re: scenario design

[Von Earlmann]

Thanks for the input KK and Jason. However, whilst appreciating your comments, if you are creating hypothetical scenarios, then surely a guideline is needed? For example, you wouldn't create a map around five miles square and put a corps oob in it? I've checked online and found the guidelines as in my original post, appreciate the input so far and respect the opinions, would just like to know what other 'hypothetical designers' work on?

This is adequate for an average frontage for hypotheticals.

http://www.balagan.org.uk/war/ww2/snippe...ntages.htm

Jason Petho

The manual refers to a minimum battalion size organization in order for the supply system to work properly.

Jason Petho



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Actually a company or unit will trace supply from the parent HQ above it no matter if it is battalion, regiment, division, etc.......it's also true that the more HQs above a unit the more supply checks will be made. If you have a battalion with no HQ etc all the comapnies and units below it will have no way to trace supply.If there are battalions below a regiment with no HQs the battalion hqs will have no way to trace supply which in turn will eventually affect all the units below them and so on.
So, you put all the companies into a regimental formation they will trace supply to the regimental HQ.Place all the division attachments and non regimental battalions into companies outside the regiment but below the division hq and they nwill trace directly to the Div HQ and the same thing will work for Corps units.When making larger scenarios this is the OOB I suggest. Putting in all the HQs that are default in an OOB only clutters things up and slows the game down. You can do a lot of neat things within the OOB to depict when one side had any sort of supply problems. Battalion HQs are way over rated for VPs in this game IMO and with a long los they are almost useless as you have to keep them so far away they can't effectively supply their units

VE