of its Hit Threshold taken.</li>
<li>-1 For each Damage Token on the Unit from Previous Combats. </li>
</ul>
If the Unit fails the Break Test, it is destroyed.<br />
If the Unit exactly equals the score needed, it Gives Ground. <br />
If the Unit exceeds the score needed to pass, it is unaffected.<br />
<br />
After the test is made, any surviving units receive a permanent Damage Token. If they were Hit for multiple Hit Thresholds, they receive multiple Damage Tokens equal to the number of full multiples of the Threshold. <br />
<br />
<i>Follow-Up Moves</i><br />
<br />
If a Unit Gives Ground, move it backwards half its Movement Rate. If its opponent(s) are not also Giving Ground, or locked in a continuing Combat, they may elect to move forward by half its Movement Rate. If this keeps it in contact with the Unit Giving Ground, they remain in combat.<br />
If both opponents Give Ground, they move away from each other.<br />
<br />
<i>For the Math Geeks</i><br />
<br />
In case you are wondering, here are the average number of Hits for different unit Sizes by dice thrown (chart), by dice score needed (vertical) and armor save (horizontal). For the most part a Unit's Hit Threshold is just a bit less than the number of Hits a Medium Weight Unit will typical receive from an opponent of equal Size and Skill.<br />
<br />
<br />
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td align="right" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt; width: 233pt;" width="311">14</td>
<td style="width: 48pt;" width="64">-</td>
<td style="width: 48pt;" width="64">6+</td>
<td style="width: 48pt;" width="64">5+</td>
<td style="width: 48pt;" width="64">4+</td>
<td style="width: 48pt;" width="64">3+</td>
<td style="width: 48pt;" width="64">2+</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">6+</td>
<td align="right">2.333333</td>
<td align="right">1.944444</td>
<td align="right">1.555556</td>
<td align="right">1.166667</td>
<td align="right">0.777778</td>
<td align="right">0.388889</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">5+</td>
<td align="right">4.666667</td>
<td align="right">3.888889</td>
<td align="right">3.111111</td>
<td align="right">2.333333</td>
<td align="right">1.555556</td>
<td align="right">0.777778</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">4+</td>
<td align="right">7</td>
<td align="right">5.833333</td>
<td align="right">4.666667</td>
<td align="right">3.5</td>
<td align="right">2.333333</td>
<td align="right">1.166667</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">3+</td>
<td align="right">9.333333</td>
<td align="right">7.777778</td>
<td align="right">6.222222</td>
<td align="right">4.666667</td>
<td align="right">3.111111</td>
<td align="right">1.555556</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">2+</td>
<td align="right">11.66667</td>
<td align="right">9.722222</td>
<td align="right">7.777778</td>
<td align="right">5.833333</td>
<td align="right">3.888889</td>
<td align="right">1.944444</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><br /></td>
<td><br /></td>
<td><br /></td>
<td><br /></td>
<td><br /></td>
<td><br /></td>
<td><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td align="right" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">12</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>6+</td>
<td>5+</td>
<td>4+</td>
<td>3+</td>
<td>2+</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">6+</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right">1.666667</td>
<td align="right">1.333333</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right">0.666667</td>
<td align="right">0.333333</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">5+</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right">3.333333</td>
<td align="right">2.666667</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right">1.333333</td>
<td align="right">0.666667</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">4+</td>
<td align="right">6</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">3+</td>
<td align="right">8</td>
<td align="right">6.666667</td>
<td align="right">5.333333</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right">2.666667</td>
<td align="right">1.333333</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">2+</td>
<td align="right">10</td>
<td align="right">8.333333</td>
<td align="right">6.666667</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td align="right">3.333333</td>
<td align="right">1.666667</td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><br /></td>
<td><br /></td>
<td><br /></td>
<td><br /></td>
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<td><br /></td>
<td><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td align="right" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">10</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>6+</td>
<td>5+</td>
<td>4+</td>
<td>3+</td>
<td>2+</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">6+</td>
<td align="right">1.666667</td>
<td align="right">1.388889</td>
<td align="right">1.111111</td>
<td align="right">0.833333</td>
<td align="right">0.555556</td>
<td align="right">0.277778</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">5+</td>
<td align="right">3.333333</td>
<td align="right">2.777778</td>
<td align="right">2.222222</td>
<td align="right">1.666667</td>
<td align="right">1.111111</td>
<td align="right">0.555556</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">4+</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td align="right">4.166667</td>
