From: David Richtmyer Subject: Re: 6 Days of Glory questions Alan, Thought you might like to add this to the Errata files you have on 6DoG. I've been very pleased with Kevin's responses to his design; in my case mostly requests for rules clarifications. >Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 10:01:47 +0100 >To: David Richtmyer >From: kzucker@charm.net (Kevin Zucker) >Subject: Re: 6 Days of Glory questions > >Dave, > >Here goes. > >1.51 #1 tells us that the Target of a Repulse attempt has its Hidden Force >marker removed *only* if the Repulse succeeds, but 10.11 tells us that the >Phasing player, having announced a Repulse attempt and paid the movement >points, now removes all the Hidden Force markers. 10.11 seems to be more >reasonable than 1.51 #1, as it is difficult to adjudicate the odds ratio >without knowing what the Target's total SP's are. >A) You are right, and 1.51 is wrong. > >8.3 When Force Marching at Night are Road March benefits applicable if the >Force Marching units are indeed on Roads? >A) Yes. > >11.32 Why would an Attacking Player *ever* want to reduce the odds? I've >spent a hobby lifetime trying to lever those odds *up* in my favor :) >A) Normally, to avoid or reduce the possiblilty of an exchange. But on the >table in this game there isn't any instance where this applies! > >17.11 Recent Errata posted to Web Grognards indicated the players should >dump Supplemental Rule 17.11 (about the Coalition Independent Units). >Since this rule forced the Coalition Ind. Units to roll their own >initiative each time, eschewing Sacken and Blucher, I take it that be >eliminating this rule that the Coalition Ind. Units *can* be placed in >command by one or more of the above commanders. Correct? >A) Yes. > >You have many elegant rules in this simulation; something I look for in a >good design ... complexity does not necessarily = realism! I especially >like the Leader Capture rules ... excellent! >A) Thank you. What we call "elegance" is merely when any given rule >carries more than one design function, so that a lot of significance is >compressed into a small space. > > >Kevin Zucker >Designer/Writer/Composer/Teacher >Time/Space/Energy/Weight/Plasticity in a Gravity Field >kzucker@charm.net David *********************************************************** David L. Richtmyer Tech. Services Electronic Resources Librarian (Monographs) Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1205 e-mail: dlrichtm@umich.edu Voice: (313) 936-9739 Fax: (313) 936-3630 ***********************************************************