Christmas is coming ... and I'm trying to get the next draft of my rules finished!

For the first time in almost a week I have actually had some time today when I was able to sit down and do some work on the latest draft of my adaptation of Joseph Morschauser’s ‘Modern’ period wargames rules ... and I have almost finished!

I have yet to proof read the draft but here it is:

The main changes are:

• The use of a new font – Lucida Sans – rather than Arial (this is just a cosmetic change but …)
• The addition of subheadings to help readers find specific sections of the rules
• The use of ‘can’ rather than ‘may’ throughout the text; this has been done in order to ensure that the text of the rules followed a consistent style
• The re-design of the Unit data table so that the information is in the same order – from left to right – that it is referred to in the rules (i.e. Movement, Fire Combat, and Close Combat)
• The incorporation of ‘saving throws’ into the Fire Combat section of the rules; they are actually termed ‘hit effects’ but are really ‘saving throws’ in all but name
• Changing the Close Combat rules so that they only last one ‘round’, thus allowing a Close Combat to be a ‘draw’ that can be continued next turn

I doubt if I will have time to play-test this latest draft of the rules before Christmas but you never know …