Hi there,
The FAQ talks about 2 simple markers to run the game, wth no other book-keeping.
I'm guessing this means some form of casualties / exhaustion / disorder scheme for units, or perhaps the markers have a more specific use?
If it does mean casualties or similar I'll mark them by replacing a unit base with a substitute base with only a casualty fig or two on it and some wreckage / detritus.
Any hints most appreciated
regards
David B
OK this should be under a Lasalle heading.
db
One marker really; the other is optional.
The necessary one is a Disruption marker. You need to mark DISR on your units, which in most cases can go up to 3, but in a few cases as high as 5.
The optional one is a Smoke "puff" of some sort, to remind you when artillery units have fired (because if they fired they can't do certain other things.) But if you have only a few artillery units on the table, you and your opponent can probably remember without "puffing" them.
Hi Sam,
What have your playtesters used to keep track of DISR?
I've played various games that have a 0-3, 0-4 or 0-5 'hit' system and there is always a problem of keeping markers with their proper units, and also the look of a game can be compromised by units wearing big coloured washers or whatever.
In games I've cooked up, I have units with hits being unable to make voluntary moves, which keeps troops with their markers (this of course depends on your c3 system).
The look of the game can be retained with a little effort by having your markers as nicely modeled items.
regards
DAvid B
We made little square bases with a casualty figure, and dots on each side of the square to symbolize DISR. These are illustrated in the rulebook.
Hi there
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We made little square bases with a casualty figure, and dots on each side of the square to symbolize DISR. These are illustrated in the rulebook.
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A neat solution. I've been collecting and/or sculpting up some casualty figs for such a purpose, I'll paint one in uniform to go with each unit I build.
regards
David B
Here is an image of a WIP casualty marker. Even though the maximum number of Disruption points a unit can have is 5 I went with a six sided base because that is what I had laying around.
http://assortedminiatures.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/dscn0847.jpg
HI there,
My thought was to put a casualty fig on a 40x20mm base (for 15mm) and have the fig's head toward a small end of the base.
When the fig is placed behind a unit and pointing head forward that indicates 1 DISR, when the fig is turned 90 degrees to the right, and a big edge touches the unit's base this represents 2 DISr, a further 90 degree turn and the casualty faces the rear = 3DIsr, a further 90degree turn and the casualty heads to the left = 4DISr.
(and probably paint dots as well as Sam suggests)
regards
David B
On the topic of markers, do the rules cater for guns abandoned by their crews, and crews off cowering someplace, or is this just subsumed into other rules?
regards
David B
"do the rules cater for guns abandoned by their crews, and crews off cowering someplace, or is this just subsumed into other rules?"
Yes and no. The idea of an artillery battery having a "refuge" in a nearby infantry unit is pretty important in the system, when batteries are attacked. But I didn't want to require a certain kind of artillery basing, since I know many players have their gunners and guns permanently attached to the same bases. Thus the battery may or may not "escape" its attackers, facilitated by the presence of a friendly infantry unit.
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