After reading my blog entry of yesterday, Archduke Piccolo has written a blog entry about his Fin de Siècle Armies and Combat System. This is a strategic-level wargame in which individual figures ('borrowed' from a copy of Eagle Games' WAR: AGE OF IMPERIALISM) represent brigades or divisions.
One aspect of Archduke Piccolo's rules struck me as being simple, memorable, and effective ... his use of normal D6s in place of complex combat dice.
So what had he done? Quite simply, he had used the patterns of the dots on the dice to signify whether or not the score caused a 'hit' on artillery, ...
... on cavalry, ...
... or on infantry.
In each case the NATO icon for each type of unit is shown on the left, and the relevant D6 die scores for 'hitting' that type of unit is shown on the right.
Like all the best ideas, it is very simple and very clever ... and if possible, I am going to use it!
One aspect of Archduke Piccolo's rules struck me as being simple, memorable, and effective ... his use of normal D6s in place of complex combat dice.
So what had he done? Quite simply, he had used the patterns of the dots on the dice to signify whether or not the score caused a 'hit' on artillery, ...
... on cavalry, ...
... or on infantry.
In each case the NATO icon for each type of unit is shown on the left, and the relevant D6 die scores for 'hitting' that type of unit is shown on the right.
Like all the best ideas, it is very simple and very clever ... and if possible, I am going to use it!
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Bob, you are very welcome!
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Ion
Archduke Piccolo (Ion),
ReplyDeleteMany thanks. It is a very simple idea ... but I have never seen anything like it before. It is a real innovation.
All the best,
Bob
It is a very neat idea for the 'Modern' period.
ReplyDeleteThose of us who play earlier periods, who are more familiar with the traditional plain box for infantry than the NATO symbols will just have to obliterate 4, 5 and 6 from our dice!
Regards,
Arthur
Arthur1815,
ReplyDeleteYou old stick-in-the-mud!
In fact the answer is simple; the 4, 5, and 6 all have 'pips' in each corner, and these form the corners of your plain square box!
All the best,
Bob
Utterly inspired - genius,
ReplyDeleteKaptain Kobold,
ReplyDeleteI totally agree!
All the best,
Bob
Excellent!
ReplyDeleteChris Kemp,
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to use it!
All the best,
Bob
Will have to consider this one. Reminds me a bit of SCRUD.
ReplyDeleteJennifer,
DeleteGive it a try! It’s one of those ideas that needs more development.
All the best,
Bob