Here's some more things y'all might find useful:
http://grognews.blogspot.com/2011/11/battle-lab-recon-and-wargaming.html
http://grognews.blogspot.com/2011/11/more-thoughts-on-tactical-intel-and.html
and a bunch of charts / orders / trackers we used to use in the pre-digital world (click the images to enlarge)
http://grognews.blogspot.com/2011/07/platoon-operations-order.html
http://grognews.blogspot.com/2011/06/origins-prep.html
http://grognews.blogspot.com/2011/06/battalion-toc-charts-tactical-sitrep.html
http://grognews.blogspot.com/2011/06/battalion-toc-charts-logistics-sitrep.html
http://grognews.blogspot.com/2011/06/battalion-toc-charts-recon-sitrep.html
http://grognews.blogspot.com/2011/07/battalion-toc-charts-maintenance-sitrep.html
http://grognews.blogspot.com/2011/07/battalion-toc-charts-enemy-sitrep.html
http://grognews.blogspot.com/2011/07/battalion-toc-charts-adjacent-unit.html
Brant you have been championing doctrinally correct gaming for years now.
I completely agree with everything you've done and in my opinion you are 100% correct for doing it.
HOWEVER
Gamer's today simply do not care about doctrine or reality or accuracy, they just want fun.
It has been proven time and again over the last 10-15 years.
Maybe, maybe, 1% want to do it right, all the rest including the vocal senior members here just want a quick easy game.
Even the self proclaimed high & mighty OCS demigods on CSW/BGG have no damn clue about doctrine.
Oh, I don't doubt that gamers want to game, rather than doctrinalizing their way through a game.
I was simply hoping to provide some info for those 1% of players that might want to poke their way into some of the doctrine.
I'm not advocating that everyone shift what they do / how they do it. I'm simply providing some information for those who care :)
All true - but even if you don't do it right, understanding the planning process will make you a better gamer. :)
It seems to me that some doctrinal aspects are incorporated into games by gamers even if they don't recognize or give much thought to it. The OPORD and doing METT-TC analysis of the situation on the board comes to mind right off hand.
Some of us wargamers have spent their lives in the civilian world and wouldn't know a doctrinally-correct wargame if it bit us on the butt.
My suggestion is to make a wargame that's doctrinally-correct and then teach players the how and why. Then you'll see the fanbase grow.
Quote from: LongBlade on January 09, 2014, 09:58:42 AM
Some of us wargamers have spent their lives in the civilian world and wouldn't know a doctrinally-correct wargame if it bit us on the butt.
My suggestion is to make a wargame that's doctrinally-correct and then teach players the how and why. Then you'll see the fanbase grow.
This.
I'm working on it...
http://grognews.blogspot.com/p/designing-out-loud.html
bump.... just to annoy Mirth with the resurrection threads
Pfft. This isn't even 3 years old.
Quote from: mirth on December 19, 2017, 07:01:58 PM
Pfft. This isn't even 3 years old.
You don't do math, do you?