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Hello folks,

I'm planning for a demo game with a friend of mine. It will be my first CWC game after I read the rules a few times and painted my 6mm Bundeswehr and Soviet battlegroups.

For the first game I thought of the Assault scenario from the rulebook, giving the Soviet attackers 2000 pts and the German defender 1000 pts.

Should there be a difference in the number of the main comman units (CO/HQ) for both battlegroups, i.e. Soviets get 1 CO and 2 HQ and the Germans only 1/1? Or should every battlegroup get the same numbers, regardless of the different point values?

Ralf

You'll always have a single CO - and then HQs have limitations on numbers per thousand points - this is represented in the lists under Limit: so for West German it's a maximum of 3 HQs per thousand points; and 1 for FAC & FAO

It is, of course, up to you how you spend the points!

Thanks, nikharwood.

My point is not so much the legality of my army list but playability or balancing.
I thought about what it means for the power of a battlegroup to have 1/2 CO/HQs for 2000 points and the same number for 1000 points. Or if it's better to either reduce the command units for the Germans or increase it for the Soviets (although they will have 1 or 2 FAOs to direct their artillery strikes).

I assume that a battlegroup's power doesn't depend only on the number of units or it's point value but also the number of command units.

Foe low CV armies I have one CO and 3 HQs really for anything over 1000pts upto about 3000pts and for high CV armies probably on 22 HQs unless I spent my points on A LOT of stuff, clear as mud!

Dave 22? HQ's.

I try for one per btn sized force.

IanS

Sorry that should say 2