RE: [Epic] scenarios

From: Chris White <chris_at_...>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 11:20:46 -0700

At 11:23 AM 7/25/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>><< You wrote :
>> >Does anyone have any E40k scenarios they'd be willing to share with
>> >me? We're
>> >just getting into e40k here and would like some that aren't of the
>> >stock
>> >variety.....
>> >
>>
>> Sorry I havn't got any good ones but I'm very interested in this
>> topic.
>>
>> How do you create a well balanced scenario for Epic? I'm fed up with
>> only "xxxx points vs xxxx points" battles (I think it's the same problem
>> I have with backgrounds, I like to know why I'm fighting even
>> for little battles...).
>>
>>
>> Francois Bruntz
>> Apprenti MIAGE (Universite Paris XII - IBM France)
>>
>>I am working on converting some WWII scenarios, some scenarios from Panzer
>>Blitz, and other board games to see if they will work. I'm not sure how to
>>make point comversions though so I thought if anyone else has done this they
>>could help.
>
>----> My thoughts also - I have some favorite ASL scenarios I'm going
>to use as a starting point, and see what happens.
>
>One question: What do list members prefer? Forces for each side
>defined down to the unit (which you may not have) or broader, "x
>points of IG tanks, x points of IG infantry" type guidelines? I think
>a broad approach with a few speciifc units to keep the right flavor
>is best, but what do people want?
> I'm just concerned that we might have a great scenario
>that calls for 3 great gargants. I'm pretty into my orks, but I
>don't have 3 great gargants (megas, yes, greats, no) so the
>scenario would be difficult for me to use - not impossible
>(ok, I've got the cut-out, my great, and my ork dreadnought
>from 40K - or just use the 3 megas as greats) but less than ideal.
>
>I'll be mulling this one over some more...
>
>Chris Miller
>
        One of the local game stores ran a 40K campaign using an Axis & Allies
board game as world map. I'm not sure how many of you are familliar with
this game, especially Francois (I'm assuming you're in Paris, France and
not Paris , Texas).

        At first the very thought turned me off. The map is clearly of Earth, for
one thing. It would give former A&A players an advantage, etc. But then I
kind of warmed to the idea.
        
        There would be no problem with terrain generation; each "space"
represented a suitably large area to have a battle in, and turns are
simultaneous.

        I didn't get all of the details, but apparently the armies were made to a
pre specified size and were devided according to the individual general's
wishes. For E40K I would recommend no army smaller than a single
detachment. With a little thought, it would be fairly easy to come up with
some rules.

        For example, normal detachments move one space per turn, vehicle
detachments could move two, and flyers could move four or six (consider the
range of modern jets).
Players could note on a separate piece of paper what their detachments are
doing and then move ALL of the units from both sides simultaneously. Then ,
after one World size turn, campaign players would probably have enough
battles to resolve to last for days or even weeks.

        I haven't really thought about rewards or penalties, yet. Perhaps each
player could have a few ammo dumps, etc which could be placed at the
beggining of the campaign and confer bonuses (bonii?) for controlling that
space.

        I've also toyed with the idea of supply lines and replacement of losses,
but whenever I begin to think of these things "my brain 'urts!" and the
whole process quickly snowballs into another separate game entirely which
is not something that I personally want, even if it might be more "realistic."

        Ideas?

                Luck, Christopher White
Received on Fri Jul 25 1997 - 18:20:46 UTC