Re: Stargrunt WWII conversion

	Howdy!

On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, John Atkinson wrote:

> Does everyone else pull chits at random from the entire collection 
> provided?  I don't throw yellow ones into the mix unless it's a 
> non-military force on the board--I figure street cops _might_ be so 
> inexperienced in firefights as to pull those.  Or not, if from Beirut,

> or Belfast.  :) Mobs certaintly would count as this, as would Iranian 
> or Iraqi militia.  Red chits don't show up unless we're dealing with 
> elements of a truly elite force--Rangers, 307th Engineers, SAS,
Foreign 
> Legion Paras, Green Beanies, etc.  And I weight the chits for other 
> forces.  For example, militia batallions not only have crappy 
> equipment, they pick from green and regular chits only.  Regulars from

> good quality formations with combat experience and/or superb training 
> (i.e., my Tagmatic troops, Waffen-SS, 3rd Army in WWII, US/UK troops
in 
> Desert Storm) pick from only regular and veteran chits, etc.	

	Same thing here!

	For most of our games we stick to vets, regs, and greens.  I
have
used yellow a few times only when playing untrained/poorly trained
insurgents, although I am looking forward to a game of Korean Student
Demonstrators Versus ROC Marines... :)

	If it is a 4 squad platoon, then we may have 6-8 blue chits
(rated
1-3), 1-3 vet chits (rated 1-3), and 1-2 green chits (1-3).  The green
would simulate guys just out of Boot with no combat experience.  This is
for 'pick-up' or general games.  If the scenario has specific
paramertes,
then we choose from weighted chit pools (a 'spec foreces' mission would
choose from elite/vet pools, etc.)

	Quality is important (duh!), but I have been discovering, in my
albeit slow fashion, that leadership is REALLY important, especially in
the realm of arty and rallying.  Anyone else with similar experiences? 
I
have gotten away with having platoon or company commands with being
green
(90-day wonder Liuetenants, anyone?), but that '3' is a *killer*...

	Laterish!

	Ken