<td align="right">3.333333</td>
<td align="right">2.5</td>
<td align="right">1.666667</td>
<td align="right">0.833333</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">3+</td>
<td align="right">6.666667</td>
<td align="right">5.555556</td>
<td align="right">4.444444</td>
<td align="right">3.333333</td>
<td align="right">2.222222</td>
<td align="right">1.111111</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">2+</td>
<td align="right">8.333333</td>
<td align="right">6.944444</td>
<td align="right">5.555556</td>
<td align="right">4.166667</td>
<td align="right">2.777778</td>
<td align="right">1.388889</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;"><br /></td>
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<td><br /></td>
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<td><br /></td>
<td><br /></td>
<td><br /></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td align="right" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">8</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>6+</td>
<td>5+</td>
<td>4+</td>
<td>3+</td>
<td>2+</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">6+</td>
<td align="right">1.333333</td>
<td align="right">1.111111</td>
<td align="right">0.888889</td>
<td align="right">0.666667</td>
<td align="right">0.444444</td>
<td align="right">0.222222</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">5+</td>
<td align="right">2.666667</td>
<td align="right">2.222222</td>
<td align="right">1.777778</td>
<td align="right">1.333333</td>
<td align="right">0.888889</td>
<td align="right">0.444444</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">4+</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right">3.333333</td>
<td align="right">2.666667</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right">1.333333</td>
<td align="right">0.666667</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">3+</td>
<td align="right">5.333333</td>
<td align="right">4.444444</td>
<td align="right">3.555556</td>
<td align="right">2.666667</td>
<td align="right">1.777778</td>
<td align="right">0.888889</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">2+</td>
<td align="right">6.666667</td>
<td align="right">5.555556</td>
<td align="right">4.444444</td>
<td align="right">3.333333</td>
<td align="right">2.222222</td>
<td align="right">1.111111</td>
</tr>
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<td><br /></td>
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<td><br /></td>
<td><br /></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td align="right" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">6</td>
<td>-</td>
<td>6+</td>
<td>5+</td>
<td>4+</td>
<td>3+</td>
<td>2+</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">6+</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right">0.833333</td>
<td align="right">0.666667</td>
<td align="right">0.5</td>
<td align="right">0.333333</td>
<td align="right">0.166667</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">5+</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right">1.666667</td>
<td align="right">1.333333</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right">0.666667</td>
<td align="right">0.333333</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">4+</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right">2.5</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right">1.5</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right">0.5</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">3+</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right">3.333333</td>
<td align="right">2.666667</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right">1.333333</td>
<td align="right">0.666667</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">2+</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td align="right">4.166667</td>
<td align="right">3.333333</td>
<td align="right">2.5</td>
<td align="right">1.666667</td>
<td align="right">0.833333</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-13548759820873173202015-01-14T11:55:00.002-05:002015-01-14T12:01:25.663-05:00Ancients: Unit Types<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Siege of Orleans. Wikipedia.</td></tr>
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In this post, I continue designing a simple Ancients wargame. My next major design decision is in how to mathematicaly describe and represent different units of varying type and quantity.<br />
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<i>General Principles</i> <br />
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The smallest game-mechanical representation will be the unit, not the model. Units together will have hit points, attacks, skill and leadership defined collectively. Individual models will not be counted or removed during play, only the frontage and dimensions of the unit will matter for purposes of play. <i> </i><br />
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<i>Hail Caesar! </i>handles units this way, and I'm shamelessly imitating them. After years and years of WFB, I'm totally and completely sick of removing models from unit trays.<br />
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Each Unit will be described by combining the following factors:<br />
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<i>Size</i><br />
