{"id":6,"date":"2020-03-25T11:27:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T11:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/lsnc\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2020-03-25T19:56:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T19:56:51","slug":"look-sarge-no-charts-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/lsnc\/","title":{"rendered":"Look, Sarge, No Charts Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_style_2\"><span class=\"style_2\">The <em>Look, Sarge, No Charts(TM)<\/em><\/span>\u00a0family of rules is a unique concept in miniature wargame design.\u00a0 There are no chart cards filled with complicated calculations to clutter the table and slow down the game.\u00a0 But <em><span class=\"style_2\">Look, Sarge, No Charts<\/span><\/em> is not simplistic.\u00a0 Six years of design and refinement went into the creation of the first in the series, <em><span class=\"style_2\">Look, Sarge, No Charts: WWII<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 The elimination of chart cards is accomplished through the use of a handful of special six-sided dice and the use of small labels on the backs of the bases.\u00a0 The result is an elegant system that allows players to concentrate on the game, not the rules.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_2\">Building on the success of that system, we\u2019ve applied the <em><span class=\"style_2\">No Charts<\/span><\/em> concepts to other historical periods.\u00a0 We began with World War II. \u00a0The next set was <em>A Union So Tested<\/em> for the American Civil War. \u00a0Chris also applied A Union So Tested to large Victorian science fiction battles on Mars. \u00a0The next set was <em>Fate of Battle<\/em> for the Napoleonic Wars. \u00a0Years of complicated rules sets and &#8220;button counters&#8221; have convinced many gamers that the Napoleonic Wars cannot be fun to game. \u00a0People in our club who won&#8217;t play Napoleonic games will play <em>Fate of Battle<\/em>. \u00a0The most recent set of rules in this family was <em>Bear Yourselves Valiantly<\/em> for ancient, medieval, and fantasy battles. \u00a0 You can see details about each of these rules sets by clicking on its title to the right.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We have been experimenting with a near future and science fiction set. \u00a0The combat results are not achieving the effects I have been looking for. \u00a0There is an explicit cyber phase between turns in which your cyber teams are trying to break into each others&#8217; networks to disrupt your actions. \u00a0That part of the game seems to be working very well. \u00a0I have been busy with several other rules projects, but I hope to get back to science fiction in the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Look, Sarge, No Charts(TM)\u00a0family of rules is a unique concept in miniature wargame design.\u00a0 There are no chart cards filled with complicated calculations to clutter the table and slow down the game.\u00a0 But Look, Sarge, No Charts is not simplistic.\u00a0 Six years of design and refinement went into the creation of the first in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/lsnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/lsnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/lsnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/lsnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/lsnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/lsnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107,"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/lsnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bucksurdu.com\/lsnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}