[[wp>1689]]. Numbers shown thus //**[1]**// indicate the priority for casting if there are insufficient players for all roles to be filled for that player group.
A minimum of four players are req... d. Preferably the uncommitted players should have at least two of the four positions in a minimum size... tland //**[2]**//
* [[Melfort]], Secretary of State (with King James), widely hated Roman Catholic,
====== The Other Side of the COIN ======
Or what makes people become insurgents?
This is a game first played on Sunday 5th September 2010 at CLWG, and had a second outing on Saturday 1st October. It is due for a third run at CLWG on Sunday 1st January 2012. If you want to come
ll whistle on a piece of string with a safety pin attached
* a blindfold
===== Instructions =====
P... o play. Ideally you do this with the smokers so that they can further their slow suicide while waiting... rient them before starting. They are to be told that they need to work out who is holding the whistle.
Tribes have existed for millennia in the area that is present-day Afghanistan. They emerged over cen... serious blow to the insurgency and potentially create a means of stabilizing the long-suffering countr... ly anachronistic, sexist and corrupt — a system that further undermines the already extraordinarily difficult task of creating multiethnic, merit-based national institutions
ns of convicted murderers and adulterers and amputations of those found guilty of theft.
Men were re... urned to levels not seen since 2001.
Their retreat earlier this decade enabled them to limit their human and material losses and return with a vengeance.
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games, there are a host of other types of games that I design and run, mainly at [[http://www.clwg.org.uk/|Chestnut Lodge Wargames Group]] (CLWG).
=====... st focused, and has a far higher level of participation than most groups do. Partly this is down to the requirement on membership that each member must write at least one article for M
n 1689. Unhappy with the Scots Parliament's declaration that James VII had forfeited his Crown Viscount Dundee returned home to his heavily pregnant wife at Dudhope just north of Dundee. After a few weeks he had gathered about him some of his very loyal troop of Ho
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
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
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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
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
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
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
tegrity of the individual players to show consideration for
other players and to abide by the rules... ct themselves in
a disciplined manner, demonstrating courtesy and sportsmanship at all times,
irrespective of how competitive they may be. This is t... nother work in progress on doing a set of rules that fit between Jim Wallman's 'Starship Soldier' and
