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<blockquote data-quote="piou" data-source="post: 9096454" data-attributes="member: 7042024">BECMI1. Surprise: if any side is surprised and the other isn't, they get a free round2. On the beginning of each round, roll 1d6. 1-3: the players start, 4-6: their opponents3a. Missile actions3b. Magic actions3c. Melee actions4. Then the other side5. Morale6. Back to 2I'm not too rigid with action phases, it's mostly to keep things easy to run without forgetting anyone (and because arrows fly faster than swords it fits the general fantasy of releasing a volley then bracing for impact for example). Rolling every round for side initiative is something I didn't do at first, but it adds a layer of uncertainty (what if the monsters get two rounds in a row?) that has provent to lead to more interesting tactical decisions. Morale and side initiative allow me to run many combattants on any side (I generally have over 10 on the player side and that's easily matched on the monster one, yet I want fights not to last more than 20 minutes). I am also generous with fiction first: if there only 1 skeleton on 1 HP left and it's the players' turn I don't make everyone roll to attack, at that point it just dies I don't care who's ending it, no point wasting 5 minutes waiting for someone to roll a hit. Also it's theater of the mind so I'm generous with movement: unless it makes no sense people are where they need to be to do what they want to do. Finally I do morale at the end because this comes after reaction checks etc… if they didn't want to fight they would never have entered the fight in the first place. I never quite understood the point of doing it the other way arround.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="piou, post: 9096454, member: 7042024"] BECMI 1. Surprise: if any side is surprised and the other isn't, they get a free round 2. On the beginning of each round, roll 1d6. 1-3: the players start, 4-6: their opponents 3a. Missile actions 3b. Magic actions 3c. Melee actions 4. Then the other side 5. Morale 6. Back to 2 I'm not too rigid with action phases, it's mostly to keep things easy to run without forgetting anyone (and because arrows fly faster than swords it fits the general fantasy of releasing a volley then bracing for impact for example). Rolling every round for side initiative is something I didn't do at first, but it adds a layer of uncertainty (what if the monsters get two rounds in a row?) that has provent to lead to more interesting tactical decisions. Morale and side initiative allow me to run many combattants on any side (I generally have over 10 on the player side and that's easily matched on the monster one, yet I want fights not to last more than 20 minutes). I am also generous with fiction first: if there only 1 skeleton on 1 HP left and it's the players' turn I don't make everyone roll to attack, at that point it just dies I don't care who's ending it, no point wasting 5 minutes waiting for someone to roll a hit. Also it's theater of the mind so I'm generous with movement: unless it makes no sense people are where they need to be to do what they want to do. Finally I do morale at the end because this comes after reaction checks etc… if they didn't want to fight they would never have entered the fight in the first place. I never quite understood the point of doing it the other way arround. [/QUOTE]

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