ok always on then.
AARHE: Lite
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unfortunately msword does a lot less in other areas
line spacing is set to single, thats inside paragraphs
the spacing before and after headings does leave some gap
I’ll learn how to use change the layout file in a moment
in latex the layout file does the formatting for you
the document gets a consistent and professional lookanyway the point is that it was using same formatting as AARHE
allowing a direct comparison…AARHE is 20 pages, Lite is 9 pages
we’ll want to get closer to 5 pagesI’ve got rid of the page header (section and page number) and reduced margins
later on if you want we can even shrunk font, make it 2 columns, etc…the ASW changes I am thinking should give us a simple system that is some sense similar to full blown rules, formally:
Naval Combat: Sequence
Pre-Combat
1. ASW search (1st cycle only).
Opening-fire
1. Undetected Submarines fire, selectively (1st cycle only).
2. Naval units perform Anti-Air.
3. Remove casualties.
Mid-Combat
1. Units are allocated to normal combat or ASW.
Main Round
1. Detected Submarines fire.
2. ASW attack.
3. Naval units fire.
4. Air units fire.
5. Remove casualties.
Retreat Decision
1. Defender
2. Attacker
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Opening-fire
1. Naval units perform Anti-Air.
2. Remove casualties.
Main Round
1. Air units fire.
2. Naval units fire.
3. Remove casualties.
Retreat Decision
1. Defender
2. AttackerNaval Combat: Hit Allocation
Submarine can never be hit by naval units except by Anti-Submarine Warfare rolls.
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Only Destroyer hits can be allocted on Submarine.Naval Combat: Submarine Warfare
Undetected Submarines fire in opening-fire and selectively. It may only target non-Submarine naval units. All targets are selected before any rolls. Detected Submarines fire in main-round. Submarines are automatically detected from second cycle of combat.
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In the first cycle of combat Submarines fire in opening-fire and selectively. All targets are selected before any rolls.Naval Combat: Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)
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(In full blown AARHE only Destroyers can perform ASW attack, value is 2…the same as normal combat value.)Tech: Advanced Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)
You ASW now have the following base values:
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Fighter hits can now be allocated on Submarines.
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Naval Combat: Hit Allocation
Submarine can never be hit by naval units except by Anti-Submarine Warfare rolls.
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Only Destroyer hits can be allocted on Submarine.Naval Combat: Submarine Warfare
Undetected Submarines fire in opening-fire and selectively. It may only target non-Submarine naval units. All targets are selected before any rolls. Detected Submarines fire in main-round. Submarines are automatically detected from second cycle of combat.
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In the first cycle of combat Submarines fire in opening-fire and selectively. All targets are selected before any rolls.Naval Combat: Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)
Remove
(In full blown AARHE only Destroyers can perform ASW attack, value is 2…the same as normal combat value.)Tech: Advanced Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)
You ASW now have the following base values:
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Fighter hits can now be allocated on Submarines.
(In full blown AARHE fighters can perform both ASW search and ASW attack rolls.)This makes sence, except i don’t like the idea of other ships doing ASW search, we still need the search rolls and only allow DD,CA, and bombers or transport planes to search, but w/o tech only the DD and CA can actually hit, they they need to roll separately in combat.
Also, remove shielding rules for first strike capabilities, and after that round once the sub is found, then the defender can allocate his own hits or retreat, otherwise all sub hits on non located subs are always allocated by the attacking subs.
ON the wasted space issues, remove the bold headings and see if the lines get closer, place former bold headings in Italics to make it different. Take the Phase 3, Phase 2 headings, etc and make them colored and underlined so they also stand out
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@Imperious:
This makes sence, except i don’t like the idea of other ships doing ASW search, we still need the search rolls and only allow DD,CA, and bombers or transport planes to search, but w/o tech only the DD and CA can actually hit, they they need to roll separately in combat.
