Battle Companies 3 Website - (WIP)

numenor · **Joined:** Fri Dec 17, 2010 8:49 am **Posts:** 48

Hey guys check this out: http://battlecompanies3.weebly.com/
then maybe some feedback. keeping in mind that it is still rough and not finished...

hithero · **Posted:** Tue Mar 22, 2011 11:59 am

Love the site, nice clean and navigatable. The rosta's however need reformatting as most of the charts are all over the place where colums and rows don't line up properly and some have copy/paste issue like Rohan having MT options.
Hope that helps, and when its done, make a printable version

numenor · **Joined:** Fri Dec 17, 2010 8:49 am **Posts:** 48

thanks for the feedback hitherto. it still needs some cleaning up and not all the companies are complete. i was wondering what everyone thought about the special rules and other new things like rare items??
any ideas would be great
thanks
numenor

numenor · **Joined:** Fri Dec 17, 2010 8:49 am **Posts:** 48

has anybody else got any ideas or improvements for the site? i havent had a lots of responses on the feedback side and with more than 400 people having viewed the site... would be great to get some collaboration. hoping the OR community has some good ideas for battle companies.
numenor

whafrog · **Posted:** Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:18 pm

Not into battle companies myself, but I'll applaud your work and cheer you on

kidterminal · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:36 am

I like battle company sized games, But I don't like the starting companies nor the promotion rules. I'd rather the company creation and advancement worked more like the LOTR offshoot games Legends of the High Seas and Legends of the Old West.

werner · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:50 am

Great site! I love the idea.
Mayby some pdf links so people can print the rules so they can use them while playing?

numenor · **Joined:** Fri Dec 17, 2010 8:49 am **Posts:** 48

hey kidterminal could you give me an overview or insight into how legends of high seas/west is different in this regard? I am also not convinced by the advancement & promotion and am currently looking at ways to improve it.
thanks numenor

kidterminal · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:01 pm

Well in simplest terms, these systems allow you to buy a basic troop type and equip it from a pool of army points. So let's say you want 3 men of Gondor with spears; you'd spend the points as if you're creating a SBG force. Now these 3 guys form a unit and will gain experience similar to Mordheim. Once they gain enough experience ( I think its 8 points) they get a roll on the advancement table. This table has +1 advancements for fight, Defense, Shoot etc... So each unit becomes a veteran unit with time. You could lift the Mordheim Advancement table and use it with Battle Companies, they are much the same. Please not units are only composed of figures armed the same.

Rob

numenor · **Joined:** Fri Dec 17, 2010 8:49 am **Posts:** 48

so with this in mind how would you change battle companies? im a bit divided about having a unit of 3-4 guys within a unit of 7-9 starting models? or have i misread your post? and at the start your battle company is one unit?

kidterminal · **Posted:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:57 pm

numenor wrote:

so with this in mind how would you change battle companies? im a bit divided about having a unit of 3-4 guys within a unit of 7-9 starting models? or have i misread your post? and at the start your battle company is one unit?

You have the gist of it. A company would be composed of heroes (and here LotHS and LothOW have a number of hero types) and various troop units. LOTR doesn't have as many heroes but adding the 2 fate point lieutenants would help with this. Here is an example:

Dwarves

Heroes:
Dwarf Captain
Khazad guard
Lieutenants

Troops:
Rangers with bows (3)
Rangers with throwing axes (4)
Warriors with shields (5)

I hope this gives you and idea of what I'm suggesting.

Rob

numenor · **Joined:** Fri Dec 17, 2010 8:49 am **Posts:** 48

its an interesting idea... my main concern is loss of variety in models, to me one of the greatest aspects of battle companies is the small & detailed decision's made on each model that are possible because of the low number of models. If you were to combine all your Dwarf Archer's together you would lose that i think?

kidterminal · **Posted:** Sun Apr 03, 2011 1:39 am

The unit designations is purely for upkeep. The figures in a unit do not have to stay to near each other on the battlefield. The units serve only to track experience.

numenor · **Joined:** Fri Dec 17, 2010 8:49 am **Posts:** 48

sorry i think you thought i meant movements and strategy within the game i realize this is not the case in either game. im more worried about how a grouped unit collects different equipment, abilities and rewards?

numenor · **Joined:** Fri Dec 17, 2010 8:49 am **Posts:** 48

the site has just gone under a major overhaul! so be sure to check it out... the core rules section is almost completed. the company profiles still need work though.

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