FW: campaigns

No, I don't think that works very well either for the kind of campaign
Jon is describing. The reason to limit replacements and, especially,
rebuilding is not because of complexity (although that is certainly an
issue) but because of time frame. If each campaign turn is a week or
even a month are you going to replace a BB that quickly? Of course in
the future they could very well spit them out in an hour, but, if you
want to keep things along current lines, then the only way to get
replacements is by having them allocated to you. The same with repairs.
A certain level of repairs could be done fairly quickly (look at the
Yorktown in WW2) but many could also take months.

Paul

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From:  WENMESS@aol.com [SMTP:WENMESS@aol.com]
Sent:  Friday, March 28, 1997 11:53 AM
To:  FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
Subject:  Re: campaigns

In a message dated 97-03-27 11:12:27 EST, Rob Paul wrote:
>	  I remember one of Adam's postings from last year describing
some
>  WH40K (I think) players using the "Hordes of the Things/De Bellis
>  Antiquitatis" minicampaign system for SF, with star systems replacing
the
>  cities.  
>  
>	   One thing most people get wrong in a campaign is the "Too
Much
>  Stuff" syndrome.  There are more decisions to make, and therefore
more
gamer
>  activity and involvement, if everyone is stretched too thin.
<snip>
>	   Ignore new construction for the moment- 
<snip>
Or don't.  As long as we're "borrowing" from other systems,  how about
lifting the ship replacement rules from GDW's Imperium?  In short, at no
economic cost cap ships return to play after 2 turns, lesser ships after
1.  Replacements are limited to 1 ship/turn,  but can be "stacked up"
into the future.  The schedule of replacements can be accelerated by
permanently eliminating ships due to re-enter play on an earlier turn. 
Upon  review, maybe an example is called for.
Turn 1 - Say 3 DD's are destroyed.  1 would return to play on turn 2, 1
on turn 3, and the last on turn 4.
Turn 2 - Bad luck. A BB was sunk.  The soonest that it could reappear is
turn 4 (2 turn wait on cap ships, remember?). But because a DD is
already scheduled to reappear on turn 4,  the BB must wait until turn 5.
 However, the player has the option of permanently removing the DD from
play to allow the BB to come in on turn 4.
Now throw in a "points per system controlled" economic system and you've
got yourself a campaign game. 
>  Just a few suggestions
>  Rob Paul

Good ones, IMHO.  
Mike Messenger
wenmess@aol.com