tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558350314928035506.post272191570244731827..comments2024-03-28T09:43:25.952+00:00Comments on Heretical Gaming: Peninsular War Campaign Battle 17: The Battle of CaspeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558350314928035506.post-65948499902543272282016-01-08T22:34:14.268+00:002016-01-08T22:34:14.268+00:00I do like them and I have stuck with them for quit...I do like them and I have stuck with them for quite a while now - getting on for 8 years I think. I like not having to do formation changes and think this is much more realistic than doing formation changes for every unit. I generally (but not always) agree with the modifiers used and I memorized most of them quickly. I think the Polemos tempo system is a reasonably fun command and control mechanism, both solitaire and face-to-face.<br />OTOH...I don't think they are very well written. I think that the bases, especially in combat and in outcome moves (falling back, pursuing etc.), interact in complicated ways that aren't clear in the rules. I think the way rallying interacts with the turn sequence is either badly explained or broken or both. I think that introducing "order points" to further develop "tempo points" in General de Division was a mistake (and is why MdE gives a smoother game). I'm not convinced that skirmishers are represented brilliantly (although I don't think that many rules aimed at the same command level do so much better). There are a couple of rules where the intent is fine but obvious exploits are possible by the letter of the book. <br />The first couple of games I played with them were horrors but I could tell there was a good game in there, which I found quite quickly, as opposed to some rules, much better written, which I didn't think could ever give a good game even though I did understand them.JWHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01637785437909299947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6558350314928035506.post-80318942742719879642016-01-08T22:05:35.858+00:002016-01-08T22:05:35.858+00:00Good stuff. What do you think of the Polemos rules...Good stuff. What do you think of the Polemos rules. We hated them and just couldn't seem to get them to work. Seemed really badly written.Gavinhttp://www.britishforces.org.uknoreply@blogger.com