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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Balesir" data-source="post: 6108457" data-attributes="member: 27160">If your players enjoy 'lite' wargaming, another angle you can bring in is command and control. Modern wargames rules manage this quite simply; an example inspired by one set (Traveller's "Striker" rules, for those interested) might work like this:- For poorly trained troops, in order to move they must be directed; this takes a Move action from a "High Initiative" creature (like a PC) to move the troop unit. Once moved it will attack enemies within range automatically. "High Initiative" creatures may join the troops (note that individual creatures can interpenetrate with swarms); if they do so then they may move with the troops using the same Move action as they move the troops with - this is called "Leading" the troops.- For better trained troops, they can be given orders during a short rest. Orders may be to take and/or hold a specific station (relative either to a terrain element or to other troops - e.g. "on the flank of this other unit", thus making bigger "units" that are a line of 'swarms'. Such a unit could then be led by a PC or PNPC leading one of the constituent swarms. The unit designated could also be an enemy unit - "you guys attack the goblin skirmishers during the next attack".- Truly elite troops would be "High Initiative" - i.e. just like characters that can be given to a player to direct without limitations.This sort of structure can give plenty of fun stuff for PCs to do in mass combat other than the usual attacks against the enemy troops.Oh - probably it's obvious, but missile troops work better with Ranged Area attacks than with multiple Ranged attacks.</blockquote>

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