Re: Chaos issues

From: Toma Diener <peyoterattle_at_...>
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 23:16:44 -0000

--- In netepic_at_yahoogroups.com, "cibernyam" <cibernyam_at_h...> wrote:

> Anyway, I think that I'm the only one who actualy likes the idea of
Greater
> Daemon animosity. Hell! is a God meeting another God in the battlefield,
> they will have plenty of (eternal) grudges to solve before squashing
those
> little humans/eldar/squats/whatsoever!

Nope: I Love it Too: I love the Michael Moorcock-ian / Neal Gaiman's
Endless feel of Eternal Sibling Rivalry- Alliances made and broken
for arcane reasons beyond the minds of Mortals and all that: I just
have come to agree that having animosity as Optional is the way to
make sure everuone stays Happiest!!!



I _totally_ agree with everything you have to say below:::

> IMHO the restriction on how to spend cards is the key. Losing one
card per
> extra power in a 3k game may seem OK, but in a 6k game where you'll get
> around 6-7 greater daemons (18-21 cards) losing two or three cards
is like a
> very little annoyance. In a 10k game... Chaos player just laughs.
>
> Then it is more important to allocate cards carefully, taking into
account
> which power will take more "punch" from the other army. While it is
true,
> that you have to keep separate records, you'll have a maximum of
four. Non
> power-specific units can benefit from cards from any power (easy). I
think
> the worst Chaos player can distinguish in less than one second which
chaos
> specific unit belongs to which power.
>
> Also, I notice that in this way, the other player will try to focus its
> attacks on one or two powers to exhaust their card supply quicker
than with
> older rules. A bit like the tactics against ork clans. Not bad,
opens a new
> strategical approach against Chaos.
>
> Thus, IMHO, only subtraction is clearly insuficient. Subtraction
plus card
> restriction maybe OK.
Received on Thu Apr 07 2005 - 23:16:44 UTC