Mini-Campaign Tree Flowchart

With thanks from Ed from Hesse-Fedora my flowchart for yesterday's mini-campaign response is now complete.

You can click on it to get a larger image.

Mini-Campaign Response

Last Saturday, February 11, "Bluebear" Jeff challenged those of us on the Emperor vs Elector blog to develop a series of linked scenarios using Charles Grant's Scenarios for Wargames.  I decided to give it a whirl.  This is what I developed.

LINKED  MINI – CAMPAIGN

From:  Scenarios for Wargamers by Charles Stuart Grant

1.  First Encounter:  Scenario #41 – Chance Encounter.  Loser withdraws and becomes the defender (Blue force) in the Second Encounter.

2.  Second Encounter:  Scenario #3 – Holding Action (1).  If defender wins, attacker withdraws and becomes defender (Blue force) in Scenario #4 – Holding action (2) [3a].  If attacker wins, defender withdraws and stays defender (Blue force) in Scenario #1 – Positional defense (1) [3b].

3a.  Third Encounter A:  Scenario #4 – Holding action (2).  If defender wins, attacker withdraws and becomes defender in Scenario #3 – Holding action (1) [2].  If attacker wins, defender withdraws and stays defender (Blue force) in Scenario #2 – Positional defense (2) [4a].

3b.  Third Encounter B:  Scenario #1 – Positional defense (1).  If attacker wins, defender withdraws and stays defender (Blue force) in Scenario 6 – Rear guard (1) [4b].  If defender wins, attacker withdraws and becomes defender (Blue force) in Scenario #4 – Holding action (2) [3a].

4a.  Fourth Encounter A:  Scenario #2 – Positional defense (2).  If defender wins, attacker withdraws and becomes defender (Blue force) in Scenario #3 – Holding action (1) [2].  If attacker wins, defender withdraws and stays defender (Blue force) in Scenario #6 – Rear guard (2) [5].

4b.  Fourth Encounter B:  Scenario #5 – Rear guard (1).  If defender wins, campaign tree ends as defender (Blue force) safely withdraws.  If attacker wins, campaign tree ends as defender (Blue force) is destroyed.

5.  Fifth Encounter:  Scenario #6 – Rear guard (2).  If defender wins, campaign tree ends as defender (Blue force) safely withdraws.  If attacker wins, campaign tree ends as defender (Blue force) is destroyed.

Note:  There are several repeating loops, depending on who wins or loses in various engagements.  The loops are:  (1)  Scenario #3 to #4 and back to #3; (2)  Scenario #3 to #1 to #4, and back to #3; and (3)  Scenario #3 to #4 to #2, and back to #3.  I’ve made no attempt to rationalize force compositions between the various scenarios, leaving that as an exercise to be completed by the game master or players.

I've made a flow chart using Microsoft Excel, but I can't figure out how to post it to this blog.  Rats!!!  When and if I do figure it out, I'll add it in a separate posting.

 

German-Equipped Chinese Troops

After a dismal month of painting in January, I got motivated and completed my two dozen Brigade Games China at War figures.  They are six of the eight packs available from that Brigade Games line.  I've divided them into two 12-figure sections, each with an officer, a sergeant, eight soldiers, and a two-man light machinegun team.

The "Red" Section, led by the senior officer (in soft cap), are mainly in firing and other stationary poses.

The "Gold" Section, led by the junior officer (in helmet with pistol), are all advancing/action poses.

The light machineguns are Czechoslovakian made, while the machine pistols and rifles are all German made.

I think that this unit will make a formidable opponent for their Anglo-American opponents in my Bayou Wars (June 2012) convention game.  They will also "double" as German-allied Central American warlord troops in another Bayou Wars "pulp fiction" game being run by my friend Bill and me.

I've started on my American Marines (also Brigade Games figures) and hope to have them completed before the end of February.

January Was a Bust

Well, February is already here and I didn't get a thing completely painted in January!  I started work on converting several paper-mache Michael's bird house decorations into small houses with a tiled roof that would serve for Mediterranean or Chinese structures.  I got the roof on one but that's about all I did.  I started on my German-equipped Between the Wars Chinese for a convention game this summer, but still haven't finished them.  Did I say January was a bust?!  I'm hoping for better the rest of the year.