"Wounded soldiers? No thanks!" Topic

You were asked – TMP link

Do you use wounded or dead soldiers in your armies? I'm not talking about using wounded or dead figures as casualty markers; instead, using them as a permanent part of a unit or stand.

39% said "I never use wounded soldiers in my armies"
30% said "I rarely use wounded soldiers in my armies"
25% said "I sometimes use wounded soldiers in my armies"

So, 55% do use them to some extent – rarely or sometimes.

Only in my WW2 skirmish campaign game. But I don't get into details about it. Basically it comes down to can they fight in the next scenario or not.

Many years ago I ordered one of those directional scatter dice that GDW used to make. I got something completely different. It's a wound scatter dice (no idea what the real name should be). The six sdies have a head, body, left arm, right arm, left leg and right leg. Never really used the weird thing.

I resent having to pay for those figures in a pack of 30 or 6.
Sell them separately, if you must.

I have a few SYW figs with bandaged heads – they came in the pack with the other figs so I use them as still able to pitch in – the bandages just show they have been busy!

For me, they just clutter up the tabletop. Not interested in that level of "realism" in my games. The wounded figures would be a distraction and table clutter which I, and my Players, can do without. Cheers!

I use them as "replacements", removing them from play to put "fighter" poses back into play…