There has been interest expressed in resuscitating this campaign/tourney system again.
@Bootie asked me to explore some ideas for a simplified version 2.
Here goes... (note spiffy new army counters on map below
)
As before 6 teams of 2 or 3 players.
Battles will now be QB's (see suggsted rules below) -- I've stripped down the types or Armies to TWO -- infantry and armoured.
To avoid army numbers getting out of hand I am suggsting a simple SUPPLY rule -- you need to spend Production Points on upkeep of your existing armies before you can build new forces with what's left over.
I've retained the idea of a Capital City region that you need to defend at all cost.
Combat Mission: RISK – version 2
Combat Mission:RISK is a fun campaign combining the strategic maps and overall concept of the classic board game RISK with CMBN/CW,
Basic Concept
There are 6 REGIMES each either controlled by a single player or teams of 2 or 3 players each.
Strategic moves and attacks are executed on the RISK world map – and the actual attacks are played out in CMBN/CW/MG Quick Battles.
These battles are 30 minute medium size QB’s set up by the players according to guidelines based on the ARMIES taking part in the battle.
Army Counters
There are TWO kinds of ARMY counters:
INFANTRY – these are your basic garrison units that hold and defend your regions.
ARMOURED – the corps with offensive punch for launching Blitzkrieg into enemy territory
Setting Up & Turn Sequence
To begin, players are drawn into 6 regimes – either by random draw by the GM, or by player’s choice.
Each Regime is randomly assigned a NATIONALITY for the CM battles.
2 Regimes play GERMAN ARMY
1 Regime plays Waffen SS
3 Regimes plays US Army, British & Canadian Army respectively.
The GM then assigns each regime 7 randomly drawn regions (there are a total of 42 regions)
An INFANTRY ARMY is placed on each region to indicate ownership.
The regimes then decide in which region to place their CAPITAL CITY – this is important (see Capital Cities below) and inform the GM by PM.
Each regime then receives 11 Production Points (PP’s) with which to build any type of Army they can afford and then inform the GM where to place them via PM. (there is a PRODUCTION COST chart on the RISK map) – NO SUPPLY is deducted on the opening turn.
After the GM has placed all the armies on the map, the players can study the map and send attack orders to the GM simultaneously.
The GM plays out all the attacks and plots them on the map and sets up all the required CM battles.
The players fight out the battles and the results are then plotted on the RISK map.
Each regime then is awarded 2 PP per region under its control plus 5 PP’sfor the capital city region, bonus PP’s for controlling an entire continent (see chart on RISK map) and an extra 1 PP per battle victory.
Regimes then begin the turn cycle again by first assigning PP’s to SUPPLY their existing armies and then purchasing and placing new ARMIES on the RISK map.
They can also move any unit from one adjacent region to another, as long as one unit remains behind as region garrison.
SUPPLY
Before building new armies, each Regime has to spend PP’s to keep their armies SUPPLIED.
Each INFANTRY ARMY costs ONE PP supply per turn,
Each ARMOURED ARMY costs THREE PP’s supply per turn.
After the SUPPLY costs have been deducted from the total of PP’s available, then NEW armies can be purchased.
If a regime does not have enough PP’s to supply all armies, then it has to demobilise (eliminate) enough PP’s worth of units to make up the shortfall (use the unit’s purchase value)
Capital Cities
CAPITAL CITIES are important as the political and economic home base of each regime. This has to be defended at all cost. Should a regime’s capital fall to an enemy invader, the regime collapses is eliminated from the game.
The other regimes can then claim the previous regime’s former regions by moving any surplus ARMIES from adjacent regions during the next attack phase.
If two regimes invade one of these regions simultaneously, they will fight a Meeting Engagement battle to see who gains control.
Once captured, the Capital City is removed from play and the region produces the standard 2 PP per turn for the owning regime.
Battles
If a regime has more than one ARMY in a region, it can launch an attack into an adjacent enemy region.
An enemy region can only be attacked from one region at a time.
If two regimes launch a simultaneous attack into the same region in the same turn, the GM will determine by die roll which attack has precedent.
The other attack can then be held over until the next turn against whoever then is in control of that region.
A regime may launch an attack with as many armies as can be spared from the attacking region.
The defender will always defend with ALL the armies based in the region being attacked.
All battles are then resolved using CMNB/CW/MG battles
TYPES of BATTLES
Alliances
Players may form any alliances they wish, but only two regimes (attacker and defender) may participate in any given battle – there can be no multi-national armies.
Part of the fun willbe the behind-the-scenes cut-throat diplomacy and back stabbing.
Each turn, players will have ONE WEEK for diplomacy & negotiations, and then a max of FOUR WEEKS to finish their battles.
Hopeless battles can be SURRENDERED to save time.
Economic Support
A regime may wish to prop up a friendly regime via “lend lease” by transferring Production Points to this regime by notifying the GM of this move during production/unit acquisition phase. (limit: 5 PP’s)
VICTORY
The winner is the regime that achieves WORLD DOMINATION and controls all regions and has eliminated all competing regimes or forced them to surrender.
Regimes can at any time surrender – their remaining regions will be up for grabs from adjacent regions.
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That's all I got so far -- this will only work if players basically run this along themselves -- the GM (me and hopefully a helpful assistant) will only process the strategic map portions of the campaign to maintain FOW.
Players need to police and chase up slow play etc ... also with QB's there is no need for the HUGE workload for the GM of building scenarios.
What will be helpful is a pre-assigning QB maps to regions (say, 3 per region which then can be randomly selected before start of the battle) -- create a RISK QB map pack, save and tag maps for easy selection)
Open to suggestions ... still unanswered issues with the actual QB parameters ... how to handle settings like WEATHER and RARITY ... and do we limit BIG CATS for the Axis players?
