Very Large Scale Wargames From: tommyk@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Tommy Kelly) Date: Tue, 19 Jun 1990 16:18:22 +0000 After a long absence from wargaming with miniatures, I'm looking to start again. However I'd like to cover not just tabletop skirmishes but large, and very-large scale campaigns and wars. I'm primarily interested (for the time-being) in WWII. The problems associated with designing a system of rules to cover miniatures AND map level stuff are wide and varied. I'd like to open a discussion on the hows, whys and wherefores of such an undertaking. Some starters: The aim is, ultimately, to be able to refight major periods of WWII - involving land, sea and air forces from all countries. I would therefore see this being a game which could handle a number of relatively independent players. There could be a hierarchical command system like in a megagame (monstergame) allowing players to operate at one or more different levels - e.g. Army Group Commander, Army Commander, Brigade, Battallion command etc. The main campaign would be on maps, resorting to tabletop once opposing units came into contact - WHAT SCALE? ... I think 1/300th. What would the timescale be like? What about 1 map move per week: each map move equals 1 or 2 game days? In that way, a tabletop game could be held during the week without holding up the main map campaign. This assumes that any table-top game would represent 1 or 2 days also. How about communications and logistics? Could this include e-mail participants (without the table-top obviously)? Are there any existing rule systems and/or board games which could be used as part of the overall game? e.g. what about "Korps Commander" for miniatures, what about some of the Avalon Hill stuff (and similar) for the map stuff. Is this possible at all!? This is necessarily jumbled at the moment. Hopefully your ideas will help me consolidate my own. I'd prefer replies on the net and not by e-mail in order to keep it open. If there is enough interest once I'm done I'll summarise the discussion. tk ========================================================================= Referenced By Up