Quick, 2-player, linear campaign system

That was a good read, and a fine looking beverage!

It has been nice to see neither side just walking away with all the victories, and I am interested to see who ends up on top (I am cheering for the Persians though

The Organ Inn looks like a great place, reminds me of the Smuggler's in Blue Anchor.

Are you guys able to play at the pub?

Our campaign is over, with a glorious victory for my Persians. Details are here: www.iandrea.co.uk/wargames/DBA/linearcampaign/index.html
A good campaign system. Thanks, Vic!

I'm glad that you enjoyed it!

Hello - we played a game of this campaign system the weekend before last using Hordes of the Things (Game of Thrones Wildlings vs. Greyjoys). It worked well - the changes you have made for v4 agree with the discussions we had after the game - i.e., we thought it was quite difficult for the defender to get back into the game after losing the opening battle (especially with the 50% AP army break point of HotT). Looking forward to trying it again!

After working on a Spartacus Campaign at the beginning of the year, that included marching and maneuvering on an area map, I cam coming around to the kinds of abstractions in these sorts of campaign systems (this one, and Timurialnk's system). Mine was somewhat based on the rules already in the book, and taking that to the next level. I still thin there is a potential system there, but I think for 2-player (which is most of the campaigning I get to do) I think it is really hard to do much more than a linear or mapless system, without a lot of complexity around maneuvering in 2d vs 1d.

Bravo for this system. I have been playtesting Caesar in Gaul, with the following tweaks:

• • The Roman's count space 1 as home, and space 2 and 3 as "borderlands". 4 and 5 are Celtae, and 6 is Belgae. Note the '3' space is still used to count "repulses" for Caesar. If he'd had a second Gergovia, that would have been it for him. 
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  • The Glorious Tenth: Caesar gets one extra Bd whenever he chooses to reinforce in spaces 2-4 - but he never exceeds 12 elements. This means he gets 3 elements, one of which is Bd, if available.
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  • Legendary Gallic Cavalry: The Celts get an extra 3Cv in their home territories (4-6), if choosing a reinforcement bound.
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  • Used the wounded generals' rule but only for Caesar. (The Celts seemed to have a bazillion mid-level middle manager tribal chieftains eager to take up arms against Rome)
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  • Used the Seasons rule (this helps both Caesar and the Celts stay alive for enough years). Don't use the optional reinforcements rule.
  
  
  

We used to think random reinforcements would be a good thing, however if using the Time of Day, as well as the rallying die rolls, the losses are more random, rather than always exactly 4. We are toying with having one LESS reinforcement in winter to reflect troops deserting, and winter attrition and disease.

We also found no one ever wanted to do a general rout. Seems way too risky.

We thought perhaps the rally die roll could be influenced somehow by the ratio of Cv and LH to the defeated enemy. Then Cv and LH can also screen and cover withdrawals, and conduct pursuit. Very historical.