Re: [Epic] 'Nids 'Nids 'Nids

From: Matthew Weyna <burb96_at_...>
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 00:42:09 -0500

J. Michael Looney wrote:

> Miller, Chris wrote:
>
> > >
> > >Scott Shupe wrote:
> > >
> > >> > Also, well, on my tables 110 cm will not make it to the other
> side in
> > >> > one turn. (4' x 8', played the "long way")
> > >>
> > >> You don't feel that playing the long way alters
> > >> the balance of the game? I know it would for SM/TL.
> > >
> > >I have always played wargames the long way.
> > >
> > >If which way you have the table set up effects the balance of the
> game, well,
> > >there is a problem with the game rules.
> >
> > ------> It's not neccessarily the rules. With modern/historical
> games,
> > sure, everyone has pretty comparable weapon ranges, but in 40K etc
> table size
> > can be a
> > serious advantage/disadvantage for a given army based on their
> quantity of
> > ranged units vs HTH units.
> > Terrain set-up can affect any game rather severely. Lots of
> terrain
> > -favors infantry , more open areas favors tanks. Think "desert" vs
> "urban".
> >
> > This said, if you play one way or the other consistently, at
> least you
> > can determine effectiveness over time. On a narrow table, you tend
> to see much
> > less
> > use of transport vehicles (rhinos), while on a long-ways table, they
> may show up
> > for
> > almost every unit In my experience, Marines & IG are more than
> willing to go
> > with a long
> > table, while Orks and sometmes Chaos get easily screwed.
>
> This does explain a lot of my tendency to design mech infantry forces.
>
> Waagh-Tunez is 100% mech. The only sort of odd thing is that the
> Goff's
> transports is 2 detachments of war engines (total of 6, carries 24
> stands, which,
> as it happens, is the number of stands in the Goff clan I currently
> have.
>
> Matt: You are NOT going to like the 1st Blood Ax Mek Inf-in-tree
> Battalion. It
> is more or less based on "The Army Formally Known as Soviet (tm
> MadMax)" Motor
> Rifle Battalion, agumented for an assult role. Check it out on the
> web site later
> this week.
>
> That and the Snot-n-Grots Fire Support Mob.
>
> Die Bekie Skum!

   ::slight perking of the ear:: Ehh? Is that a chalange from an ork
scoundrel???? Well now....I guess I will have to whip out my new and
improved ::tada:: ANTI GROT SPRAY!! Garanteed to make a grot rot or your
money back. Contact with anyother life form may result in death...

Received on Fri Oct 03 1997 - 05:42:09 UTC