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Hi,

Are you ready for a idiotic guestion(s)? Okay, good ;-) I have read page 41 detailing campaigns number of times now. But I still can't be 100% sure I understand them correctly...

I'll go this in steps. Bare with me please. Please say if I go wrong at any point.

1. Campaign is set for 2000 starting points per side.
2. Side A rolls for -10% and hence has 1800 pts. Side B rolls for +0% and hence has 2000pts.
3. Side A will be the attacker for the first scenario and will be able to field all of his points, right? (which would be 1800 in this case)
4. Side B will be the defender and will be able to field half of attackers points. i.e. 900 points.

Right?

5. During the battle Side A loses 400 points' worth of troops and Side B 200's worth.
6. The next scenario is rolled for and the tide turns. Side B will the attacker and A will be on defence.
7. Side A rolls for reinforcements and get 10% and Side B gets 10%, too. Is this 10% of the 2000 points (look at step 1 above)?

I'll continue the example after I'll get a confirmation I'll got this right this far, okay. Like said bare with me please

iA

And I thought doing the question in this way in steps that allow a simple replies ("so far so good"/"no you got it wrong at step 6"would ensure replies from the author

OK so far

Thank you, Pete. Here's the second part.

8. Side A now has 1800(step 2) -400(losses) +200(reinforcements)=1600 points. Side B has 2000(step 2) -200(losses) +200(reinforcements)=2000 points at his disposal.
9. Side B attacks with 2000 points hence Side A can field 1000 points.
10. Let's assume Side A gets their asses kicked in the second battle. Side A suffers losses of 600 points and get no reinforcements. Side A now has points pool of 1600(step 8) -600 =1000 points. Let's say Side B is at 2200 after losses and reinforcements.
11. Side B is attacker once more. Side A could field 1100 points. He only has 1000. But as a defender he is allowed 10% of 1100=110 in field defences. Now he can't field 1000 points of troops and get additional field defences for free, right?

The second paragraph on page 41 is the one that befuddles me the most. Esp the words "in additon" in the second sentence. You still need have the points in order to purchase the field defences and assets, right?

Is the paragraph just trying to say that in some scenarios you're allowed to spend certain fraction of your points quota for that scenario in field defences and they count against your quota for that scenario?

Thanks.

The cost of the defences are taken from your total points available, so if you had 1000 points available, you could spend 100 on field defs, but would then only be able to buy 900 points worth of units

Thank you, Pete. I think I'm sorted now

should we deduct the losses from the battle in our battlegroups?

so if we lose 400 pts of troops, we deduct it from the initial battlegroup and then add modifiers rolled for?

we don't play it like that. in the next scenario, we just use the initial points value and add percentages we rolled for after the previous scenario.