Re: [GZG] First go at a campaign - some questions

[Claus Paludan <cpaludan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

John K. Lerchey wrote:
>

> One way to handle this, more abstractly than tracking resource points 
> and less abstractly than making them universal, would be to require 
> shipping lanes between systems.  Any system under blockade, or with a 
> blocked shipping lane would have it's resource production reduced (with 
> no shipping lane, maybe to 25%, and blockaded to 0%).  If a player 
> places warships into an enemy shipping lane, consider it to be blocked.
>
> To do raiding scenarios, the player could move along a shipping lane 
> which would not block it, but instead would have some chance of 
> triggering a raid.  Each player could (or perhaps be forced to) also 
> designate a certain number of ships to anti-piracy duty acting as 
> escorts.  When the raid scenario happens, take some percentage of the 
> escort ships and put them in to protect the transports.
>
> Then come up with some penalty for losing the transport (some amount of 
> reduction in resource points for the turn) and give the raiding force a 
> bonus (especially if they capture the transports!).
>
> That's just a suggestion off the top of my head.  I may not have thought 
> it through very clearly, but it does offer a different solution. :)

A very interesting idea - this might be a solution that the roleplayer 
in me can live with :) On the other hand I will now have to manage the 
escort ships as well hehe.

But any ideas are more than welcome.. I will go where Paul and Roger has 
gone before and write the campaign rules down so everyone will know what 
to do and what not to do.
--
With kind regards
Claus Paludan

W-site : http://www.krigsspil.dk - Danish Miniature Wargaming Society
MSN : claus_paludan [at] hotmail.com

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