JM,
And here are some comments on E41k.
> Commander:
A reasonable change that makes sense. OTOH, I recall instances in the
Civil War when regiments became 'out of command' and failed in their
attempts to fall under the command of another brigade. The disaster of
Iverson's and O'Neal's brigades on Oak Ridge during Gettysburg comes to
mind. Anyway, I'm getting way off topic - point is perhaps there should
be a 4+ roll rather than making it automatic?
> 3. The range of artillery units is doubled, but if firing over half
> range (i.e. over the current printed range) the detachment must use
> indirect fire.
Doubling of range really does seem like a powerful change, despite the
rules below. Nevertheless, I really like the change overall and my
sense is that it much better reflects the real use and effect of
artillery.
> The Griffons have 5 blast markers on them. In all 4 target
Now, if they have 5 blast markers, my understanding is that 5 of the
Griffon's can't fire. Maybe I'm totally zonked today but I thought that
as barrages were SHWs, if they were alone in a detachment one BM
eliminates one Barrage.
> 1. The "optional" rules for flyers on page 108 of the battle book are
> longer optional.
Hear, hear - we made this call as well.
> 2. The Missile ADA rules are in effect
I haven't had a chance to test these yet, but they seem reasonable.
> Infiltrators
Looks fine.
> Recon:
Looks good to me.
> Forward observer:
Really like these rules.
> may also call "off board" fire, as per the "Orbital Barrage" fate
> except that only 1D6 fire power is used in the attack, not 3D6. This
> counts as his firing action. If he calls for an off board barrage he
> may not spot for an on board detachment. He must have line of sight
> the target to call for fire on it.
Cool!
> Level III
Even better!
> Level IV
This is getting a bit powerful, though...
> Level V
Sheesh!
> All off board attacks are called based on the following chart
> 1D6 Barrage 2+
> 2D6 Barrage 3+
> 3D6 Barrage 4+
> Missile Attack 5+
Ah, ok, there's a chance it doesn't happen. In that case, it's ok. :-)
I would suggest that a better way to do it might be to buy dice of
offboard artillery rather than rolling each time. i.e. for a certain
game you can buy 1d6 of offboard firepower for every level of FO you
have. Each d6 costs 10 points. The FO can call up to his level in d6
per turn. If you still want to roll a die, just say roll a d6 that's
how many dice of FP actually arrive. If you roll over the request you
get the requested number of dice. I do feel that deathstrike attacks
should not be indirect.
Very good post overall. Keep it up!
Regards,
- Erik
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