Now with the last writeup about #BandOfCaps redesign in mind. Let me talk about Band composition!

I will be going with Gałeti forces first as they are the "easiest" to explain.

So we're starting with L1, S1, S2, S3, and T20 (I will be using this notation for easier deduction of troopers).

I won't be going into unit stats here only the process of how the Band creation goes.

Let's start with the Leader. All leaders automatically start with 2 ORDERS. I won't be adding anything to the leader but keep it as is for the sake of simplicity. Orders are picked before battle so we're fine now.

Next are the Specialists. I have 3 of them. As my Lore based, and classical narrative of Band of Caps, enemies are the Osovik... I will be taking precaution against them.

So Specialist 1 is upgraded to a light machine gun, removing one Trooper (T19) for that. This provides me with some more punch.

Specialist 2 is upgraded with a flamethrower which will allow me to get rid of Dead Men from the Osovik. This again removes one Trooper (T18) and gives me more punch.

Both the light machine gun and the flamethrower require Logistics to be used, but that's unimportant now.

Specialist 3 will be upgraded into a Gałeti Warmage. This initial upgrade costs me 3 Troopers (T15), but that's just the basic magic. I want to give the Warmage a bit more punch so I pick Detonation as an additional spell, and deduct one more Trooper (T14).

Let me do a little #BandOfCaps writeup here as I'm UTTERLY stoked with how it ended up being! I'm happy with the game's redesign on how the Band is formed and how I've removed "point counting" from the initial stages of the game. Making it easier to pick up and prep.

Initially the idea was that every band would be a balanced force of 150 points worth of infantry and maybe light combat machinery (primary in the form of heavy machine-gun nests, scout bikes, scout bikes with a side car, anti-tank rifles, etc.)

My math was done around trying to place about 10 to 15 soldiers on the field with that in mind. All depending on the complexity of the whole force that is.

BUT! The whole thing was complicated AF! You calculated base cost for the Leader, Specialists, then Troopers... It was a common wargame thing.

And my brother asked me: Okay so everything's in multiples of 5 right? Your base leader is 20, base specialists are 10, and troopers are 5, why not just say: Hey here's 1×Leader, 3×Specialists, and 20×Troopers. That's 150 points.

And I was... What if we start that way and deduct Troopers as a cost?

So yeah. You start off with what he said above and all additional options are rebalanced to work on the fact that they are on a base of 5.

Wana equip a light machinegun to your specialist? Deduct one Trooper!

Upgrade one specialist to a mage? Deduct 3 troopers.

Basically it's just like that now.

@ArneBab exactly. I've been pushing a circle there, but alas I am not sure I'm visible to people anymore. And I have been quite busy!

#DOMAIINS rules writing
#WhiteCityNoise woldbuilding
and the #BandOfCaps rewrite.

I've been milking the last few days of twitter before returning here.

It was hell.

Seriously. I tried to move people on here so that they don't lose access to my stuff, specially with the end of #DOMAIINS being close, and the #BandOfCaps wargame getting a full on redesign.

And one poll as I'm slowly prepping a quick-start for #BandOfCaps. So far we have the following factions: "honourable" warriors, necromancers, techno-supperiors.

Which should be the fourth faction in the basic rules?

So what's the highlight of #BandOfCaps ?

- Fog of war
- Small unit sized (MAXIMUM of 25 units)
- Cheap Buy in
- I'd say unique world, but it's in fact just how we depicted the imperial powers during ww1 (we as in the croats).
- MAGIC! (yeah shocker)

Now #BandOfCaps bases! Let's talk bases / units.

So far the BASIC game distinguishes between two bases only: 25mm and 50mm.

The 25mm are used for infantry and smaller creatures. this base has the basic VT targeting on it.

The 50mm bases are used for light vehicles, mostly bikes with carts, jeeps, and so on. These have the VVT targeting on them.

Thinking of scale for #BandOfCaps #wargame

As I'm saying 1cm = 1m, that would in theory make the tanks 5×7.5 meters... Yeah that makes no sense, but! BUT! The thing is that the basic soldier is 2.5m in radius. I will call that effective area.

This would mean it's NOT the area of the vehicle or unit, but instead it's basic operational area and clearance.

With that in mind you are ALLOWED to move trough openings smaller than your base, but not end the turn there.

Okay final #BandOfCaps #wargame factions are:

• Gałeti
• Osovik
• Krojcer
• Abatsi
• Hustvi

I'm proud of the names!

Specialisties are as following (Two tropps and special weapon available to the group)

• Gałeti: Strigun, Šavoni; Flamethrower
• Osovik: Graban, Lesh; Gass Mortar
• Krojcer: LAV, T.O.O; HAC
• Abatsi: Abash, Gvadista; Blessed Halberds
• Hustvi: Lugrash, Zver, Beshtia

I had a blast writing the names!

Also I did a bit of #wargaming design in the past few weeks.

And I have made #BandOfCaps a thing.

It's a squad based, use anything round and 2.5cm as a token, easy buy in game. Why Band of Caps tho?

Average soda bottle cap size is 2.5cm and it's a good token. A lot of people drink a lot of soda, so getting 20 bottle caps is kinda "cheap".