@Bootie asked me to explore some ideas for a simplified version 2.
Here goes... (note spiffy new army counters on map below
)
As before 6 teams of 2 or 3 players.
Battles will now be QB's (see suggsted rules below) -- I've stripped down the types or Armies to TWO -- infantry and armoured.
To avoid army numbers getting out of hand I am suggsting a simple SUPPLY rule -- you need to spend Production Points on upkeep of your existing armies before you can build new forces with what's left over.
I've retained the idea of a Capital City region that you need to defend at all cost.
Combat Mission: RISK – version 2
Combat Mission:RISK is a fun campaign combining the strategic maps and overall concept of the classic board game RISK with CMBN/CW,
Basic Concept
There are 6 REGIMES each either controlled by a single player or teams of 2 or 3 players each.
Strategic moves and attacks are executed on the RISK world map – and the actual attacks are played out in CMBN/CW/MG Quick Battles.
These battles are 30 minute medium size QB’s set up by the players according to guidelines based on the ARMIES taking part in the battle.
Army Counters
There are TWO kinds of ARMY counters:
INFANTRY – these are your basic garrison units that hold and defend your regions.
ARMOURED – the corps with offensive punch for launching Blitzkrieg into enemy territory
Setting Up & Turn Sequence
To begin, players are drawn into 6 regimes – either by random draw by the GM, or by player’s choice.
Each Regime is randomly assigned a NATIONALITY for the CM battles.
2 Regimes play GERMAN ARMY
1 Regime plays Waffen SS
3 Regimes plays US Army, British & Canadian Army respectively.
The GM then assigns each regime 7 randomly drawn regions (there are a total of 42 regions)
An INFANTRY ARMY is placed on each region to indicate ownership.
The regimes then decide in which region to place their CAPITAL CITY – this is important (see Capital Cities below) and inform the GM by PM.
Each regime then receives 11 Production Points (PP’s) with which to build any type of Army they can afford and then inform the GM where to place them via PM. (there is a PRODUCTION COST chart on the RISK map) – NO SUPPLY is deducted on the opening turn.
After the GM has placed all the armies on the map, the players can study the map and send attack orders to the GM simultaneously.
The GM plays out all the attacks and plots them on the map and sets up all the required CM battles.
The players fight out the battles and the results are then plotted on the RISK map.
Each regime then is awarded 2 PP per region under its control plus 5 PP’sfor the capital city region, bonus PP’s for controlling an entire continent (see chart on RISK map) and an extra 1 PP per battle victory.
Regimes then begin the turn cycle again by first assigning PP’s to SUPPLY their existing armies and then purchasing and placing new ARMIES on the RISK map.
They can also move any unit from one adjacent region to another, as long as one unit remains behind as region garrison.
SUPPLY
Before building new armies, each Regime has to spend PP’s to keep their armies SUPPLIED.
Each INFANTRY ARMY costs ONE PP supply per turn,
Each ARMOURED ARMY costs THREE PP’s supply per turn.
After the SUPPLY costs have been deducted from the total of PP’s available, then NEW armies can be purchased.
If a regime does not have enough PP’s to supply all armies, then it has to demobilise (eliminate) enough PP’s worth of units to make up the shortfall (use the unit’s purchase value)
Capital Cities
CAPITAL CITIES are important as the political and economic home base of each regime. This has to be defended at all cost. Should a regime’s capital fall to an enemy invader, the regime collapses is eliminated from the game.
The other regimes can then claim the previous regime’s former regions by moving any surplus ARMIES from adjacent regions during the next attack phase.
If two regimes invade one of these regions simultaneously, they will fight a Meeting Engagement battle to see who gains control.
Once captured, the Capital City is removed from play and the region produces the standard 2 PP per turn for the owning regime.
Battles
If a regime has more than one ARMY in a region, it can launch an attack into an adjacent enemy region.
An enemy region can only be attacked from one region at a time.
If two regimes launch a simultaneous attack into the same region in the same turn, the GM will determine by die roll which attack has precedent.
The other attack can then be held over until the next turn against whoever then is in control of that region.
A regime may launch an attack with as many armies as can be spared from the attacking region.
The defender will always defend with ALL the armies based in the region being attacked.
All battles are then resolved using CMNB/CW/MG battles
TYPES of BATTLES
Alliances
Players may form any alliances they wish, but only two regimes (attacker and defender) may participate in any given battle – there can be no multi-national armies.
Part of the fun willbe the behind-the-scenes cut-throat diplomacy and back stabbing.
Each turn, players will have ONE WEEK for diplomacy & negotiations, and then a max of FOUR WEEKS to finish their battles.
Hopeless battles can be SURRENDERED to save time.
Economic Support
A regime may wish to prop up a friendly regime via “lend lease” by transferring Production Points to this regime by notifying the GM of this move during production/unit acquisition phase. (limit: 5 PP’s)
VICTORY
The winner is the regime that achieves WORLD DOMINATION and controls all regions and has eliminated all competing regimes or forced them to surrender.
Regimes can at any time surrender – their remaining regions will be up for grabs from adjacent regions.
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That's all I got so far -- this will only work if players basically run this along themselves -- the GM (me and hopefully a helpful assistant) will only process the strategic map portions of the campaign to maintain FOW.
Players need to police and chase up slow play etc ... also with QB's there is no need for the HUGE workload for the GM of building scenarios.
What will be helpful is a pre-assigning QB maps to regions (say, 3 per region which then can be randomly selected before start of the battle) -- create a RISK QB map pack, save and tag maps for easy selection)
Open to suggestions ... still unanswered issues with the actual QB parameters ... how to handle settings like WEATHER and RARITY ... and do we limit BIG CATS for the Axis players?
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