g infantry become possessed of low morale,
the battle is as good as lost.
**Douglas Haig**
There ... for boots on the ground when it comes to winning battles and taking ground from the enemy. For this yo... y group (stand) has a number of characteristics that determine how it fights the battle. Training and Experience combine to give an idea of how capable th
ideas dump of things I thought up over Christmas at my in-laws.
===== Overview/Introduction =====
I would like to do a wargame that works with a team of players in the key appointme... would cover both the traditional officer roles (platoon and company commanders) and also some of the NCO roles that often get subsumed (i.e. the Company Sergeant Maj
ale ======
The morale of the soldier is the greatest single
factor in war. **(Field Marshal Sir ... iers, to determine whether or not units will do what the player wants when the situation becomes difficult.
Morale checks roll 1d6 and roll less than th... ondition then it should not be tested again for that group.
==== Group morale ====
Group morale appl
s can be changed only by a senior officer. So a platoon commander needs to be given orders by their ow... rn must give orders to their section commanders that are in line with the orders that they have been given.
Orders are likely to be of the flavour "Seize and hold the bridge at Grid 648382"
==== Posture ====
Within the orders
ale ======
The morale of the soldier is the greatest single
factor in war. (Field marshal Sir Be... ondition then it should not be tested again for that group.
==== Group morale ====
When any of the f... uld be tested:
* two or more casualties((note that casualties are individual hits, not lost stands))... p if more than eight members)
* 50% casualties (at -2)
* 75% Casualties (at -4)
Score 6 or more
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===== design criteria =====
* quick battles (about two hours playing time to a decisive f...
* logistics and morale should have an appropriate impact
* it needs to support a campaign appro... from the main action level. The size of action that we are most likely to play with these rules might... ront there are only likely to be two or three combat capable craft on each side with perhaps one side
gs ======
There is a famous((obviously so famed that I've forgotten the source)) quote that: "//Amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics//". Well in this game the Sergeants are the professionals that deal with logistics. Most of the contents of this
sitive modifier to a stand they are grouped with rather than an additional dice. If there are sufficie...
==== Infantry Firing Modifiers ====
^Firer Situation ^Mod ^Target Situation ^Mod |
|Moving((Except in HMA)) | -4 | Unarmoured | +3 |
|Special Forces | ... an | +1 | Officer on own | -8 |
|Trained | -1 | Stationary Vehicle | +2 |
|Recruits/Civilians | -2 | n
The Bounce// but it probably owes more to a combination of //Plan A// and //Starship Soldier// all of ... Richard Hands, Peter Howland, James Kemp, Tom Mouat, Mukul Patel, John Rutherford & Jim Wallman.
All errors to be blamed on James Kemp.
===== Design Criteria =====
* quick battles (about two hours playing time to a decisive f
