"audentis Fortuna iuvat" Topic
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etotheipi | 19 Apr 2018 5:05 a.m. PST |
Do you make decisions for your forces where the possibility of a favorable outcome is low, but the outcome is massively more favorable than the more conservative approaches? Fortune favors the bold! I do, but I like it to be consistent with the character of my force or its commander. I find it very enjoyable, whichever way it comes out. |
Legion 4 | 19 Apr 2018 5:24 a.m. PST |
HMmmmm ? Aah …It depends … |
22ndFoot | 19 Apr 2018 5:37 a.m. PST |
Does this not depend on the campaign circumstances/victory conditions? Otherwise it's a bit of a "how long is a piece of string" question. |
Stryderg | 19 Apr 2018 6:26 a.m. PST |
Played a one-off convention game and rolled high enough that one of my leaders could go into "hero mode" and do something special. None of them were in a position where that would be useful, so I had a lieutenant charge a tank with a grenade. I needed straight 6's on 3d6 and was warned by other players that it wasn't going to work. If it had, they would still be talking about it today. In case you were wondering, it didn't work out. |
attilathepun47 | 19 Apr 2018 10:09 a.m. PST |
To a degree, yes, I tend to take risks. For example, I once hid a unit of Austrian grenzers in a wood along an expected enemy approach route. As they were unsupported, they would be dead meat if the Russians scouted the wood. The Russians were careless, not expecting any opposition that far forward. The result was that when I sprang my ambush on the leading Russian unit, it routed, helped along by one of my horse batteries which moved out from behind a hill and unlimbered on the road. The panic spread to following units and a whole Russian division disappeared, at which point my opponent conceded the game. Taking risks can be very productive, just as long as you don't get too predictable about it, especially concerning your whole force. |
Parzival | 19 Apr 2018 12:36 p.m. PST |
All the time. And based on this, I can confidently state that the Roman who first said that was either a liar or an idiot. |
Bashytubits | 19 Apr 2018 2:28 p.m. PST |
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Legion 4 | 20 Apr 2018 6:53 a.m. PST |
That is one frakk'n lucky cat ! |
etotheipi | 21 Apr 2018 7:43 a.m. PST |
While I have never see it done with all shepherds like that, the pic resembles a dog training test. Final exam type. The dogs are told to sit and stay. Their controller walks away with "stay" in place. Then they let a cat walk through. I've also seen a half dozen squirrels let out of a cage to run in front of them. Still, I think I'd be requesting hazardous duty pay… |
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