Bigger Games

[vsfguthroth]

At the risk of spreading heresy, how big could a game of IHMN get ?

Are there any suggestions for large games where the ‘ordinary’ troops are moved as units ?

Characters with Leadership (or a cost of 25+ points) and any conveyances would still be moved individually, but the ordinary troops could maybe be deployed and moved as sections of 5 or 10 men.

As a start I can see that a separate 'Big Battle' set of amendments would be needed to cover things like units firing at Heroes, and how they might be affected by Mystical powers. 

[Irishrover13]

I have not seen this but it might be a lot of fun to create it. Though I think tough troops and heros would die very quick in the face of a ten man rifle barrage. I think the mobbing and combining fire rules would be a good place to start looking if you do go ahead with larger battles.

[Dewbakuk]

I've been working on this a little bit lately. Test game after Salute
Wasn't going to mention anything yet but there are a few things that need changing but it's not as bad as you think. The scaling tends to balance itself a little with regards to skills etc, for example in a normal game, giving all your troops Marksman might mean your opponent has a couple of men more than you. In a larger game it might mean they have 10-20 more figures than you... That's a very different prospect.

Characters are just as survivable as a 10 man volley doesn't affect their Pluck any more than a 3 man volley. However they do have a little less individual impact which in a larger game is only right and proper.

[Craig]

You too Lord Dewbakuk? It is one of our future projects as well and we've been working out some of the details recently. methinks we need to bang heads at Salute 

[vsfguthroth]

I begin to regret my decision not to go to Salute, but it’s fixed now. 

[Craig]

I shall be at Partizan if that's nearer 

[vsfguthroth]

'Fraid not 

I limit myself to 60/90 min travel time, so the normal routine is Cavalier, Call To Arms, Campaign, Valhalla, Colours, SELWG and Warfare, but 2 of those have been scrubbed this year. Partizan is a wee bit too far.

Salute isn't on the list as the price to be paid for going a-Viking over the Easter weekend in Dublin with about 500 others from all over Europe - She who must be obeyed has her limits 

[Irishrover13]

I am jealous you have all of those. We Canadians don't have shows like that or at least not that I can find in Alberta. The only one I ever got to was "Go tape measure" well I was working in Japan and most of the people I gamed with did not have a common language with me (my Japanese was terrible).

[Dewbakuk]

You too Lord Dewbakuk? It is one of our future projects as well and we've been working out some of the details recently. methinks we need to bang heads at Salute 

Kind of figured it might come up
We shall have to sit down with a nice cup of tea with the memsaab.