SLM November Issue

[Kull]

Another fine issue!

[Scurry]

Gotta say...another fine SLM issue.

RE: Unit trends - My take on the 'multiple-figure' unit icons is this; I like them. The only thing that bothers me about them is when the 'single-figure' icon is normal sized. In many cases the perspective is all off. One huge dragoon attacking a squad of tiny musketeers just doesn't "look" right. I guess I'm just anal about those things.

On the other hand, by using this perspective, one could create units of various sizes, thus giving the whole thing a more realistic look. For example, tanks and airplanes are much larger than soldiers. Goblins are ankle biters compared to men, etc. Could make for some interesting stuff.

Great work.

[winterfritz]

Wheeee-lah! I just noticed that I got a big mention in the SLM!! Thankyou thankyou Gothmog for my 15 minutes of fame

Promotion time: the scenario you playtested is still unreleased, due pretty much to the obscene amount of time I had to spend studying for exams this month. But if my loyal fans are lucky (I know I have some somewhere) it may appear as an early Christmas present sometime next month.

As for the units: thanks for the compliments Now I shall forever be remembered as the designer who came up with the multiple unit graphics (even though I originally got the idea from Vegard [author of the fine Casus Belli scenarios] and his work for John Ellis' Bonaparte update [which I helped playtest])

My only innovation was figuring out how to easily manufacture these units from a single base graphic, rather than laboriously drawing them from scratch. Its not actually nearly as hard as it looks... perhaps I may take up your challenge and one day write an expose for a future issue of the SLM.

[Stefan Härtel]

Had I known earlier I'd have submitted some sort of preview of my new scenario to the SM.
When's the next one gonna be out (or what's planned?)

[St Leo]

January-ish? We won't mind publishing a full-page ad of your scenario if that's too late for a preview.