Campaign notes on economics, spies and building of naval forces and fortifications
Well, I have decided that it all boils down to choices.
Let me back up a little; this is the fourth play through mail/email/blog campaign and I do think it my last. The shared adventures of the participants in all the earlier iterations taught me one thing. Detail in campaign rules just spawns more detail to chase down special cases and details.
Rather than go with the rules I have been trying to prepare in what was the style of earlier campaigns, I am going to attempt this in a set of opposed die rolls where the ruler tells me what they want and then gets a report back on what happened. I think reading through the next few paragraphs will either make it clear or totally obscure my ideas.
Every strategic turn ( 4 each year, based on the seasons) each ruler will get a D20 as their 'first roll' for what they want the effort to go to accomplishing. The opposing roll will always be a D8. A ruler can attempt more rolls, going down in ''die type' each extra attempt (and modifiers) until they reach, and lose, with a D4. In plain English, a series of successful rolls would be with a D20, D12,D10, D8,D6,and D4. All opposing rolls made with a D8.
Certain attempts would adjust the die downward even faster as deductions would stack. These are detailed in each type of endeavor.
Naval forces require a roll for proper fleet maintenance, a roll to add a sloop, a roll with an extra deduction to start a larger ship. Ships being built would take two strategic turns if a frigate, four if a ship of the line. Brigs would still take just the one turn but affect the die roll the same as larger hulls.
Construction of fortresses would work in a similar fashion. This would best be sorted out on a place by place basis, as it depends on the size and layout of the fortified place.
Maintaining an overall intelligence network would be a die roll effort. Making a 'concerted effort' in another country would require another roll for each such country.
This keeps the strategic moves free of detailed book keeping. Each ruler can send an email with the requests for rolls, in' project order' and then receive the results.....yes, I will do all the rolling.
Let me back up a little; this is the fourth play through mail/email/blog campaign and I do think it my last. The shared adventures of the participants in all the earlier iterations taught me one thing. Detail in campaign rules just spawns more detail to chase down special cases and details.
Rather than go with the rules I have been trying to prepare in what was the style of earlier campaigns, I am going to attempt this in a set of opposed die rolls where the ruler tells me what they want and then gets a report back on what happened. I think reading through the next few paragraphs will either make it clear or totally obscure my ideas.
Every strategic turn ( 4 each year, based on the seasons) each ruler will get a D20 as their 'first roll' for what they want the effort to go to accomplishing. The opposing roll will always be a D8. A ruler can attempt more rolls, going down in ''die type' each extra attempt (and modifiers) until they reach, and lose, with a D4. In plain English, a series of successful rolls would be with a D20, D12,D10, D8,D6,and D4. All opposing rolls made with a D8.
Certain attempts would adjust the die downward even faster as deductions would stack. These are detailed in each type of endeavor.
Naval forces require a roll for proper fleet maintenance, a roll to add a sloop, a roll with an extra deduction to start a larger ship. Ships being built would take two strategic turns if a frigate, four if a ship of the line. Brigs would still take just the one turn but affect the die roll the same as larger hulls.
Construction of fortresses would work in a similar fashion. This would best be sorted out on a place by place basis, as it depends on the size and layout of the fortified place.
Maintaining an overall intelligence network would be a die roll effort. Making a 'concerted effort' in another country would require another roll for each such country.
This keeps the strategic moves free of detailed book keeping. Each ruler can send an email with the requests for rolls, in' project order' and then receive the results.....yes, I will do all the rolling.
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