Campaign Series II?

[dgk196]

Hello...

Fuel supply... well one way would be to have a 'range' factor. Like the range of a weapon, this instead would be the range of the unit. How many hexes you are going to allow it go in this scenario. Wouldn't matter what speed (though it probably should). You would simply set a units 'range' as to the maximum number of hexes the unit can move at what ever speed it is moving at.

So, for example, I set the range of a unit to 80 and its maximum movement rate is 8 then it could move 10 consecutive turns at that rate ( 80 / 8 = 10 ). Basically a 'countdown' system. This would take into account the extra expenditure of terrain and such. The number of movement factors in used in a turn would simply be subtracted from the 'range' allotment for the unit to get the remaining range allotment. This should be a variable that can either be set by the players in the scenario design or imposed on existing scenarios.

Additionally, for really 'long' scenarios, you could also have a 'refuel' rate. Once a unit needs to 'refuel' you could set the number of 'range' factors it regains for every turn spent 'refueling'. So, if you set the refuel rate of or example unit to 20 per turn, then it would take four turns to refuel back to its maximum range of 80 ( 80 / 20 = 4 ). So, the factors for movement would be Range... Speed ... Refuel rate... which would be for our example... 80/8/20. That shouldn't be too hard to handle in a scenario, eh?

I get the idea that allowing units to 'breakdown' into their sub-units would increase the 'load' on the players. But only if they perform that activity. I think once used, you'll find the players using such a feature in specific instances, such as patrolling ahead or used for outposts or observation. One thing I don't understand is how the unit size fits the 'scale'. So long as the 'units' are not oversized for the hex size, such as having 'battalion' sized units trying to occupy a 250 meter hex in a combat deployment situation, what difference does it make? If you have a 'countdown' system, number of units remaining in the parent unit, isn't that the same as having sub-units of a smaller size? Just a thought.

Dennis