Re: [SG2} House Rules for Fire Team Units

On Apr 11, 2005 3:19 PM, laserlight@quixnet.net <laserlight@quixnet.net>
wrote:
> >Not really--PLs do very much up-front leadership.
> 
> My point is, this is not intended to be PL Sim--I'd dig out the
Striker
> rules if I wanted something closer to that, and have a GM move all my
units.

OK, point.  I just don't want things to get too gamey.	

> >Curiosity--has anyone played with team-sized units against
squad-sized
> units.  I have a sneaking suspicion the results might influence this
> discussion heavily.
> 
> <shrug> yeah, but if you have platoons on one side and companies on
the
> other, that would influence it too.  

Depends.  In DSII with the rules as written I'd prefer to have
platoons because otherwise you loose too much flexibility.  In SGII
with the rules as written (plus the tweaks you gave) the fireteam
doesn't really have enough firepower.  Quality dice, d6 or d8, and a
SAW die.  If you want an anti-armor weapon you screw yourself out of
the SAW firepower and basically don't have a hope in hell of doing
serious damage to an opposing unit.  Methinks that diluting the
firepower this way will mean less decisive games which will in the
end, be settled by close assault.  Way more often than close assault
would happen in "real life".

Compare to a regular squad with a d12 for 6 rifles and a trio of d8s
for quality and SAWs.

>If you're playing with teams, it
> should be on both sides.  One of my tests is going to be a fedayeen
squad
> (3 teams x 3 men) going through a militia platoon (roughly 7 teams x 5
men).

The Fedayeen will be rolling what, d10 quality, d4 for the two rifles,
and a d8 for the SAW?  How are you planning on causing actual
casualties?  And don't forget to take away one SAW in favor of an RPG
or something.

John
-- 
"Thousands of Sarmatians, Thousands of Franks, we've slain them again
and again.  We're looking for thousands of Persians."
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