Point Values

[Huib Versloot]

While having infantry and tanks being equal across the board would make scenario design easier, I don't think quality scenario design should be easy.

There is also no reason to make it more complicated with things that add nothing to the game.

The value of a Russian Rifle platoon circa 1941 in terms of rarity, weapon ratings, firepower, trainging, abilties and expendability (among other values) is significantly lower than that of an American Rifle platoon circa 1944. Both of these platoons should not be worth 3VP each.

While true, it is entirely irrelevant in scenario designing. These units don't fight eachother.

Same for tanks. A Panzer II and a Panzer VI are not created equal on any level and should not be given an equal value.

Just as irrelevant. A tank is a tank. If one was more expendable on the battlefield than the other, no officer would admit it. Both have crews.

Quality scenario design takes into consideration the various victory point levels of the units in play when creating victory conditions. Were losses considered important in the battle? Was the capture of terrain more important?

Precisely, so there is no reason to force the designer to do all kinds of extra calculations after the first test, because American infantry is "cheaper" than German Volksgrenadiers. Losses still are important since I never said that units should have no value.

If yes or no, there are methods of adjusting the victory conditions to represent either answer, or a variation of both.

It is a variation, but the more different values the more difficult it becomes to do the calculations. I'd rather say for example: in my scenario the Germans need to kill 25% more than the Americans to win, given they reach and capture objective X, than: in my scenario the Germans need to kill 25% more than the Americans given they reach and capture objective X AND I have to substract 100 points from the victory conditions, because they will PROBABLY lose about 50 sp Volksgrenadiers which are 2vp worth more than the American infantry for some irrelevant reason.

Huib