{"id":2088,"date":"2013-08-19T20:03:46","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T20:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=2088"},"modified":"2013-08-19T20:03:46","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T20:03:46","slug":"working-on-new-wwii-skirmish-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/bucksblog\/2013\/08\/19\/working-on-new-wwii-skirmish-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Working on New WWII Skirmish Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>For several weeks, while running, I’ve been thinking hard about some new ideas for WWII skirmish gaming.\u00a0 If these ideas work out, I can see applying them to multiple “modern” skirmishes, such as cowboys and sci fi.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I’m trying to get at a number of important issues:<\/p>\n

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  1. I wanted to avoid having individual soldiers target individual soldiers across the table.\u00a0 That slows a game, leads to gaminess, and provides unrealistically good control of distribution of fire.<\/li>\n
  2. I wanted cover to act as cover.\u00a0 In most games cover reduces your chance of hitting a target.\u00a0 While this is mathematically indistinguishable from what I’ve decided to do, it didn’t quite seem right at the skirmish level.<\/li>\n
  3. I wanted fire to be at areas, rather than individual soldiers, but I wanted team leaders and squad leaders to have an impact on distribution of fire by restricting the size of the target area.<\/li>\n
  4. I wanted activation to be randomized, but I didn’t want only one person playing at a time.<\/li>\n
  5. I wanted movement distances to be somewhat randomized.<\/li>\n
  6. I wanted the game to work for either a “realistic” skirmish game or something more cinematic.<\/li>\n
  7. I wanted it to be quick and fun without becoming simplistic.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So, lets start by defining the attributes of each figure.\u00a0 These attributes are indicated by the acronym GAMER:<\/p>\n