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Units can be of varying Size. Let's call them Small, Medium, Large and Huge. Small Units will be approximately 6" wide on the front. If players are using 28mm models on a 1" base, this makes a frontage of 6 models. Medium Units will be approximately 8" wide (around 8 models). Large Units will be approximately 10" wide (around 10 models) Huge Units will be approximately 12" wide (around 12 models).<br />
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Depth is less important than frontage: Units should be at least 2 infantry or 1 cavalry models deep; 3 or 4 will look better on the table. <br />
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Size will dictate the number of Attacks and Hit Points a unit possess.<br />
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<i>Type </i><br />
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Units will be defined by their Type. The basic Types are Infantry and Cavalry, but there may be other Types, like Warmachine or Elephant (or Airplane or Flying Carpet or whatever.)<br />
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Type will dictate Movement rate, and may apply other special rules. It will also help dictate who has the Advantage in melee.<br />
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<i>Weight </i><br />
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Weight indicates the relative level of armor and equipment the Unit carries. Weight can be Light, Medium or Heavy. Weight will dictate the Save value of a Unit. It will also help dictate who has the Advantage in melee.<br />
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I am more interested in defining a Unit's equipment by weight than by the specifics of armament, such as whether spears are superior to swords, or halberds to billhooks. Weight is also relative to the period. Hoplites, for example, are clearly Heavy in the Classic Period, but by the Hundred Years War, they might be only Medium compared to a Foot Knight.<br />
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<i>Formation</i><br />
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Formation indicates the way the Unit fights and behaves on the battlefield, and the density and coordination of the unit.<br />
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Formed Units fight in close support of each other in discernible ranks and files. This is the default Formation.<br />
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Warband Units fight in a loose mass, without the discipline or coordination of Formed Troops.<br />
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Skirmish Units fight in a dispersed fashion.<br />
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Formation helps determine how a Unit can move. It will also help dictate who has the Advantage in melee.<br />
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<i>Skill</i><br />
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Units have a Skill Rating, determining their level of training and experience: Poor, Regular, Veteran and Elite. Relative Skill determines the base to-Hit chance in melee. Absolute Skill level determines the base to-Hit chance in shooting.<br />
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<i>Leadership</i><br />
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Leadership represents the ability of a unit to execute commands on the battlefield, and to maintain its cohesion in the face of disruption and casualties. Leadership is rated as die roll, ranging from 2+ to 5+.<i> </i> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ugh. Shoulda worn armor. Wikipedia.</td></tr>
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Next up, basic combat mechanics.Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-8090787958300197742015-01-01T17:21:00.002-05:002015-01-01T17:21:53.843-05:00Ancients: Turn Sequence (again)I've been thinking a bit more about the turn sequence for my Ancients game.<br />
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All wargame rules are a kind of illusion, suggesting as much as simulating the world the represent. For this Ancients game, I want to suggest the tidal forces of massed infantry crashing across the field of battle, of simultaneous motion and action of each side, punctuated by sudden, decisive moments when cavalry charges or lines break.<br />
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As I indicated in my last post, I think there should be a certain predictability in the turn sequence and flow of the game. Some games (like, say <i>Malifaux </i>or <i>Bolt Action</i>) randomize and alternate the turn order. The result seems to me to isolate the different units from mutual support, since you can never entirely predict in which order units will move or shoot, or whether one unit will have an opportunity to act before another. These systems reflect the unpredictability of skirmish combat and the fog of war. But they also creates a battlefield in which tiny changes in luck propagate into massive, unpredictable results. <br />
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Imagine a <i>Bolt Action </i>or <i>Malifaux </i>game in which you, as a player want to advance a line of three infantry units for mutual support. Whichever one moves first will be out on its own if the other player moves. It could be charged in the flank before its companion units advance to cover it. If the other player got to make several moves before you did, your advancing unit could be isolated and overwhelmed. This doesn't seem like something that would happen in an actual ancient's battle, in which units near each other could presumably match pace fairly easily, and not allow each other to become isolated.<br />
