Too Fat Lardies

I've largely given up trying to fit this kind of raiding campaign into the CoC world - just too many changes that take it too far away from the core of the rules - although I think it can still work for some of the bigger raids like Simi, Lemnos and Khios. I agree, if you need to have sentries and ...

1. Could I transfer the last man from one team to the other (to the LMG for exemple)? Yep, sure 2. Would that mean that I have to roll for ”team wiped out”? I would say yes, you do. They've obviously been shot to bits,and are on their last legs. 3. If I didn´t roll for ”team wiped out” when I moved...

But, I also don’t see how the attacker can win a delaying action by sitting back and pounding the defender from a distance and not advancing. That completely goes against the intent of the scenario. I’ve always wrestled a little with this particular aspect of the rules. I have no problem with the r...

I've been working on a WWII Aegean raiding campaign for a while with some rule variants to introduce stealth and wondered to what extent WWII raiding forces had access to silencers and suppressors? First of all: have you looked at the Osprey ruleset Black Ops? It's intended for post-war stealth "ta...

You're not the first person to ask this question; it's perhaps not worded the most clearly.

Bottom line: having your morale fall to zero and routing is always a loss, in any scenario. Or as Rich Clarke himself put it "you cannot win by losing".

Truscott Trotter wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:21 pm

Mind you there are some cracking Russian Partisan ranges but nobody seems interested in their campaigns.

I think the interest would be there if we had more source material available for them in English. There must be a lot of cracking stories...

National Characteristics would be interesting as they seem to be even more preoccupied with settling scores amongst themselves than fighting Germans. 🙂 That's the thing, to do it properly would take someone with a good understanding of the politics of the region, the different groups and how they c...

I think unless you had a specific scenario or campaign written they would not be much fun. But on the flipside if you did have a little campaign strung together they could be a ton of fun. WW2 is such a big space to tell stories in, and there was so much more going on than just the regulars socking...

Len Tracey wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 25, 2020 12:46 am

I like the idea of reducing the number to reflect lack of radios

In practice the lack of a radio is going to make 4s a lot less useful, so I think you've already got a mechanic in there that makes lacking radios hurt without losing dice.

I think you guys are getting yourselves tied in knots over wording again. The intention is clearly for the attacker to get part of their force to the opponent's baseline. I don't see what the point in terms of either historical accuracy or gameplay would be to begin splitting hairs about exactly wha...