About army cards...

From: Stephane <kotrin_at_...>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:45:34 -0000

> About the Army Cards: I'd be very interested in hearing people's
> thoughts about these. What do you like/dislike about what's been
> available so far (SM2, NetEpic 4.0, Chernobyl's E:A army cards,
etc.)

Hum , athough I'm not able to make a discinction between all those
versions, I have always been fond of the first versions included in
Epic - the ones with repeating black shapes accordingly to the number
of stands.

They were very good for giving a sense of scale to any company or
squadron. I have several printed card from every version but when I
speak of army composition that's always the ones I bring to a new
player. Explaning that each silhouette is a stand is speaking volumes
when you want to show the might of the Imperial guard. The only
change I'd do would be to write the break point and morale on the
front side.

Coloured versions are not necessarily better, because X X X X X X is
more visual than writing "X x 10". We don't have painted version of
every unit in the game; and finally, the paint job shown isn't always
top notch...

Putting rules on the cards is annoying, first because not all special
rules can fit, and second because it's harder to maintain. Perhaps
only the profile summary would suffice (CAF, save, etc.) but I
definitely think a smaller font size should be used.

In my games, I have the card for the army composition along with a
printed page of the Summary of Units Statistics of the list I use
where the troops actually fielded are highlighted. I found it was the
best compromise.

Just my 2 first fire orders :)
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