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On the other hand, I'm also dissatisfied with the "Warhammer/FoW" I-Go/U-Go sequence in which a player's entire army moves through move, shoot, and melee phases. The opposing player does not make many meaningful choices when it's not his turn, and mostly just rolls saves. I think it's a little too predictable, and removes the illusion of simultanity.<br />
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So, I'm thinking the best compromise may be something like this:<br />
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1) Movement Phase: Players A and B alternate moving groups of units. Units that would naturally move together may be moved simultaneously. So a line of infantry units and all its support units would move together, maintaining a coherent frontage. The unpredictability would largely effect units operating separately: a cavalry unit working around the flank, a skirmish unit moving in the woods, those heavy huscarls waiting to countercharge, etc. <br />
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Charges would be integrated into the Movement phase. If a unit can reach its enemy, it is deemed to have charged. There could be some out-of-sequence reactions, such as fleeing or counter-charging here. Any such reaction would "use up" the unit's Movement for the turn.<br />
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2) Shooting Phase: Players A and B alternate shooting with their units. There would be no massed fire from units near each other, preserving the illusion that both sides are raining arrows on each other at the same time. Units which charged in the Movement phase remain valid targets for fire, even if they are in base contact with an enemy. Certain units which fled may still shoot, if they are sneaky like that. <br />
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3) Melee Phase: Melees are resolved for units in base-to-base combat, with players A and B alternating in nominating a melee to resolve.<br />
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Different general abilities might modify the usual sequence: for example, an ability might allow a general to move two units before his opponent can react.<br />
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I toyed around with different sequences, for example with shooting before moving, but I think this traditional framework remains the most satisfying. <br />
<br />Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-32377337999176832752014-12-14T20:17:00.000-05:002014-12-14T20:17:00.193-05:00How Many Sides?Onward with designing an ancients game-system!<br />
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Let's start with some big decisions.<br />
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<b>What scale? </b><br />
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Ancients games suffer a conundrum -- unlike most modern games which you can play on a 1:1 scale if you want, there are usually more men on an ancient battlefield than any sane person would want to paint. If you go for a really small scale, you get a more realistic proportion. If you go for a large one, like 28mm, then you have a more colorful but rather thin-looking battle line. In either case, each stand or figure will probably represent more than one actual soldier.<br />
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I think I will design for 28mm, which is big, colorful and fun to paint. But, honestly, all that really matters for the game is the footprint of the unit on the table.<br />
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<b>Fancy Random Number Generators?</b><br />
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Next up, what kind of dice (or cards or scapulae or spinners or whatever) do I want to use? Personally, I think there's no reason to use anything other than standard 6-sided dice. Everybody has a metric crap ton of six-siders, which are cheap and easily available. I find that not much is gained by using a larger die type, like a d10. If I want more than 6 possible results, it's a lot easier to roll 6-siders twice, in various combinations, than to fiddle with the number of sides. <br />
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Plus, psychologically, there is something that's really nice about rolling a handful of dice.<br />
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6-siders, it is, then.<br />
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<b>I Go/U Go, or Something Fancier?</b><br />
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Most older games are I Go/U Go systems, in which players move and fight with their whole force before ceding the initiative to their opponent. Many newer games have an alternating system of activation, where one player chooses a unit to move or shoot, and then the other player may do so instead.<br />
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The advantage of I Go/U Go is its stately consistency. Players can predict movement across the field and plan reactions in advance, without worrying about actions taking place out of order, or a unit being stuck out of action by a quirk of the activation rules.<br />
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The advantage of alternating activations lies in the chaos and simultaneity it brings to the battle. In the fog of war, you can never really tell where units will be and who will get the jump on whom.<br />