Also, remove shielding rules for first strike capabilities, and after that round once the sub is found, then the defender can allocate his own hits or retreat, otherwise all sub hits on non located subs are always allocated by the attacking subs.
the only thing ASW search does was to determine if a Submarine gets first strike
since we are letting Submarines have first strike in first cycle
there is no longer a need to perform ASW search
you only have to say submarines fire selectivey in opening-fire in first cycle of combatI would like to remind you again that the shielding rule and class system were removed a while back
ON the wasted space issues, remove the bold headings and see if the lines get closer, place former bold headings in Italics to make it different. Take the Phase 3, Phase 2 headings, etc and make them colored and underlined so they also stand out
you don’t have to set formatting for every bloody thing in a document in latex (unlike word processor)
just mark certain headings as chapter, section, subsection, subsubsection, paragraph, etc…
the document class (article, book, letter, ieee, ams, etc) formats it for you
Latex is THE professional document creation platform for the commerical and academic worldanyway I’ve applied those naval changes and got rid of some space
its now 7 pages
(I also tested 2 columns, which makes it 4.5 pages)http://home.exetel.com.au/cometo/aarhe/20080402_AARHE_Lite.pdf
we’ve shrunk a lot by formatting and not much by contents :-P
sure we could shrink the language and reduce it by like 0.2 pages but I think ultimately a couple of rules has to go to finish offor, we could ask people like Jen and switch now to see if this is “lite” enough for them to play
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OMG you finally did it. Now thats much better looking! all those stupid spaces gone…why was this not done earlier?
Lets see the 2 columns version?
This makes sence, except i don’t like the idea of other ships doing ASW search, we still need the search rolls and only allow DD,CA, and bombers or transport planes to search, but w/o tech only the DD and CA can actually hit, they they need to roll separately in combat.
Also, remove shielding rules for first strike capabilities, and after that round once the sub is found, then the defender can allocate his own hits or retreat, otherwise all sub hits on non located subs are always allocated by the attacking subs.the only thing ASW search does was to determine if a Submarine gets first strike
since we are letting Submarines have first strike in first cycle
there is no longer a need to perform ASW search
you only have to say submarines fire selectively in opening-fire in first cycle of combatThis is too close to OOB rules… it needs to preserve the idea that you need to buy ASW ships to have a chance to protect the fleet, the current AARHE sub search rules need to stay in place, they need to be treated seperatly in combat
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OMG you finally did it. Now thats much better looking! all those stupid spaces gone…why was this not done earlier?
Lets see the 2 columns version?I don’t know about better looking
different people have different ideas on how a document should look, doesn’t matterother space saving measures were used, such as changing VC table into list
1 column 6 pages
2 column 4 pageshttp://home.exetel.com.au/cometo/aarhe/20080403_AARHE_Lite_1col.pdf
http://home.exetel.com.au/cometo/aarhe/20080403_AARHE_Lite_2col.pdfThis is too close to OOB rules… it needs to preserve the idea that you need to buy ASW ships to have a chance to protect the fleet, the current AARHE sub search rules need to stay in place, they need to be treated seperatly in combat
in full AARHE ASW search is only for first cycle
submarines are automatically detected from 2nd cycle onwards
the only change I made here is that during 1st cycle, submarines are always undetectedor how about make it each destroyer detects 1 submarine?
(and with ASW tech, each fighter also detect 1 submarines)that pretty much emulates full AARHE while keeping it short
regardless its not like OOB at all
submarine never get selective fire in OOB -
2 columns seems rather nifty! Its takes all the blck space away, but in this version i think the bottom margin should not have text that far near the bottom, about a 3/4 inch on top and bottom, and room for page numbers. Otherwise very nice. Also would like some colors added because it looks rather plain. Perhaps the watermark returns?
This is too close to OOB rules… it needs to preserve the idea that you need to buy ASW ships to have a chance to protect the fleet, the current AARHE sub search rules need to stay in place, they need to be treated seperatly in combat
in full AARHE ASW search is only for first cycle
submarines are automatically detected from 2nd cycle onwards
the only change I made here is that during 1st cycle, submarines are always undetectedor how about make it each destroyer detects 1 submarine?
(and with ASW tech, each fighter also detect 1 submarines)that pretty much emulates full AARHE while keeping it short
regardless its not like OOB at all
submarine never get selective fire in OOBYes i think that could work. Each ASW unit Cruiser or destroyer can detect one sub, so both players are trying to out build each other. Good solution. But remember this should be recalculated each round, so if the subs get lucky on hits it can go the other way. So each round you do this. Tekkyy: pat yourself on the back, thats a winner move!
Lets leave the other issue aside for now and get Lite done.
Also, id like to add the optional units back in, but only bring into the game: Fighter-bomber, transport plane, mech infantry, airborne infantry, cruisers, and perhaps another… NO SPA, or heavy tanks, but germany should have its elite panzers ( SS) as per the NA
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the watermark version is nice. But a little more window dressing is required… Perhaps a better script for AARHE with some art
I can make a “logo” with the national icons under the heading… just to give it something decent.
