{"id":34,"date":"2020-03-24T15:44:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T15:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/combatpatrol\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2020-03-25T11:06:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T11:06:50","slug":"designers-notes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/combatpatrol\/designers-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Designer&#8217;s Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_54\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54\" style=\"width: 606px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-54\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/combatpatrol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/IMG_3710-300x144.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/combatpatrol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/IMG_3710-300x144.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/combatpatrol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/IMG_3710-1024x490.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/combatpatrol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/IMG_3710-768x368.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/combatpatrol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/IMG_3710-1536x735.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/combatpatrol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/IMG_3710-2048x981.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Combat Patrol(TM) game set in a small French village at Historicon 2017. We ran two fights in this village in 1940 and one in 1944.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Combat Patrol(TM): WWII took over three years of effort to design. \u00a0Unlike many of my previous designs, this was never meant to be a published set of rules. \u00a0I designed it for me. \u00a0The response at conventions and within the club was so positive, I was eventually persuaded to publish the rules. \u00a0These four files are a serialized article describing the design process of Combat Patrol. \u00a0If you are interested in the game design process, you may find these articles of value.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/Personal\/documents\/CombatPatrol\/GameDesignArticle\/GAMER_Design_Article_1.pdf\">Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/Personal\/documents\/CombatPatrol\/GameDesignArticle\/GAMER_Design_Article_2.pdf\">Part 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/Personal\/documents\/CombatPatrol\/GameDesignArticle\/GAMER_Design_Article_3.pdf\">Part 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/Personal\/documents\/CombatPatrol\/GameDesignArticle\/GAMER_Design_Article_4.pdf\">Part 4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many of these ideas were subsequently discussed on the Meeples and Miniatures podcast.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_53\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53\" style=\"width: 435px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-53\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/combatpatrol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/IMG_3698-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/combatpatrol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/IMG_3698-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/combatpatrol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/IMG_3698-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/combatpatrol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/IMG_3698-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/combatpatrol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/IMG_3698-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/combatpatrol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/IMG_3698-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Normandy hedgerow game run at Historicon 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;My club likes some other set of rules, so I must dislike <em>Combat Patrol(TM)<\/em>, right?&#8221;<\/strong> \u00a0Rules reviewers, gaming companies, trolls skulking around various internet fora, and even many game designers will assert that if you like set of rules A, that means you must dislike set of rules B. \u00a0One successful game designer I know asserted that rules writers don&#8217;t play other people&#8217;s rules. \u00a0I think that both assertions are false. \u00a0I think this outlook comes from gamers wanting to settle in on a small set of rules so that they can sit down and play at club night and not have to learn a new set of rules every week. \u00a0In many clubs, they only play a single set of rules. \u00a0I once was in a club that played only <em>Johnny Reb<\/em>. \u00a0For years. \u00a0And years. \u00a0But they really knew the rules and could focus on the game. \u00a0This actually made it difficult for newcomers who didn&#8217;t know the rules so well, so we hosted a <em>Johnny Reb<\/em> training day for the newbies. \u00a0Different rules are better for different types of games. \u00a0Some rules are suitable for two-player, head-to-head pickup games. \u00a0Others are more suitable for multi-player games. \u00a0<em>Combat Patrol(TM): WWII<\/em> scales nicely at both extremes. \u00a0We have successfully run games with as few as two and as many as 20 players. \u00a0With 20 people new to the rules, it can slow down, but with six to eight players who know the rules, it moves quite quickly. \u00a0So, just because you like a particular set of WWII skirmish rules, that does not mean you can&#8217;t also like and play Combat Patrol. \u00a0Give them a try. \u00a0And with all the free supplemental material, you can use them for a variety of historical (and some non-historical) periods.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Combat Patrol(TM): WWII took over three years of effort to design. \u00a0Unlike many of my previous designs, this was never meant to be a published set of rules. \u00a0I designed it for me. \u00a0The response at conventions and within the club was so positive, I was eventually persuaded to publish the rules. \u00a0These four files 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