"Off Limits!" Topic
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etotheipi | 31 Aug 2018 7:47 a.m. PST |
Roughly what percent of the wargaming scenarios you play have "off limits" entities (areas, buildings, personnel, or operations)? The most accessible example would be things prohibited by the Geneva Conventions. So an open field battle between military forces in a contested zone or engagement in an evacuated Stalingrad would not count. But an asymmetric engagement in an urban area with hospitals or schools would. I'm not counting things that would be stupid to do, like shooting automatic weapons in a gas station, just things or places where the troops have formal "rules of war" that affect the ability to deploy troops freely in the battlespace. For us it's 20-30%, usually in modern and future scenarios. |
Oberlindes Sol LIC | 31 Aug 2018 10:27 a.m. PST |
I include rules of engagement (ROE) in every scenario, even if the rule is just "free fire zone: consider anyone in it hostile and engage at discretion". I mostly run science fiction games with technology supporting grav vehicles and interstellar travel. The things worth fighting over are usually habitable worlds and human facilities on them. It is possible, likely even, that the ROE for both sides will be designed to protect those things, even if -- or especially if -- they are objectives to be captured. Civilians themselves are always included in ROE, even if the scenario doesn't actually include any civilians. The players shouldn't necessarily know whether there are any civilians hiding in buildings or even among growing crops, and they'll have to proceed in accordance with their ROE. Civilian miniatures might actually be combatants, of course. ROE are enforced through victory condition penalties. |
advocate | 31 Aug 2018 1:33 p.m. PST |
Roughly none. Mostly WW2 or pre-20th Century games. |
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