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2/17/2010 8:46 AM

	outposteagle
295 posts

Re: First round of comments

I think when we originally started with Ancients, we had most support at 1, but at that point we were working with regular, seasoned and veteran units. We thought that certain units should be able to support better. Maybe we should rethink this. If we make everything have a support of 1, we should eliminate the support score altogether. Just count the front rank's fighting score and add 1 support for each unit in the back rank. If we want a unit to support better, we could give them a special ability that would allow extra support to be added (maybe disciplined or something similar) Just thinking out loud here, but I do think we need to test this out.

Mark

2/25/2010 2:32 PM

	RebelMike
475 posts

Re: First round of comments

Well, Hey! i'm back in town from Work and will be here till Cold Wars.. Yea!

-Ok, On the Pikes, I am changing that to Spears for DA.
-On the Flanking.. I need to look at that and I will play around with it so I can discuss it better.

-Ahhh, the old D6 discussion :) Here are my thoughts. I love the simplicity of D6, but your right. In a big group battle(6), you really can't Double your opponent. You can chip away a stand at a time and I think that is the system to prolong the battle between 2 larger forces. Does that make sense?

@Mark, you get my VM?

2/26/2010 3:28 PM

	outposteagle
295 posts

Re: First round of comments

Hi Mike,

If you are referring to the one about the email problems I was having, yes. Later,

Mark

3/1/2010 4:13 AM

	Richard
58 posts

Re: First round of comments

Hey guys,

Had a bit of a play with the rules last weekend, and I REALLY like the change to the combat system, where you count the entire front rank. It works really well.

I would argue against either pikes or"spearmen" being used in the DA period. Most infantry were armed with a 6ft-8ft thrusting spear and shield, with a sword as a back up weapon. The pikes of the Macedonian period don'treally reappear until at least the Medieval period, and dedicated 2-handed spearmen appear even later.

Richard

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3/1/2010 10:44 PM

	RebelMike
475 posts

Re: First round of comments

Richard,

I think you need spearmen in the DA, but I agree with you that "setting spears" or Pikes as a special ability should be taken out. We played last night and that came up because we were discussing Medieval as well.
I really need some feedback on the Stronghold and the Campaigns if any gets a chance...

RebelMike

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