Also, if you add the few optional units to the same chart as the regular units with a line saying “optional” it would take minimal space…?
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actually I’ll grab the normal AARHE logo then
actually optional units will add back quite some length
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but it would be really nice to have at least 3 of them:
Fighters-bombers
Cruisers
Mechanized infantrythats it. see how much it adds. ASW cant just be destroyers and we cant just have 2 types of planes, while the game needs a faster moving land unit to pair up with tanks ( 2 moving at 1 2 moving at 2)
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well, you can’t have everything
think of what to give up if you think the optional units are that important
the most gameplay-significant optional unit is probably none of those but naval fighter anywayits 4 pages and very tight on space
don’t think its worth push it over 4 pages
this is going to be critical for attractiveness of our house ruleI feel the better thing is for players to refer to AARHE and decide for themselves, if they feel like it
this is Lite, quick read is important
we can squeeze in a line is though (eg. "For optional units, consider picking from the full AARHE ruleset.) -
ok fine.
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changed incorrect infantry cost “2-4” to “3”, at units table at the end
added AARHE logo
added note about optional unitsuploaded
lets roll (play via forum)
hows your schedule?
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where is the link?
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http://home.exetel.com.au/cometo/aarhe/20080407_AARHE_Lite_watermark.pdf
http://home.exetel.com.au/cometo/aarhe/20080407_AARHE_Lite_clear.pdfor just go to http://home.exetel.com.au/cometo/aarhe/
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ok good. post on BGG, plus start a new entry on BGG for AARHE featuring only the latest files. Ill back it up with pictures from playtest games.
Use the title Axis and Allies Revised Historical edition, so it will reference properly with other games
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actually in the short term I won’t have time to update the nation player aids
but otherwise latest files are in one direction alreadyhttp://home.exetel.com.au/cometo/aarhe/player_aids/
http://home.exetel.com.au/cometo/aarhe/nation_player_aids/I guess I could post Lite on BGG
though I also feel like getting some feedback first
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The “Air Movement” rules in “Non-Combat Movement” didn’t make the cut for Lite? We really like the this one.
- Bierwagen
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Are there no free Tech roll in Lite – it’s like AAR where you pick the tech and pay your 5 bucks per die and roll?
Since “Pre-Combat 1. ASW search (1st cycle only)” doesn’t exist in Lite the following needs to be revised:
Advanced Submarine: Submarine’s attack and defense value is increases by 1. Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) search and attack rolls targeting them has hit value decreased by 1.
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Advanced Submarine: Submarine’s attack and defense value is increases by 1. Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) attack rolls has hit value decreased by 1.
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The “Air Movement” rules in “Non-Combat Movement” didn’t make the cut for Lite? We really like the this one.
I like that too. But Lite was basically AARHE: for dummies, which implies its rather wordy and tedious for use as an easy rule to play. If you can make a version of the same rule but in a few words, we can possibly add it back. WE decided by committee that it was alot of stuff for any Lite version of AARHE.
Are there no free Tech roll in Lite – it’s like AAR where you pick the tech and pay your 5 bucks per die and roll?
I have to check on that actually. I thought it may still be in the document.
Since “Pre-Combat 1. ASW search (1st cycle only)” doesn’t exist in Lite the following needs to be revised:
Advanced Submarine: Submarine’s attack and defense value is increases by 1. Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) search and attack rolls targeting them has hit value decreased by 1.
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Advanced Submarine: Submarine’s attack and defense value is increases by 1. Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) attack rolls has hit value decreased by 1.
Ill pass this on to Tekkyy, hes the compiler for AARHE.
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The “Air Movement” rules in “Non-Combat Movement” didn’t make the cut for Lite? We really like the this one.
glad you liked it
we wanted to reduce the ridiculous strike range of air units in OOB, as well we wanted to increase the ridiculous ferry rangeshould be alright
you seem quite interested in the various rules
if your group can handle the complexity Lite will be just a stepping stone for your games group
otherwise, you’ll come to enjoy the 4 page length of Lite when you show it to new playersAre there no free Tech roll in Lite – it’s like AAR where you pick the tech and pay your 5 bucks per die and roll?
yep no free tech rolls in Lite
its closer to the OOB tech system then full AARHESince “Pre-Combat 1. ASW search (1st cycle only)” doesn’t exist in Lite the following needs to be revised:
thanks for spotting it
actually the whole of second sentence is no longer relevant
in Lite submarine warfare is simply modelled by hit allocation
(only destroyers can hit submarines, after technology fighter can also hit submarines)
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