Is there a place where MicroCosmic is discussed? I was an Epic 40K fan, and this may be even better.
I know it is tricky to choose what should be abstracted, what represented. I in general prefer abstraction, as long as a the things I want are there. MicroCosmic seems to do a good job, but there are a few things I wonder about here.
Close assault is a 0 range firepower attack, so not simultaneous. On the other hand, an unactivated formation could do a snap action to fight back after. I have always thought a close assault should be risky no matter what, if you can reduce risk by suppression, outnumbering etc.
"Titan" weapons are as abstracted as everything else. If I did want a bit more detail, it would be in Titans. I can let go of arcs and turns per move for titans. But I still want to arm a titan a bit more specifically. Treat titan weapons like units in a formation with the titan?
On the other hand, aircraft seem to me to need just a bit more in terms of movement restrictions. They do have to move as first action and have a minimum move distance, but I wish there was a bit of a limit on turning. I know that complicates things. And I wish there were some case where non-AA weapons could fire at aircraft. You just have to ignore them if you didn't bring any.
touches up a toy car.
