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Post by steve on Oct 30, 2014 21:05:39 GMT
I wasn't quite sure which board to put this on but rules is probably the most appropriate. Anyway, I thought it might be useful to share what I have done with markers for games from the three sets of rules I have used. linkSteve
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Post by tim on Oct 31, 2014 7:47:17 GMT
Very similar to what I have planned for March Attack Steve. I was intending to use the walking wounded figures as D1 and D2 markers. It's a shame Adler don't do any cavalry casualties. How are you keeping track of current CV for each unit after casualties during the game?
Tim
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Post by steve on Oct 31, 2014 9:02:10 GMT
Tim, the intention is to make up some A4 roster sheets and laminate them so they can be reused with washable markers. that is what I did for my previous rule sets
Steve
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Post by steve on Oct 31, 2014 9:03:16 GMT
PS. Not decided where to do generic or scenario specific ones, but happy to share the documents when done
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Post by Richard on Oct 31, 2014 12:22:39 GMT
The markers look great a lot nicer then messy tokens
Richard
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Post by bruce on Apr 3, 2015 1:28:30 GMT
I have a question about casualty markers. Going back to the late 60s when I used Featherstone rules and Airfix figures unpainted for ACW, I always knocked over the unbased casualties and left them as they fell. It could get a bit cluttered, but a general could survey the battlefield as the game went on and "read" the progress of the fight, see where the toughest fighting had been, get a feel for the enormity of the event. These were 1/72 of course and we never though much about basing them even though movement took some time.
We all base our 6mms for various rule sets and need to track the fighting value of units. Not trying to be morbid here, but does anyone have any thoughts or experience on how to also represent to at least some extent multiple casualties where they fall right on the table as the game goes on so we can visualize results of the action more realistically? Say, some sort of compromise between clutter and single figure markers with numbers on them?
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Post by steve on Apr 3, 2015 8:24:48 GMT
Bruce
I intend to use markers with single or double (perhaps triple?) casualties and then put the number of markers or the right marker to represent he actually number of casualties in a turn. The rules I am looking at (March Attack) 3 woudl be a huge loss, other rules can be more and if I find using General de Brigade is better for smaller actions I will try using the same thing for larger numbers of casualties. The trick then is keeping record of ongoing strength as well as current turn losses. I have used rosters in the past and probably aim to do so but not fully decided until I use the rules
Steve
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Post by bruce on Apr 3, 2015 16:02:44 GMT
Thanks Steve. I have March Attack as well, also Piquet and LaSalle and am still all over the place about rules right now as I keep looking them over and enjoying the prospects!
You have made me realize that I am thinking about two different things. The most important thing is to keep track of each unit's status regarding casualties and their impact, which your plan handles nicely. The unit needs to travel with its status marker or a roster or scoreboard can track these things. March Attack unit values are very reasonable to track.
But I also am thinking that when casualties occur at a certain locale on the table, it would lend some authentic feel to leave some sort of representation of the dead where they fall. They don't have to be part of the tracking system, but they would add an informal visual to how the fighting was going as you would see on a real battlefield. Its really a minor point as far as actually playing the game goes, but sometimes when I have used rosters and markers, the table just seems so "clean" after a lot of heavy action! Maybe this is really a scenery question - but I am too attached to my men to think of them that way! Bruce
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Post by bruce on Apr 4, 2015 2:59:18 GMT
And finally... I have just discovered and ordered a whole bunch of dead infantry and horse bases from Irregular Miniatures. They are inexpensive with six figures to a base, two bases for 30p. Have not ordered from these guys before, I am an old school H&R figures guy. But the bases with generic figures should look okay with the right paint job and will hopefully help give my battlefield that look of chaos and calamity without disrupting play too much. I will put them anywhere the fighting gets hot and heavy and track unit numbers and status on a couple of large dry erase boards on the wall next to my table and see how it goes.
Love the forum, lots of good food for thought! Bruce
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