GURPS Mass Combat Styles

[Mailanka]

This actually looks really nice.

Is there going to be a standard place you're going to keep it? Are you going to keep it on a blog? Or do I just download it and forget who wrote it? It might be nice to have your name and some sort of sanitized internet contact information ("If you want to leave comments, send them to this e-mail that I created specifically for this stuff").

[McAllister]

Originally Posted by Mailanka

This actually looks really nice.

Is there going to be a standard place you're going to keep it? Are you going to keep it on a blog? Or do I just download it and forget who wrote it? It might be nice to have your name and some sort of sanitized internet contact information ("If you want to leave comments, send them to this e-mail that I created specifically for this stuff").

Good thinking! I've added the contact information I'm comfortable providing to the world. Feel free to download it (and, of course, subsequently tinker with it). I'll consider hosting it on a blog or whatnot if I take a few more ideas and develop them to at least this level. Thank you!

[mlangsdorf]

I had a similar thought about two weeks ago, and wrote about it here:
http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=146760
It's a different approach, and I'm not sure it's entirely compatible with your approach, but it's another attempt to differentiate commanders.

I think your Administration techniques are really good. The Strategy and especially Intelligence Analysis techniques feel more like they're intruding on core uses of the skill though. Battle Strategy somewhat less so but I think it meshes poorly with my Higher Purpose solution.

The perks mostly look good. A couple of notes:
* Blitzkrieg - This is just really complicated. It also feels like it should be a Commander perk, not an Intelligence Chief perk.
* Early Warning - You should clarify that you only get the bonus if you actually take a Defense strategy.
* Knife in the Dark - Stylish, but the benefit is so conditional that it should be stronger, like +3 or so.
* Minuteman - This is much too complicated.

I'm not certain about the styles in general, but I'm definitely stealing the perks for my upcoming mass combat game.