Command Points

[Greenkey15]

Command Points add some “there’s more going on” to any battle. These don’t work well with anything pre-WWII, but anything after that should be great. Here’s how they work.

On any battlefield, there can be some “Strategik Points” represented by flagpoles or other items to signify their importance scattered throughout buildings, important hills, and other areas that seem like they would be worth capturing. Once you clear all the enemies from the area, you can raise your own flag on the area to show that you captured it. After that, every turn, you gain a “Command Point”. Command points are recorded by adding a team-colored pip to your side of the battlefield. These can be spent as well as saved to call in:

- 10 CP of supplies, minifigs, and vehicles
- A bombardment of explosives in strength equal to the amount of command points you are spending, which can be spread to several explosions (EX. you can spend 10 Command Points. You can get one massive 10d10 explosion, or 10 1d10 explosions scattered through the battlefield.)
- Anything else you deem appropriate.

That’s really all there is to it. There is nothing else to say except you can have battles based around capturing all the Strategik Points or amassing a certain amount of Command Points.

[Rayhawk]

The trick to this would be designing it so it didn't add huge delays to the game. Building out the possible reinforcements beforehand would work. Like, these "humvees full of troops off to the side of the battlefield are reinforcements, I can call one in whenever I get 10 command points," or something along those lines.

[Stuff Is Possible]

Command Points add some “there’s more going on” to any battle. These don’t work well with anything pre-WWII, but anything after that should be great. Here’s how they work.

On any battlefield, there can be some “Strategik Points” represented by flagpoles or other items to signify their importance scattered throughout buildings, important hills, and other areas that seem like they would be worth capturing. Once you clear all the enemies from the area, you can raise your own flag on the area to show that you captured it. After that, every turn, you gain a “Command Point”. Command points are recorded by adding a team-colored pip to your side of the battlefield. These can be spent as well as saved to call in:

- 10 CP of supplies, minifigs, and vehicles
- A bombardment of explosives in strength equal to the amount of command points you are spending, which can be spread to several explosions (EX. you can spend 10 Command Points. You can get one massive 10d10 explosion, or 10 1d10 explosions scattered through the battlefield.)
- Anything else you deem appropriate.

That’s really all there is to it. There is nothing else to say except you can have battles based around capturing all the Strategik Points or amassing a certain amount of Command Points.

I used something similar to this in my last game except you could only do reinforcements. I like yours more though. Aerial bombing hooray!

[Greenkey15]

The trick to this would be designing it so it didn't add huge delays to the game. Building out the possible reinforcements beforehand would work. Like, these "humvees full of troops off to the side of the battlefield are reinforcements, I can call one in whenever I get 10 command points," or something along those lines.

You would have to have some part of your army hang back for reinforcements. There is no question about that.

[piltogg]

I do something very simaler to this in my non-brikwars wargameing exploits. Only there, you try to hold strategic areas to win the game, each one being worth a specific number of victory points if held when the time limit for the game is reached (usually midnight), captureing important enemy equipment can also give you victory points. of course this only maters much for brikwars if you are doing very large batles and campainging.

[Bennanteno]

^Yes, control points/victory locations are common in most wargames.

[lrdofbricks]

i love the idea here, i might use the command posts in my next battle and say whoever posseses the most after 10 turns wins.

[dcl32]

i use this system all the time, yours is better because of off "map" supports. kind of like end war

[501stCadians]

This is from CoH-Points,Company Upgrades,Munitions,and Fuel. Thank-You. It's a good idea though.

[More Dakka]

This is definitely a good supplement/alternative to just holding points to win. Good idea.

[Smalex]

Sounds interesting. I'll have to experiment with this idea, could be funnn.

[Greenkey15]

This is from CoH-Points,Company Upgrades,Munitions,and Fuel. Thank-You. It's a good idea though.

You got me. I did get the "command point" idea from COH. The way they are used is actually stolen from Dawn of War (the Requisition resource), as people are dropped down from space in the animations for the Space Marines. It is a good system, though, and deserved to be in BrikWars.

[pesgores]

Idea approved.