tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post7701517900566194864..comments2024-03-18T19:14:27.195+00:00Comments on Battlefields and Warriors: Playtesting a WWII campaignNormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-18000246752818326472014-10-25T13:44:43.517+00:002014-10-25T13:44:43.517+00:00Hi Shaun, I read through your most recent outing w...Hi Shaun, I read through your most recent outing with ancients and loved your 'I like them now - maybe not tomorrow' comment, it made me smile. My campaign has been doing much the same, I am on the second full playtest but at around battlles 8 and 9, I did more tinkering than would be fair to call 'fine tuning' with the result that I will have to playtest the whole run again, just to see that I have not done anything too heavy handed. As you know, some quite unforseen consequences can jump out during a play test. I am painting up some ACW ready for for my New Year project.<br /><br />I have been doing some design notes while playtesting the campaign and will try to organise them into a post if that interests anyone.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-16194053225065156992014-10-25T03:49:27.873+00:002014-10-25T03:49:27.873+00:00Norm,
(I think my previous comment has been eaten...Norm,<br /><br />(I think my previous comment has been eaten). The campaign sounds very interesting and the mechanics of it well thought out. I still have not got around to your rules :-( MY WW2 is in hiatus, likely to be restarted in the new year. Your rules are up there to try. I am toying with completing some ancient rules on a similar sized board to yours so I can reuse it for your rules.Shaun Travershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691522858410783769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-18302605325343614292014-10-14T14:19:41.714+00:002014-10-14T14:19:41.714+00:00Russ, as always, thanks for looking in and comment...Russ, as always, thanks for looking in and commenting. I think you will like what the module does and you can whip out the terrain track and put your own in for a 1941 campaign of your own choosing and then just modify the terrain generator if needed. Mine makes use of fields because it is a summer campaign, but you winter set-up may need a different terrain type, so that the level of cover generated within the board remains about the same.<br /><br />After my above post, each side is left with 4 more formation chits to draw. After that, no new troops and the campaign will go until one or both sides are too exhausted to take the fight to the enemy. I can't imagine that will take very long, but I like the way the campaign ends by an offensive running out of steam, rather than setting a fixed date, which is only something we are able to do with hindsight.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-21998064189351522872014-10-14T08:18:04.274+00:002014-10-14T08:18:04.274+00:00Appetite definitely whetted by this AAR, Norm. I c...Appetite definitely whetted by this AAR, Norm. I continue to enjoy following along with this project and I know I won't be alone in saying that I will be downloading this supplement as soon as it becomes available.<br /><br />Regards - RussOuroboroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201630522467862298noreply@blogger.com