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[warhammer651]

I'll be those bunker things.

What bunker things?

[Char13magne]

Alright, I should really explain in full. What I have in mind, for the time being (I am completely open to change!) is something like this;

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Everyone controls a single squad, and can tell me exactly what they want me to do with that squad (if we have mortars, 1 person get's 3 of them, and anti-tank is attached to a command squad, if we have tanks, we are then an armored aspect of our division, and should be adjusted as such, I'm sort of going for historical accuracy).

I will give info to each person, in spoiler form, of screenshots of key locations that they can see, as well as themselves, with emphasis on WHAT THEY CAN SEE, and circle important information with a key (I'm relying on honor system to not look at each other's).

You may attempt radio contact to each other, based on location, and it may or may not be available, if it isn't, you either have to work to establish it, or take initiative on your own.

The person who gets the command squad can call in artillery, and gives basic directives to everyone else, as well as having the most important radio, but he MUST SURVIVE.

There will be one staff seargeant (in the 3 person smg squad) with an additional command role, in charge of 2 squads (in that he gives general directives to these 2 squad's leaders). He helps spread out radio contact, but is still subordinate to the player in charge of the leftenant's HQ squad.

You guys can vote on who has these two command positions (Leftenant's HQ squad, and staff sergeant's squad).

If we do go for an armored platoon, then I would hope we would go realistic and take 3 of the same type of vehicle. Please guys, do it for my love of historical accuracy and my blood pressure .

So, given this, is there anything I have forgotten, or should add?

(P.S. What are those bunker things? Is that from another version, or are you confusing bunkers with tanks/houses?)

(P.P.S Chris, there is no crop button in images. There is an attributes button which can be used to determine size by a number, but it is REALLY cumbersome.)

[warhammer651]

http://www.ehow.com/how_2046775_crop-image-ms-paint.html

[Char13magne]

http://www.ehow.com/how_2046775_crop-image-ms-paint.html

Ah, very good. Thanks.

On another note, do you guys want to start at the beginning and do mostly defence missions, initially, or jump right in to '42 or '43? And for positions, if you guys want to start taking basic positions now, hopefully low point-cost ones like infantry, mortars, machineguns, flamethrowers (?), AT guns and such, and then we can work from there to see how many points we have left to spend. Probably having one person in charge of a mortar/AT section (2-3) will help us even out the points spent.

So, as of now...

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Inteuniso; 2 HMG (with “recon” command section?)

Falknor; Rifle squad (with HMG Support element?)

Warhammer 651; Light mortar section (3)

EuchreJack; Paratroopers squad (With HMG support element)?

MonkeyHead; AT section (2)?

Hugehead; A tank would be a full ¼ of our points in one swing. Especially in the early phases, (later we get more points) that would be ill-advised. Could I get you to take a paratrooper section?

Xanatos Jr; Could I get you to do the same?

And if we go with that, we would have;

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1 HQ squad
4 HMG attachments
2 Secondary command elements (“recon” groups)
1 Infantry section
3 Paratrooper sections
3 light mortars
2 light at guns

And all of our points would be spent. Would that be OK for you guys, or is there another way you would want me to divvy it up?

[USEC_OFFICER]

Sign me up for a squad. Machineguns, please. Also, please start at the beginning. We're going stop Operation Barbarossa, remember?

[Keita]

If we're playing Russia, general infantary squad for me.

[Char13magne]

Oh, ok. Would it be alright if I gave you two (USEC_OFFICER and Metal Militia) command roles, or if you could get someone else to give you their section and take command roles themselves? Alternately, I could just completely scratch this setup and start over.

Or, I just thought, we could take the HMG support elements from the infantry squads and combine them into their own groups, which would make it a little fairer for the paratroops who didn't get any, which would add another section for one of you, and the other could get a command role. But in the end it's you guy's decision, I personally could go either way.

[Keita]

So each player gets two squads?

[Hugehead]

If I have to be a paratrooper, I'll want us to start with some offensive missions.

[Char13magne]

So each player gets two squads?

You mean the ones with machineguns? Yes, as they are smaller. Infantry commanders have 1 squad, mortars 3, machineguns 2, AT 2, tanks 1, and so on.

Hugehead; not really possible if we start at beginning of Russia's campaign, but the consolation is that you can easily act offensively (no pun intended, I should probably say "aggresively") in a defensive battle, "a good offense is a good defense", eh? And later, you will have more than enough opportunities to take the offensive, and even, eventually, take a tank.

[Keita]

Oh, I just wanted a single infantary squad but that works XD

[Char13magne]

So, wait, do you want the 2 HMGs or the command squad?

[Keita]

I'll go with what you gave me, less confusing that way.

[Char13magne]

I really got into this after playing another one of his little gems for a while (Critical mass). Trouble is after a little practice each mission gets a bit generic and the same blitz with infantry support method works in almost all situations, and you only really die if a random artilliery strike lands on you....

(P.S ill take any role...)

That is all pretty much true, but if you add the SUPER-realistic approach of each squad being commanded individually, with only "iffy" radio contact under harsh conditions, I'm hoping it will get a little bit more interesting. If not, at least it will hopefully fulfill the DF brand of FUN. Worth a try, at least.

Metal Militia; that being the command role? If so, staff sergeant (you'll end up pretty much loosely controlling 2 squads of infantry anyways, although it won't be with direct orders, but with loose directives which the players individually in charge of each squad will have to interpret and act upon on their own)?

If that works, then this would be the new list;

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Inteuniso; Heavy machinegun section (2)

USEC_OFFICER; Heavy machinegun section (2)

Warhammer 651; Light mortar section (3)

MonkeyHead; AT section (2)

Falknor; Standard infantry squad

EuchreJack; Paratroopers squad

Hugehead; Paratroopers squad

Xanatos Jr; Paratroopers squad

Metal Militia; Staff Sergeant’s squad

__________; Leftenant's Command Squad

In which case, we would still need to assign a Leftenant. (And now the points, as they cuurently stand at an allowance of 126, are perfectly distrubuted!)

[Hugehead]

Hmmm... Ok, I can start with a paratrooper squad and start at the beggining.