tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post257500354143798308..comments2024-03-28T01:22:13.683-03:00Comments on Battle Game of the Month: Behind the Brigadier Pt 1 - Grids, Games and Generals. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-9417940227571581342013-11-29T09:52:34.094-04:002013-11-29T09:52:34.094-04:00Your thoughts on command and activation remind me ...Your thoughts on command and activation remind me very much of Whitehouse's Old Trouser's or Ironsides rules. In that, commanders roll up a variable number of Leadership Points (LPs). These LPs can then be sent to either subordinate leaders or Maneuver Units (MUs) for activation. Activation includes either movement or rally but not for firing. Old Trousers also accounts for group movement or activation at reduced LP cost.<br /><br />In my related class of rules, I simplify this activation process in order to avoid the need to track these flows of LPs. Each "In Command" MU can accomplish either Move or Rally but not both unless a leader is attached. With an attached leader, one MU can activate twice but this attachment reduces that leader's ability to command others. <br /><br />Interesting to watch your thought process unfold.Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-23463783514230671332013-11-28T12:20:10.692-04:002013-11-28T12:20:10.692-04:00I'll confess that I want to be the one moving ...I'll confess that I want to be the one moving second as often as I want to be first. To be second is to be the cat ready to pounce with a double move when the time is right. <br /><br />One does get somewhat the same effect as a string of going first if one side rolls low pips several turns in a row and the other rolls up and it is also possible to use both. I didn't like it when I tried though since it was too disappointing to get first move and then only get 1 pip!Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-84633876958786172352013-11-28T12:14:38.734-04:002013-11-28T12:14:38.734-04:00Its being able to see from slightly different pers...Its being able to see from slightly different perspectives that gives us depth of vision is it not?Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-39328321331508655642013-11-28T12:09:41.643-04:002013-11-28T12:09:41.643-04:00They should work just find with 3" or 4"...They should work just find with 3" or 4" units of measure and a sensible/flexible approach. I'm actually hoping to try the gridless version myself this weekend or soon after. <br /><br />I also plan to have at least an updated draft on line by Friday as the latest changes helped a lot.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-59500198972718172102013-11-28T07:11:41.562-04:002013-11-28T07:11:41.562-04:00This sounds good, Ross, nicely and simply incorpor...This sounds good, Ross, nicely and simply incorporating difficulties (and breakdown) of command and control as events unfold. I must say (as a largely solo gamer) that I like the roll for initiative approach as it helps build in both uncertainty and a sort of morale. By the latter point I mean that if one side gets a run of initiatives then they can be seen to be benefiting from (temporarily) higher morale, aggression or similar. It might not even matter that reactive responses are not part of this approach as that could be seen to be an integral part of the other side's loss of initiative. But, in any case, I'm going to have to get my gridded men out again soonAlFronthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309612957773750838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-54806877869067791352013-11-28T06:22:39.913-04:002013-11-28T06:22:39.913-04:00Ross Mac,
What an interesting blog entry ... and ...Ross Mac,<br /><br />What an interesting blog entry ... and one that covers various topics that I am looking at myself, but from a slightly different perspective.<br /><br />I look forward to seeing how this develops.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-87130062598787935272013-11-28T00:43:05.930-04:002013-11-28T00:43:05.930-04:00I'm hoping to give the rules as they stand a w...I'm hoping to give the rules as they stand a whirl this weekend, Ross. No Grids, though, so I'm just going to substitute 10cm/4" blocks in their place. Wish me luck!Bloggeratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501347647235993401noreply@blogger.com