Christian Nielsen wrote:
>
> I read someone's post about wanting to have an Epic style game in a
> much smaller scale, something like 100 troops per model. I just
> though I might mention that over the last few weeks I've been
> developing just such a game. I would call it Epic 98, but that would
> probably get me sued. The scale is one company per troops stand/tank
> model, with battleforces consisting of about 15-20 models each. Thus
> you would be representing a fair chunk of an Imperial Guard regiment
> or an entire Space Marine chapter with about the same number of models
> as in an Epic40K detachment (each model in Epic 98 represents about a
> detachment of troops). With this scale, you can represent entire
> planetry invasions (eg. 3 Space Marine chapters and 20 Imperial Guard
> regiments vs. an entire rebel planetary defence force) with an average
> sized Epic army (and I have suitably named the game "Planetary
> Assault"). I (don't) call it Epic 98 as I have simplified the rules
> to a huge extent. There are 5 troop types for all the different
> armies, with the difference being their availability (infantry, heavy
> infantry, transport, tank and artillery detachments). Also, Space
> Marines get a couple of combat bonuses. I'm still working on the
> combat engine, but suffice to say that the a firefight is now
> representative of an entire E40K game, and are decided by a single
> dice roll (attempting to get rid of the random elements). Once I've
> worked out the bugs and playtested it, I might post it on the list...
> depends how good it is.
>
> Anyway, I've probably given you people some ideas for your own large
> scope battles...
>
> Christian.
>
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>
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Sauron1 writes;Christian;I would very mutch like to read your posted
rules for large scale Epic warfare as It would certainly be a great help
In the map campaign I am trying to set up. at my own club. sauron1
Received on Thu Jul 24 1997 - 17:41:28 UTC