Re: [Epic] Battle Report Maps

From: Los <los_at_...>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 12:06:18 -0500

Hey how about coming up with a standard for battle report maps. The text based
map doesn't look good and doesn't translate well with lots of email readers. I
for one do not mind receiving an attached picture or an embedded picture in
HTML within the emailed, but I suspect an attached picture might be better in
case some people can't do html.

The question becomes limiting the size and establishing a file type. I would
suggest using JPG format. Gifs and BMPS aren't terribly efficient as fas a
size goes. It shouldn't be too hard to construct a map and keep it under
50-60k or so.

I would have loved to included a JPG with my battle report as it makes it more
understandable and more interesting to read but I didn't want to piss anyone
off by sending a file without asking. But again a small sized file is fine by
me. What do you guys think?


John Bridges wrote:

> Sean,
>
> The idea of the battle map is great. Unfortunately I havent found anything
> on my machine than can make any sense of it.
>
> Has any one else managed to read the map. If so what have you used ?
>
> John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Smith <seans_at_...>
> To: Epic Listserv <space-marine_at_...>
> Date: 28 February 1998 09:53
> Subject: [Epic] Battle Report Maps
>
> >For a while I have been wondering how we can construct decent maps
> >for battle reports, so that it will be easier to understand what
> >happens in battles. I had a brain wave today, I realised that
> >paint brush, an application program on my PC might be the answer.
> >So attached to this is email is a paint brush map of the battle
> >report below. I would appreciate if list members let me
> >know if they can read the map, and if you can, what you think of it.
> >
> >
> >Intro:
> >
> >Verrick, the grand inquisitor, surveyed the hilly and woody terrain
> >before him and cursed. This terrain was exactly the wrong type
> >which fight Chaos in. Chaos would be able to use the woods and the
> >hills to avoid the massed fire of the space marines on overwatch and
> >IG support weapons 'Oh well', he said to IG captain beside him,
> >'whats done is done, we have to hold this ground, GHQ is relying on us
> >to cover the retreat'.
> >
> >
> >
> >Scenerio: meeting engagement
> >
> >table length: 6 feet by 4 feet, the battle was fought length ways.
> >
> >Armies points values: 1750
> >
> >Army Type: IG vs Chaos
> >
> >IG Army list:
> >
> >1 IG infantry detachment with
> > - 6 squads (all upgraded to commissars
> > - 9 support weapons
> > - 3 Ogryns
> >
> >1 Tank detachment with
> > - 7 leman Russ
> > - 7 hellhounds
> >
> >1 Artillery detachment with
> > - 4 Siege
> > - 4 heavy
> > - 3 Hydras
> >
> >1 Ordinatus (armed with deathrays)
> >
> >1 Space marine detachment (in drop pods)
> >
> > - 1 Captain
> > - 1 Librian
> > - 2 teminators squads
> > - 6 normal squads
> >
> >Chaos Army list:
> >
> >- 2 detachments with artillery and noise marines
> >- 1 detachment with terminators and landraiders
> >- 4 detachments with Chaos marines in rhinos
> >
> >
> >Turn 1:
> >
> >- I win intiative and moved the CIC detachment at march on the road. I
> > Left 1 bike squad of the CIC detachment on road into the woods, to
> > prevent Chaos marching up road and to be with 15cm of Chaos's
> > objectives, the other 3 squads moved to within 15cm of the IG
> > objectives on my left flank.
> >- The Rest of IG army marched along the road, except for the artillery
> > which went on overwatch.
> >
> >- Chaos marched all his detachments. 2 Chaos marine detachments headed
> > for each of the woods on hills on both my left and right flanks.
> > The Chaos Landraiders moved to cover the road. The noise marines went
> > into the buildings.
> >
> >Turn 2:
> >
> >- My Space marines drop into the woods on my right flank, each side
> > played 3 fate cards each to assist in the combat between the Chaos
> > and space marines. The space marines lost the close combat inspite of
> > having a +1 on the die roll, only 2 units of space marines survived.
> >- The space marine CIC detachment was wiped out by Chaos marines (on my
> > left falnk) in close combat (I forgot to move the detachment). My
> > tank detachment immediatley avenged the death of the CIC by kicking
> > the Chaos marines off the IG objectives.
> >
> >Turn 3:
> >
> >- I played orbital barrage and assassin on one of his artillery
> > detachments which prevented it from firing this turn.
> >- The tank detachment was broken by chaos marines.
> >- IG infantry charged and broke the chaos marines on right flank,
> > with support from the ordinatus.
> >
> >Turn 4:
> >
> >- IG detachment loses 30% of its units to Chaos artillery fire.
> >- IG support weapons wipe out the landraiders.
> >- Ordinatus and artillery break the terminators and Chaos artillery
> > detachment
> >
> >I had 6 morale and my opponent -10 (if I remember correctly)
> >
> >Lessons learned:
> >
> >- The space marines should have been dropped on my left flank to support
> > the tank detachment, my IG infantry and the ordinatus easily dealt
> > with two chaos space marine detachments on my right flank.
> >- The artillery should have been moved on normal in the first and second
> > turns, so they the siege artillery could have gotten within 145cm of
> > his artillery.
> >- The CIC should have been moved out of the charge reach of the chaos
> > marine detachments in the movement phase of turn two.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >---
> >Sean Smith
> >
> >Seans_at_...
> >
> >---
> >
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