My View of SB:First World War

[Richie61]

The real challenge with going down to smaller units than a squad is, of course, the way the game engine determines attrition. When the numbers get below 5/hex, it gets noticeably harder to eliminate them. We've all dealt with the 'straggler' unit of one solider that you just can't kill to save your life. This is where the optional rule Alternate Fire Density comes into play and treats anything under 5 men as 5 men, making it easier to eliminate smaller sub-units.

Strategy without AFD was to typically keep your officer behind the active units to keep him from getting whacked. AFD changed that....

Isn't this why Ed added this to his note pdf?

RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL RULES
In SB:FWW, the Quality Loss Modifier and Alternate Fire Density rules have been disabled, due to the unique size of the units present in this title as opposed to other Squad Battles titles. In SB:FWW, the unit sizes can be quite large and this resulted in a wide range of unintended imbalances in scenarios (too many casualties, and too many leaders lost) if played with either of those optional rules on, as opposed to playing with them off. Disabling both of these rules was the safest way to ensure the intended results in these scenarios since the use of one or both rules usually meant the attacker taking too many casualties, and an impossible scenario. Beyond that, users are encouraged to turn on "Vehicle Fire Over" optional rule, and can use whatever rules beyond that that they prefer.