| alexjones | 30 Dec 2015 12:39 p.m. PST |
I am usually an Armati player but recently picked up Tactica with a view to play 100YW battles. The army lists suggest some 7 battles each of 16 mounted knights for the French though! Going to take me a while at 28mm to build those forces. Does anyone play with scaled down forces and do the rules still work at all? |
| coopman | 30 Dec 2015 12:58 p.m. PST |
I don't see why it wouldn't work. Just adjust the morale check thresholds for each unit according to its starting strength. Each unit would be more brittle than if they were at full strength. |
| alexjones | 30 Dec 2015 1:07 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the tip, I really like the rules and I am eager to get them going.I am a big fan of Arty Conliffe's other sets and feel that they would work also. |
| coopman | 30 Dec 2015 1:12 p.m. PST |
I have always liked the fighting value concept Arty used in Tactica, but would have liked to have seen more categories by the use of D8's or D10's. |
| Lucius | 30 Dec 2015 1:28 p.m. PST |
You can always just use one rank instead of two, and keep track of the casualties on a roster. Or, just give each one-rank unit a die to mark casualties. |
| Desert Fox | 30 Dec 2015 2:13 p.m. PST |
Still eagerly awaiting Tactica 2… |
| idontbelieveit | 30 Dec 2015 4:42 p.m. PST |
HUGE is the only way to play Tactica, isn't it? |
| Winston Smith | 31 Dec 2015 10:48 p.m. PST |
I was a WRG player when it came out. The "suggested" armies were 2 or 3 times the size of my already large armies.
It seemed like it was designed for those who already had huge armies.
The rules to me were not interesting enough to vastly expand what I already had.
It also seemed that as soon as you deployed, one could look at the table and see who would win. "Black to mate in 3". |
| Great War Ace | 01 Jan 2016 7:46 a.m. PST |
"… morale check thresholds …" Is that a built-in mechanic to force larger armies? Why not just assign a 25% casualty morale test on all units and call it good?… |
| alexjones | 01 Jan 2016 12:53 p.m. PST |
altering the Morale check threshold seems the way to go. |
| dapeters | 04 Jan 2016 10:45 a.m. PST |
Desert Fox don't hold your breath it was suppose to be Tactica 2000 |
| Robert Burke | 09 Jan 2016 11:02 a.m. PST |
Years ago my buddies and I created a system for playing Tactica with half size units. If you contact me at Burker1 (at) aol (dot) com I'd be happy to send it to you. It's only one page long. |
ponders nirvana.
