This is a petition for a revised OOB to incorporate some useful new features into the game engine.
The current HPS OOB for the Nappy series has changed very little since the BG engine. In fact, I believe it may actually still be possible to use an old BG oob with the latest HPS engine.
In contrast, the WW2 OOB is much more sophisticated and contains the following:
1./ The ability to assign victory point values on a unit by unit basis in the oob - this would be a great way of distinguishing militia from grenadiers, etc. For instance, a 500 strong C quality line unit could be worth 10pts, whereas a 500 man militia unit might be only worth 8pts and an A quality grenadier unit 12pts. This would give Boney greater incentive for keeping the Old Guard in reserve for the decisive moment.
2./ The movement, fire and melee capabilities of individual units can also be modified as required, in the oob. This could be potentially useful for the Nappy engine to distinguish different march rates - eg. French columns marching 6 hexes a turn, but Austrians & Prussians just 5 hexes. There are no doubt other potential benefits from such a system, for instance reducing the melee ability of militia and slightly increasing the ability of grenadiers (normally big men) and other elite units. Perhaps light infantry might be give slightly better fire factors too. Anyway, it would certainly give scenario designers a lot more flexibility.
3./ The WW2 engine also distinguishes between hard & soft target - probably not something really needed for the Nappy series, although I can probably find a good use for it.
Capt Rich White
4th Cavalry Brigade
Cavalry Corps
Anglo-Allied Army
Petition names:
Rich White
August Dean
D.S. Walter
John Corbin
Sean Turner
Le Tondu (alias Rick Motko)
Phillip Chimara
SLudwig
Anton Kosyanenko
Andy Moss
Theron Lambert
Paco
Tomasz Nowacki
Stefan Reuter
Valère Bernard
Dean Beecham
Christian Rizo
Glyn Hargreaves
David Guegan
Yann Lamezec
Sergey Adashinskiy
Georgy Pronin
Lord Jim
Jim Pfluecke
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