RE: SGII

At 07:59 AM 5/22/97 +1000, you wrote:
>I like the idea of panic. If you have ever had to sit on the ground
with
>a troop of APC's (let alone tanks) rumbling towards you... it's a
bigger
>adrenalin surge than any bungy jump. And at night this is REALLY
>scary!!!

I was at an army training session one time, base visitor, and the
armored
vehicles just driving around the grounds were a little unnerving.  I
couldn't imagine having a fire spewing, rumbling armored vehicle driving
through my squads position.

>But the actual overrun? Well consider the scale; 1 inch = 10 m. Most
>AFVs are around 4-8 m wide and the games troop base size is a 10 m diam
>circle. So really the liklihood of any more than one troopie being hit
>is very small!

I agree.  Causing Casualties seems a bit harsh.  I like the idea of
panic as
well, but the "panic" roll seems to be in place for "inexperienced
troops.
I guess you could roll it for any of them.

>> ----------
>> From:	Gerald McVicker[SMTP:gmcvicke@wvu.edu]
>> Sent:	Wednesday, 21 May 1997 22:17
>> To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
>> Subject:	SGII
>>
>> Can anyone tell me if a vehicle can overrun an infantry squad in
>> Stargrunt
>> II?	We played a game a couple of nights ago. One of the players was
>> retreating a squad across open ground, the other player, during his
>> activation, wanted to combat move a tank and move through the squads
>> position.  I came to realize that the SGII rules didn't cover this
>> situation at all.  Part of the second players victory conditions were
>> to
>> get his tanks and APC across the board, so I could understand why he
>> might
>> want to do this.  I handled it this way, I had the squad take a
>> confidence
>> test with the following threat level...Low 1 Med 2 High 3 and then I
>> labeled the squad "disorganized".  I made the squads player use an
>> activation to reorganize the squad before they could do anything
else.
>> Perhaps I should have caused panic?	Perhaps they should have taken
>> casualties?	I'm not sure, since Jon seems to have missed this in the
>> rules.  Any input would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>> Jerry McVicker
>>
>> "Don't worry soldier, weapons will be available in a moment."
>>
>> Blackwind and Raddix Gaming
>> http://www.imagixx.net/~bnrgames
>> bnrgames@imagixx.net
>>
>>
>

Jerry McVicker	

"Don't worry soldier, weapons will be available in a moment."

Blackwind and Raddix Gaming
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