Yes indeed it is, I've also seen a Diplomacy map over the Middle-East that
was very good as well!!! (Any Tallarns out there???)
Nils
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelvin [SMTP:kx.henderson_at_...]
> Sent: 25. juli 2000 09:25
> To: netepic_at_egroups.com
> Subject: RE: [NetEpic ML] More On Topic Now
>
> At 08:28 AM 7/25/00 +0200, Nils wrote:
> > > I did this about 1 or two years ago with 40K. Each player controlled
> one
> > > of the nations. For each supply centre (city) they controlled they
> could
> > > field one 500 pt army. Put 2 500 pointers together and you could form
> a
> > > 1000pt army. 3 together and form a 1500 pt army, etc.
> > >
> > > Every third turn was a supply turn. For every supply centre
> controlled,
> > > you could have 500 pts worth of troops. In between supply rounds, any
> > > armies that lost forces had to record the amount of points lost. That
> > > army
> > > then fought at a reduced strength. In the supply turn, armies that
> were
> > > at
> > > reduced strength were resupplied up to full strength as long as they
> could
> > >
> > > trace a supply line back to a supply centre. Supply Centres (cities)
> held
> > >
> > > a 500 pt garrison that could add to the strength of an army DEFENDING
> it,
> > > they couldn't be used for extra troops when attacking. Movement was
> > > dictated by the Diplomacy rules, battles were actually fought using
> 40K
> > > forces.
> > >
> > > It was a really good way of running a campaign and made for some
> > > interesting alliances (Eldar and Chaos? Who knew!).
> > >
> > > It could easily be translated into NetEpic. Every supply centre can
> > > sustain 1000pts (or any number you feel comfortable with) of troops.
> > > Easy.
> > >
> >HI,
> >
> >This is quite a good idea, you needn't use the Diplomacy map either. You
> >could device your own maps. Actually, this is the best idea on how to run
> an
> >epic campaing I've encountered thus far!
>
> It was a beautifully simple campaign. Very little paperwork and very
> little to have to remember in the way or rules. Yes, you could easily use
>
> your own map, but we used the Diplomacy map cause it was there and the
> distribution of supply centres (cities) was nicely even. The Diplomacy
> map
> is really a very good map.
>
>
> -Kelvin....
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