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-Mud
ex-Jade Falcon
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 Posted: 18-Jul-2004 21:19 Post subject: scenario idea |
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I must be feeling particularly devilish today, but I got to thinking a raging forest inferno would be an interesting scenario for a battle. Maybe start with the heavy forest map, set about a quarter of it ablaze at the beginning of the scenario, and give at least one side lots of flamers and inferno missiles and bombs. How much does it really take to cook a 'mech, anyway?
As I see it, the situation would dictate extremely close combat. Vehicles and infantry would be extremely vulnerable, but infantry would remain useful, so long as they managed somehow to avoid becoming BBQ.
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Erenon
Blighted Sun Battalion
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"Seraph's Slaughter"
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| Posted: 19-Jul-2004 02:22 Post subject: RE: scenario idea |
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You probably need to include rules for trees burning down...
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-Mud
ex-Jade Falcon
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| Posted: 19-Jul-2004 03:15 Post subject: RE: scenario idea |
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maybe...each turn is only a few seconds though. It takes hours for a forest fire to burn itself out. Eventually though hexes set to fire would deteoriate into rough ground.
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Vagabond
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| Posted: 19-Jul-2004 03:36 Post subject: RE: scenario idea |
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in the 2 minutes of combat that BT exists in on average, you are no were near worried about how much longer a tree will burn.
which on a side note, clearifies for me why ICE units do not have any fuel listings. that is purely a campaign and off board worry. even the longest game of BT i played [turn wise] never exceded 10 minutes combat time.
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Horhiro
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| Posted: 19-Jul-2004 09:36 Post subject: RE: scenario idea |
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An enemy of mine once tried to use a heavily fire/smoke covered board to his advantage by hiding and trying to lure in my forces. I just kept clearing the wood hexes from heavy to light to rough, thereby putting the fires out. Call me Smokey the bear. 
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Oafman
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| Posted: 19-Jul-2004 11:21 Post subject: RE: scenario idea |
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I like that idea.
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Kiris65
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| Posted: 19-Jul-2004 11:35 Post subject: RE: scenario idea |
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didn't you once proposed a scenario with flowing lava rivers?
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Oafman
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| Posted: 19-Jul-2004 11:51 Post subject: RE: scenario idea |
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yup.
One of these days I will actually get that set down. Maybe that could be my project for Aug. I am sure that Seraph would love to work on that one. Nothing like fir everywhere to make the battle interesting.
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DarkAdder
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| Posted: 19-Jul-2004 15:12 Post subject: RE: scenario idea |
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Didnt Comstar use a forest fire trick during the Battle of Tukayyid? Against the Steel Vipers or something?
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-Mud
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| Posted: 19-Jul-2004 18:28 Post subject: RE: scenario idea |
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Have it in a forest; say a new volcano is coming up. Then you've got both lava hexes and lots of tinder, spreading fire all over the board 
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Oafman
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| Posted: 20-Jul-2004 08:56 Post subject: RE: scenario idea |
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I was planning the assault of Hawaii. Huge volcano, lots of light and heavy woods (palm trees), several little villages. Most of the island would be flammable. Could you imaging pushing something like a P-hawk into a flowing lava stream? or getting trapped between 2 forest fires and see the lava flow coming towards your mech? Wee!!!
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