"Card Draw Rearguard?" Topic
5 Posts
All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.
Please remember not to make new product announcements on the forum. Our advertisers pay for the privilege of making such announcements.
For more information, see the TMP FAQ.
Back to the Game Design Message Board
Areas of InterestGeneral
Featured Hobby News Article
Featured Link
Featured Ruleset
Featured Showcase Article Strangely intelligent hyenas for BeestWars.
Featured Workbench Article Using artificial intelligence on a portrait photo.
Featured Profile Article Meet the winner of our recent contest.
|
Please sign in to your membership account, or, if you are not yet a member, please sign up for your free membership account.
robert piepenbrink  | 09 Jun 2023 5:26 p.m. PST |
Guys I lost the article. Does anyone else remember a generic rearguard generator using a deck of cards? The defender drew a limited number of cards and only those of his suite represented units. Everyone else was a dummy counter, so the attacker had no idea going in whether he was facing a serious defense or an isolated unit or two. Does anyone remember who wrote it or where it appeared? |
 doc mcb | 09 Jun 2023 5:51 p.m. PST |
No, but it sounds VERY interesting. When you find it let us know. You might take a look at the SONG OF THE SPLINTERED LANDS scenario book I did for the SONG OF BLADES AND HEROES system, some years ago. It has some modular rules for meeting engagements in which neither side knows precisely what and also HOW MANY the other side has, AND variable missions. |
| doc mcb | 09 Jun 2023 5:52 p.m. PST |
By golly, it's on line: PDF link see pp. 16-18 |
| Mark J Wilson | 10 Jun 2023 10:26 a.m. PST |
Robert, it sounds to me like you remember how the idea works, how many cards, what suits, i'm sure oyu can apply to different scenarios yourself. |
| robert piepenbrink | 10 Jun 2023 7:09 p.m. PST |
Thank you, Mark. Yeah, for practical purposes I'm OK. But I promised a friend a copy when I found mine, and when I use someone's idea, I try to give credit. Sad truth is, miniature warfare has a lot of diligent researchers and a decent number of intelligent adaptors, but all the original ideas of the last 40 years or so wouldn't take up a lot of shelf space. (Me? Intelligent adaptor--and only on my good days.) |
|
