Re: [GZG] FMA multiple activations

I remember (dimly) playing Wargames Research Group ancient/mediaeval  
rules (6th edition?) that attempted to simulate precisely this	
reliability of "regulars" by using "average dice" (d6 marked  
2,3,3,4,4,5) for regular troops such as Roman legions, but normal d6  
for tribal bands, feudal levies etc., in rolls for morale/reaction,  
weapon effect etc. I don't remember, but I'm sure that, then as now,  
there was lively debate as to how well this simulated reality...

I don't know how you'd set about doing something similar with the FMA  
system. I confess that I'm not all *that* interested in elites vs.  
hordes of mooks in games. I did most of my mediaeval gaming in a  
fantasy Italian "condottiere" campaign based on Raphael Sabatini's  
novel "Bellarion", so generally there wasn't a huge difference	
between the troops on each side.

On 08/03/2009, at 08:42 , John Atkinson wrote:

> That's been the Achilles Heel of the FMA system in a lot of ways.  
> Good leaders, higher morale, better gear, nothing means a things if  
> you roll a 1	That's more likely with garbage troops, but even  
> Green troops only suffer a 1 twice as often at Elite troops do.  It  
> seems to me that this is backwards--even the greenest trooper has a  
> chance of an amazing moment, but the point of regularly trained  
> troopers is that they are reliable--you can count on the leaders to  
> do the tactically sound thing and the troopers to fight with	
> proficiency and a degree of elan.  Perhaps Greens should be rolling  
> a d12 and Elites a d6+6.  :)

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