Alternative infantry Units

[TheAmishStig]

Originally Posted by FJCestero

Interesting ideas. Thanks for taking the time to type out that thesis!

Btw, my idea for No-Terrain Bonus AP weapons came to me while trying to think of a way to make my War of the Worlds Martian Brain Sucking Army's "Black Smoke" even deadlier than Ogre AP's. WIP.

<Richard Burton voice:>"No one would have believed in the last years of the twenty-first century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own...UULLLAAAA!"

P.S.: Drew, yes I've read it. Very cool, but what's the connection here?

Thanks for being there to bounce ideas off of! The terrain bonus version is a neat take on it, one I didn't think to try.

I get the feeling Drew's suggesting that these kinds of weapons systems, created for a tactical doctrine so narrow it qualifies for "why?" and with little better reason than "why not?", would be the kind of thing that would be invented by a deranged, damaged autofac 'trapped in a cage' with two other autofacs that have already tried to kill it once.

[wolf90]

Originally Posted by TheAmishStig

Another interesting scenario gimmick, one that would really come into its own where VP were awarded by occupying cities with infantry turn over turn, and either side lost a significant amount of VP every time they destroyed a town hex (necessitating massed AP weaponry)

This actually does sound like an interesting scenario . . . !

Originally Posted by FJCestero

P.S.: Drew, yes I've read it. Very cool, but what's the connection here?

That being weaponry of a 2nd, or lower, tier than the usual nuclear weapons. See Josh's non-nuclear weapons rules in the article.

D.

[Macunaima]

For anti-infantry howitzer ammo, I like air dispersable mines: 3x AP attacks against overrunning units, 1 infantry defense, no movement. Great for terrain interdiction!