I'm still working on the Rossbach scenario. I'm trying to figure out how many turns I should allow. There is no direct link between turns and time in Twilight of the Soldier Kings. So I calculated the distances the troops moved and the approximate timings known from accounts, and then work back an average number of turns per hour. There's quite a bit of chopping and changing going on. I'm nearly there. Then I've got to finalise victory conditions. As mentioned in the last post, I'm trying to get the scenario to run on roughly historical lines. Twilight of the Soldier Kings has a default victory mechanism based on wing and army morale tests, rather than the Victory Point approach taken by games like C&C. I'm trying to work out whether I can blend the two approaches.
Chris, I look forward to seeing you sort out all of the details of the Rossbach battle. You give me motivation to work towards feilding the armies necessary for this battle.
ReplyDeleteI hope it lives up to expectations. 😆
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There is obviously quite a lot of thought going into this, Chris. Be careful what you wish for....imagine if the new Helion book has some significant new theory, all your planning so far may become redundant ...!😀
ReplyDeleteNooooooo! Don’t say that! 😆
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The research part is always fun I find, but can then be hard to square the circle of conflicting accounts etc. For my games, which I tend to keep relatively simple I must confess, I go down the route of when would one side most likely begin to retreat to protect their LoC/baggage, or were too weak to prosecute any more attacks etc. It works for me but then I am a shallow knave;).
ReplyDeleteThat’s as good a method as any Steve. I could just do the same, but I have a tendency to keep on going past the point it would be reasonable.
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It's great to see the level of research you do for these games - one of the advantages of playing them solo, you can take as long as you like over the planning! We look forward to further updates..
ReplyDeleteLike you say, that’s the benefit of playing solo. It is a bit self-indulgent, but if any of it is of any interest or use to anyone else then that is a bonus.
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I would think that Rossbach would be quite a challenging scenario; the French did so poorly in real life, you want to make that possible but not inevitable! At least with solo play, you don't have to worry quite so much about balance!
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is a challenge. Even for a solo game I want to make sure there’s a significant degree of uncertainty. And I’m also stretching the challenge by trying to make the scenario competitive enough for non-solo players.
DeleteImpressive detailed research looking forward to seeing the results 👍
ReplyDeleteI just need to pull my finger out and get the table set up.
DeleteI too share the enjoyment of planning a scenario and look forward to your further updates and musings. I will be interested to see how you go with a game using Twilight of the Soldier Kings, given my satisfaction with Twilight of the Sun King for smaller scale (I think is the correct geographic term?) games of Great Northern War.
ReplyDeleteRegards, James
p.s. I note you posting as 'anonymous'. The latest change to blogger is that you (sometimes) need to select to post with google, even when already logged in and even on your own blog. Weird!
Hi James. When I’m on my laptop I can adjust the settings so I can post under my blog username. I don’t know how to adjust the settings to do this on my phone though.
DeleteRegarding the Rossbach scenario, I keep changing my mind on how to set it up. Hopefully I’ll come to a decision by Saturday!
Chris