Scott Mob well coincidentally enough it's inspired by playing the battles in the computer wargame Napoleon Victory & Glory (which is a very good game btw) and the card wargame of Birthright (more loosely).
Gus L it's scalable. Assumption is mostly like BTA so 5:1 ratio units of 20-80 and 20:1 units of 80-320. But since it's abstracted if can go lower or higher. The big variable is the effect of individual heroes, PCs and monsters. Still need to adapt that from BTA (and tweak). I think I'm going to abstract magic like BTA and add the stratagems from one of my drafts.
Showing my work (I have intentionally not listed several things as I am holding those cards for the time being). The Hill Cantons cosmology inspiration mix Jack Vance novels (absurdist satire of religious mores) Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword and Three Hearts, Bachman's Dragon article (the Weird and its cosmic juxtaposition to human civilization, the waxing/waning of gods being tied to the amount of human worship and the reduction of “Faerie”) Leiber's Lankhmar stories (more satire, petty gods and apotheosis) Early Renaissance Catholicism, Mediterranean hero-cults, Hellenistic and Roman sun-cults, Theosophy, Jewish neoplatinism and mystical traditions, Piper's Lord Kalvan, Early Christian theological disputes (Sun Lord) Hussites, Mormon feminism, William Blake's poetic mythology around the Triple Goddess (Celestial Lady) Slavic pagan mythology (Pahr Old Gods and a number of godlings) Hindu and Native American creation myths (World Turtle) M.A.R Barker's Creat...
The take from the last two games in the Frog Demon Temple (which is now cleared except for the well down to some "other place." Swag from first session (and this would be the usual crowd plus Mike D): Ermine coat (500 suns) Fake gold chain of office Man purse with tiger opals (600 suns) Exp per player first session: 1,020 Swag from second session: Chest of 7000 suns Sword hilt with gems, 1000 suns Magic short sword Magic glowing ring 3 hot gold statues, 1000 gold each Exp per player 2nd session: 2890
This for the war game
ReplyDeleteYeah see the draft rules above.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of this, which I have played a couple years ago boardgamegeek.com - BoardGameGeek | Gaming Unplugged Since 2000
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ReplyDeleteScott Mob well coincidentally enough it's inspired by playing the battles in the computer wargame Napoleon Victory & Glory (which is a very good game btw) and the card wargame of Birthright (more loosely).
ReplyDeleteHow many "models" in a square - assuming a unit is a square - 5,10?
ReplyDeleteGus L it's scalable. Assumption is mostly like BTA so 5:1 ratio units of 20-80 and 20:1 units of 80-320. But since it's abstracted if can go lower or higher. The big variable is the effect of individual heroes, PCs and monsters. Still need to adapt that from BTA (and tweak). I think I'm going to abstract magic like BTA and add the stratagems from one of my drafts.
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