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Author Topic: How do you use your casualty figures?  (Read 3037 times)

Offline traveller

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How do you use your casualty figures?
« on: June 03, 2009, 07:58:18 PM »
I have a few of these and wonder how they can be best used. On a multibase together with "live" figures? On separate bases? As part of a terrain feature?

Grateful for any advice!

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Re: How do you use your casualty figures?
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2009, 08:13:57 PM »
Hi Traveller,

in our Disposable Heroes games, we use "enemy" casualty figures to mark squads that have already been activated and "friendly" casualties to indicate suppression, etc.

Hope this helps.

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Re: How do you use your casualty figures?
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2009, 08:25:46 PM »
Hi Traveller,

in our Disposable Heroes games, we use "enemy" casualty figures to mark squads that have already been activated and "friendly" casualties to indicate suppression, etc.

Hope this helps.

Marco

Yes, I use them as suppression markers. Them and vultures, ravens, carcasses etc.

Offline fastolfrus

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Re: How do you use your casualty figures?
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2009, 09:30:39 PM »
We tend to use them as morale indicators - singles work best, some games get quite a few casualties in use.

WWII we play in 15mm at company level, and its not unusual to see a dozen casualty markers per side.
We also use wrecked vehicles, these act as wrecks but also provide morale checks for transport/armoured support.
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Re: How do you use your casualty figures?
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2009, 09:39:56 PM »
We usually use our casualties when the mini that died might have something that would want to be pilfered like secret documents, keys to the Nazi UFO or the Spear of Destiny on their person.  We also use them as wounded that are combat ineffective but still alive so your medics and surrounding troops need to rescue them and give aid.

So we base them individually so they can placed wherever they are needed.

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Offline fastolfrus

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Re: How do you use your casualty figures?
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2009, 07:12:26 AM »
I vaguely recall a set of rules where any figure that gets hit is marked as a casualty but left in situ.
It was a squad based game, the squad can either ignore the hit and carry on without him (still leaving him in situ) or on their next activation can use an action to check his status, giving one of three results:
dead - figure removed
wounded - figure stays in situ but needs either protecting from the opposition or evacuation
stunned/flesh wound - figure revived and returns to action next turn

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Re: How do you use your casualty figures?
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2009, 07:21:00 AM »
Fastolfrus, that sounds like how Stargrunt II (sci-fi platoon level ground combat) handles casualties.

Treatment and (if possible) evac or at least proper handling of casualties is a significant part of the morale rules in SG2, and the morale rules are the major part of the game, really. Shiniest gun in the known universe isn't worth much in the hands of someone too scared to use it...

Unfortunately, too many of my usual gaming group are of the 'remove the figure from the board and forget it exists' school of wargaming (see also all GW games, where it seems the officers and heavy weapon troopers are, amazingly, ALWAYS the last to die...) so when we played SG2 the casualty rules were mostly ignored as slowing the game down.

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Re: How do you use your casualty figures?
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2009, 07:26:02 AM »
as suppression markers in TaT .
We use stones a singel suppression markers, that means every 5 makers make a figure suppression marker.
also in the same way like Kampfgruppe Cottrell .

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Offline traveller

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Re: How do you use your casualty figures?
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2009, 04:43:25 PM »
Thanks for sharing your experience. I will use some of those ideas. I base my skirmishfigures as singles on washers and three on Litko round plywoodbases. I think I will do some of the latter with 2 live + 1 casualty. Hopefully it will entive the living to fight harder  8)

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Re: How do you use your casualty figures?
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2009, 08:27:32 PM »
We usually use our casualties when the mini that died might have something that would want to be pilfered like secret documents, keys to the Nazi UFO or the Spear of Destiny on their person.  We also use them as wounded that are combat ineffective but still alive so your medics and surrounding troops need to rescue them and give aid.

More or less, the same way I'd use mine. If there are few miniatures for the game then they are used to represent where everyone died.
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Re: How do you use your casualty figures?
« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2009, 08:52:00 PM »
Many years ago I was fortunate enough to play regularly with a very dedicated group of gamers, including a pair of very famous figure designers, and even for very large games with many figures there was a painted figure for every casualty.

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