Re: [GZG] DSIII q

Yup, except that if he had had elements in either of the the otehr two 
platoons, he would have been involved.

Rather than write "convention rules" into DSIII, I would prefer that the

GM for the game work out what special limits they throw in for
convention 
play.  I've done this for DSII games without having seen anything in the

DSII rules to tell me how to do it. :)

J

John K. Lerchey
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On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Grant A. Ladue wrote:

>
>   Hi guys,
>
>     I agree, careful scenario design is always important to making
sure that
>   all the players have a good time.  My "first blush" impression of
the DSIII
>   rules though left me concerned that the possibility of long
firefights can
>   throw the best planned scenario out the window.  A few shaken
results can
>   throw the bulk of one (or more) player's forces under cover (which
is a
>   mechanism that I like by the way).	If it normally takes a turn end
to get
>   those forces moving again, a long firefight in the current turn can
leave
>   that player (or players) effectively out of the game for long
periods of
>   time.  As such, I'm thinking that an optional rule to limit
firefight length
>   would be usefull in the appropriate settings (like a convention).
>     I know it may seem to be overstating things, but we did see this
happen in
>   the game we played.  One of of the players on our side did a bit in
the 1st
>   half an hour and then had nothing to do for the next 2 hours.  He
fell
>   asleep in his chair!  It wasn't John's scenario that was the
problem, it was
>   just how the rules pushed things.  I'm just saying that that is
something to
>   avoid if at all possible.
>
>
>   grant
>
>
>>
>>> convention or not.	As such, I  would prefer to see the
>>> rules be set up such that it minimizes the chances that
>>> one or more of these players spends most of the game doing
>>> nothing.
>>
>> The usual way to do this is to say "Larry gets the left
>> company with these three platoons; Moe gets the center
>> company; Curly gets the right company." A better way to do
>> it might be to say "Larry gets First Platoon of all three
>> companies; Moe gets Second; Curly gets Third."  That way if
>> all the action is on the left flank, Curly isn't sitting
>> there with nothing to do.
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