When you raise regular units, they are volunteers coming from everywhere. Some might be members of expeditionary companies, some could be merchant seamen wanting a new career. Your various expeditionary companies make up their strength by volunteers from the other companies, so you needn't worry about them :-)
What I found useful was to make up a "to do list" of all the actions needed each month and added a few notes to remind me where to find the entries in the book and use this as a QRS while playing, saves going back and forth. As for actual playing, I tried using record cards (those 6x4 file cards) but found I preferred using an A5 notebook which I started to use as a war diary, added more detail to what happenned each year and jotting out some plans for the following year, it sort of pulls you into the story you are creating. I am sitting on the fence about how to handle combats, I have used Jim's Hellfire rules but was thinking of using a more abstracted method based on a gridded battlefield (inspired by Lance Flint's - KOH Games - series Sitz Krieg Ohne Hass)
I know the scenario is based on the contraction of the Roman Empire but it fits in nicely with the Falkenberg’s Legion/Codominium series of books by Jerry Pournelle.
@@JimWebster-p2h I'm sure its just a massive coincidence. :) Just found out there was a new Falkenberg book released 5 years ago and another one last year.
@@tomheaney8792 To be fair the contraction of the Roman Empire is one of the great stories. Think how many books there are about Arthur and sub-Roman Britain 🙂
A government spending less than is collected in tax revenue!? Preposterous! I suppose next Mr. Wargaming will convince his populace that they have "rights" to keep and carry weapons, thereby outsourcing planetary defense to the lowest common denomination, the individual 😂
Pella is the city with the big factory that makes windows, right? Lol So the Emperor can’t just obliterate one of the cities off the map, from orbit, and then ask the other cities if they also want to “negotiate”? Wouldn’t that be WAYYYY cheaper than bringing tons of troops and armaments planetside? PS. That map sure looks a whole lot like the map you used for the Elopement War!!!
When I think about It, this is why people have invented the video games. Because the computer could emulate surroundings and dice mechanics. This gameplay is just awkward. Interesting but awkward.
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When you raise regular units, they are volunteers coming from everywhere. Some might be members of expeditionary companies, some could be merchant seamen wanting a new career. Your various expeditionary companies make up their strength by volunteers from the other companies, so you needn't worry about them :-)
I heard you call!
@JimWebster beat me to the punch...
What I found useful was to make up a "to do list" of all the actions needed each month and added a few notes to remind me where to find the entries in the book and use this as a QRS while playing, saves going back and forth.
As for actual playing, I tried using record cards (those 6x4 file cards) but found I preferred using an A5 notebook which I started to use as a war diary, added more detail to what happenned each year and jotting out some plans for the following year, it sort of pulls you into the story you are creating.
I am sitting on the fence about how to handle combats, I have used Jim's Hellfire rules but was thinking of using a more abstracted method based on a gridded battlefield (inspired by Lance Flint's - KOH Games - series Sitz Krieg Ohne Hass)
I know the scenario is based on the contraction of the Roman Empire but it fits in nicely with the Falkenberg’s Legion/Codominium series of books by Jerry Pournelle.
Jerry Pournelle may have read the same histories :-)
@@JimWebster-p2h I'm sure its just a massive coincidence. :) Just found out there was a new Falkenberg book released 5 years ago and another one last year.
@@tomheaney8792 To be fair the contraction of the Roman Empire is one of the great stories. Think how many books there are about Arthur and sub-Roman Britain 🙂
@@JimWebster-p2h As a scenario it’s great because of the chaos and upheaval that follows it. Glad I didn’t live through it though.
@@tomheaney8792 I confess to entirely sharing your opinion on this 🙂
My suspicion is that the best wargames backgrounds are best not lived through;
Very "Avatar"ish setting potential
A government spending less than is collected in tax revenue!? Preposterous!
I suppose next Mr. Wargaming will convince his populace that they have "rights" to keep and carry weapons, thereby outsourcing planetary defense to the lowest common denomination, the individual 😂
Nice map drawing.
I’d be surprised if Traveller didn’t have a mass combat system in one of its supplements.
It's got a few that might work. Most of which gave no real representation on the YT. They are on my bucket list.
"This video goes live on Oct 10"
He meant Oct 10th, on the Imperial Standard Calendar . Everyone knows that there's a 12 day drift between our calendar and theirs :D
@@eirikhaakonson1961 That's a note to myself to take this off "Clandestine Ops" status. Thank you for reminding me to delete that.
Pella is the city with the big factory that makes windows, right? Lol
So the Emperor can’t just obliterate one of the cities off the map, from orbit, and then ask the other cities if they also want to “negotiate”? Wouldn’t that be WAYYYY cheaper than bringing tons of troops and armaments planetside?
PS. That map sure looks a whole lot like the map you used for the Elopement War!!!
I thought the titled referred to 2021-24
When I think about It, this is why people have invented the video games. Because the computer could emulate surroundings and dice mechanics. This gameplay is just awkward. Interesting but awkward.