So I have been thinking about this campaign that Wink is going to run... And I got struck by lightning with ideas. So here are my ideas in bullet form with explanations below.
Titles
- War Master: The person with the most battle points and Painting points.
- Master General: The person with the most battle points.
- Master Painter: Person with the most painting points.
If a player qualifies for more then one title he gets to pick which title he takes.
- General: 5 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 1 point for a loss.
- Painter: 1 point for fully painted army. 1 point for a fully based army. 1 point for a fully themed army. The last two points are at the discretion of the opponent. they get 1 bonus point for a well painted army. they get two for an extremely well painted army.
Play Balance
Ideas on how to balance the games/ opponent match up.
- Armies are built on 2,000 points.
- At the start of the game after the mission is rolled but before units are deployed each player rolls randomly to select one unit from the force org chart. That unit is not deployed and not used in the game. It is a missing unit
- If the players opponent has 5 more battle points then him he gets to choose with of his opponents units are missing.
- If the player has 10 or more battle points then he rolls for two missing units.
Round one all points are halved.
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My general thoughts
Titles
With three titles up for grabs a player can play for what is important to them. if the player is a strong painter then go for the painting title. if the player is all about the wins then they can go for the general title.
Play Balance
There are several reasons for the missing unit.
- if a player puts a ton of points into one super unit that is all but unstoppable they may loose it before the game starts.
- If the army is a one trick pony the general might loose the pony.
- A good general builds a well rounded army and can adapt to a changing situation.
these rules can be applied to team based or individual based campaigns. The last two campaigns were team based so this one might be better of individual.
Okay guys tear into it. please forgive the typos of grammar errors.
How big is the group you guys play in?
ReplyDeleteup to 20 or so. in recent months it is closer to 10 or 15. That said a good campaign can bring a lot of people out to the store. when I ran on we started with 24 and ended with 18.
ReplyDeleteI'm not even in-state, so my opinions should carry very little weight, and you know your crowd a lot better than I do.
ReplyDeleteI like the small bump in points for based/painted/themed, but are they getting those points every game or is it a one time deal?
I'm always biased against the "better painting" contests. I have the unfortunate experience of knowing several members of a competitive club up here that all spent thousands of dollars on professionally painted minis (actual pro painting, not just good enough to be called pro.) In this case, paint points could easily be substituted for a bank statement comparison. So like I said, you know your players and I don't, but I hate how that crap goes around here.
I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get back on this Bryan. I've started school and I'm currently the only Sprinkler Fitter at my company.
ReplyDeleteWith that said I'm ready to focus on this campaign. So what are you ideas on end game wild cards. You know, ways that players with lower battle points might close the gap at the end? My concern is the lost of interest for those with low battle points/painter points?
I'm going to condense my ideas on the campaign so we can discuss. Eddie needs a week before we can start a campaign. I would like to start mid-February if possible.
On a quick side note. I'm not so sure it's a good idea to put any point awards in the hands of the participants. I know we play with a good group of guys but I think that sometimes emotions enter in something that should be clearly objective. The only way I can see this working is if someone, say Eddie or Rick, comes in and awards bonus points. Thought?
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