Team game challenge

[Greybeard]

Hello Chris,

When I've set them up - each player is assigned a number of points that they are allowed out of the total purchase..

One player is set as 'team captain'.. the team captain is responsible for all of the unit purchasing, and general setup that only one player can do.. (setting password, picking map, setting options, etc) - each player needs to provide the captain with a 'shopping list'.. just getting the purchase completed can take a few days..

At the deployment, since WW2 and MBT allows saves of partial deployment, the files are passed to all team mates in turn to deploy thier troops.. when multiple players use the same country, then it's advisable to rename the units and personalize them for each player
:like GB tank (Greybeard's Tank)

For play sequence - the team captain receives the files and distributes it to team. They look at the game, possibly discuss tactics, and then play the turn - as each team member completes a turn - the file is passed to the next player, and finally it is passed back to the team captain(team captain always gets a CC for each send).. once all the team is done, the captain hits 'end turn' and sends the files back to the opponents captain.

this works OK with basic security, but when WW2/MBT were DOS games, the security routines trashed team games pretty quickly - they were played with no security whatsoever.. with the new WIN versions, I'm not sure about 'full security' mode - I haven't tried it yet..

Just the basics here to get things started. Keeping a team game running can be almost as hard as keeping a tourney running.. and takes alot longer.. a 50 turn team game with 2 players could take 6 months or longer to play.. figure that you have at least 2 days per turn per side.. so 3-4 days for a single complete turn cycle.. there needs to be serious commitment once a team effort has started.. the more players involved, the greater the time span needed to finish the game..

I strongly recommend no more than 3 players per side for something like this.

-Greybeard