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In balance, for an ancients game, I think I prefer the predictability of some variation of the classic I Go/U Go. In a modern combat game, it is much easier to imagine small units surprising each other and stealing movement on their opponent, than in some huge battle where ranks of men march across an open field. I think in an ancient battle, you probably <i>could</i> tell in advance where most units would be marching, and plan for it.<br />
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Ancient battle relied on the steadiness of battle-lines and of mutual support. In a alternating system, it's really hard to keep your little dudes lined up, and very easy for a unit to be caught out by itself.<br />
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So I intend to use some type of turn system in which players can keep their forces together and in which movement sequence is relatively predictable, although I may introduce some variation to a strict I Go/U Go. For example, I might allow both players to alternate all their movement, then all their shooting, then all their melee resolution.Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-61034108649659746572014-12-06T19:49:00.002-05:002014-12-06T19:54:37.328-05:00Farting with the Ancients<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wikipedia.</td></tr>
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Playing a few games of <i>Hail Caesar! </i>has gotten me thinking about the design of ancient/fantasy wargaming rules.<br />
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A typical ancients game (one that's based on big armies and not skirmishers like <i>Saga</i>) features two clashing battle lines. Each line is composed of blocks of infantry, and the main decision of the game usually occurs when one line or the other begins to lose combat, break and falter. Other units in the game largely exist to support the main line: skirmishers may run ahead of it, archers may soften a target, cavalry may try to punch a flank or whatever -- but mostly, it's the core infantry that matters.<br />
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Variations of course exist: a ranged army's line will be mostly archers, and it will try not to close for as long as possible. A skirmish army will float around trying to be obnoxious. A pure cavalry army might form its fighting block of powerful knights rather than infantry. But the core grammar remains the same.<br />
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From a game-design perspective, then, the question is how to bring interest to such a format. Some games focus primarily on the interplay of different types of units: swords vs spears, pikes vs horses, the merit of different levels of armor or resilience of training. Other games try to focus on command: <i>Hail Caesar! </i>makes the movement of its units unreliable, so you're never sure how far or fast they will move.<br />
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I am not enamored of either of these approaches. If the focus is on the equipment of different units, then the main question of the game will be which unit is paired against which when the battle lines clash. Given the rigid nature of ancient battle, these match ups will be set early (probably in deployment), and I find only minimal interest in watching them play out. Hail Caesar's! movement and order system makes the outcome less certain, but largely by ensuring that the main clash of lines will occur piecemeal. But was the art of generalship in the ancient world really about making sure your troops marched at a consistent speed?<br />
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For me, the interest in any game comes from giving the players meaningful, important choices. A good game system will identify the decision points in its simulation and lay its emphasis there. In ancient battle, what could a commander do to ensure victory or avoid defeat? Where would his choices most matter?<br />
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1) The general could ensure that each of his assets were best matched against his enemy's. The initial deployment of forces would often determine everything that followed. So, in my game, I want choices and options in the deployment phase, with each player able to psych out, surprise, or outmaneuver his opponent as the battle is configured.<br />
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2) The general could deploy reserves. Uncommitted units could reinforce faltering ones, press an advantage, or otherwise react to the flow of battle. So in game terms, I want a way for a player to move reserves where he needs them to be, and then to swap or support units in the battleline.<br />
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3) The general could spring some surprise or clever trick. Think about Hannibal at Cannae, deliberately weakening his center. Some generals or units should have "special powers" letting them perform unusual actions, such as feigned retreats, ambushes and so forth.<br />
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4) The general could rally and inspire. By remaining visible and issuing commands, he could prevent his troops from faltering or becoming disorganized. Conversely, he could run away or get himself spectacularly killed in such a way that his forces break. So generals should be able to bolster morale of nearby units.<br />
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Now, most games allow a general to do some or all of these things already, through the ordinary choices of deployment, movement or melee. What I want is to make them a formal part of the game, in which the players perform a kind of resource management with their commanders, deciding which of several options or orders they will employ at each stage of the game. This system of command-level choices will then float on top of the normal movement and combat mechanics, rather like <i>Saga</i>'s system of powers and Battle board floats on top of a standard skirmish game.<br />
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In other words, it will be a lot like my Doctrine system in <i>Sabre and Raygun</i>.<br />
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Next up, beginning the design... Tom de Mayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17853831346252974678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847402848913196144.post-17507486966202798122014-11-18T13:41:00.000-05:002014-11-18T13:42:37.604-05:00Line DancingSo, I played some more <i>Hail Caesar! </i>a few nights ago with some friends. We had fun crushing each other, and playing with Mycenaean figures, dressed in skirts, riding chariots, and armored in segmented bronze cone-skirts. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rolled lots of 6s.</td></tr>
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Yet, despite the carnage, as often when I play ancients games (or <i>Warhammer Fantasy</i> for that matter), it didn't like I had many meaningful choices as a player. It just felt like the two lines crashed into each other. Each unit fought whatever happened to be across from it, and the better unit (and luck) won.<br />
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So I got to thinking: how could an ancient's game offer more complex choices?<br />
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In a modern game, units rarely form rigid battle lines, and with their long range and freer movement, a commander can decide what to target and where to go with greater freedom. But an ancients' battle, with few ranged weapons, most of them short-ranged, and large blocks of troops can't follow this design.<br />
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<i>Hail Caesar! </i>focuses on generals and their orders, but it is largely a negative system. Every time you, as a player, want your troops to follow an order to move, you have to roll dice. On a failure, they sit there. On a super success they move farther. I found this system frustrating. Troops look like they should be able to perform a particular move, but then they screw you over. There's variability in the game, but it's an annoying variability.<br />
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But what about a game design that focuses on generals and order management, but does so as a form of resource management? And rather than controlling movement, the generals could activate various bonuses.<br />
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So, when you read about brilliant generals in the ancient world, what sorts of clever things did they do, and how can this be represented by game mechanics? Some ideas:<br />
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<i>Inspiration</i>: In ancient battles, cohesion and motivation were hugely important. The side that broke and ran, or lost its formation, tended to get run down and squashed. But a unit that could hold together might withstand a lot of punishment. Flags, banners, instruments, orders, and so forth were designed to help a unit hold together, maintain organization, and not panic. If you could see the general or other symbols of authority, you knew you were still in the fight. So why not let the generals give a unit a bonus to morale checks -- maybe a reroll, like Flames of War uses. Let the general focus attention on a nearby unit and bolster its durability.<br />
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<i>Deployment</i>: A lot of ancient strategy involved how armies were arrayed, based on estimates of enemy capabilities and behavior. Yeah, you can do some of this just through letting players make choices about where and when to place troops, but on a table top, everything is visible. There's no fog of war, and other uncertainties. Why not let generals mess with deployment? Maybe they could bid against each other in some way to determine when and how troops must be placed. Maybe a power would allow them to swap units in the line after deployment. Maybe a schrodinger's unit could hide in ambush. Etc.<br />
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<i>Line Manipulation: </i>In the battle of Cannae, Hannibal arranged for his center to bend under Roman pressure, and his flanks to envelop the Roman sides. I have no idea how I'd simulate this in <i>Hail Caesar </i>or <i>WFB</i>, but it seems like the sort of dirty trick you should be able to pull. So how about some abilities that let you try? Generals could activate special maneuvers, allowing units to feign retreat and move while locked in combat. Or units could be moved quickly to the sides, increasing spacing. Worn units could (with a successful action) be removed from the line and swapped with supporting forces or reinforcements. All of these could be activated from a controlling general.<br />
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