Multiplayer structure

Players receive identities and objectives (sometimes written and complex), plan together, and the overall commander makes key decisions which subordinates are expected to follow.

If, however - as in Science Versus Pluck - all the players are officers on Side A, it becomes much more interesting.

There is no limit on players. In the fluid game, entry hexes 1-6 behind each trenchline are rolled; shot-down or departed players return after 2-3 turns (1d6), and the most XP wins at the end of the session.

The advantage of the fluid game is that new players may join the game at anytime without having to wait for a new game to begin.

One Union player is Banks, the other Fremont; each turn both roll a die to decide who controls Shields' Division, simulating poor Union cooperation.

they would each roll a die every turn to determine who would control Shield's Division for that turn.

About 6 battalions a side need one player each; 24+ battalions need at least three per side, one taking overall command by agreement or lot and assigning advance guard, wings, reserve, artillery or staff roles. At most 4 persons per side move blocks; others act as staff officers. Players more than 1000 paces apart may only communicate via the umpire.

Die Bewegung der Truppenzeichen kann auf jeder Seite höchstens von 4 Personen geschehen.

Roles include Marshal de Saxe, William of Orange, Governor Cronstrom, Cumberland, Villeroi, Lowendahl, Commissioner Le Clerk (make three profitable business deals) and Villars (do not lose the guns), each with an order of battle.

Commissioner Le Clerk - You are a rich merchant from the town of Lille.

Because all players act at once, adding players does not add waiting time; multiple Commanders per player and many players per side are supported. A 12-player Waterloo is cited.

Scalable system 8.,. so it can play with two people, but also with 20+ (or more!)

It is an essential condition that no player has more than one piece. The strategical game adds 'government' players who manage costs and supply, admirals directing strategy, captains fighting single ships, and a player for colliers and merchantmen.

It is an essential condition of the tactical game that no player should have more than one piece.

Rounds last two to four weeks of real time. Non-emperor players must issue an invitation (defaulting to the emperor); the emperor may issue one after receiving others. Every player must fight at least one battle per round or opponents who invited them are counted as winners.

Players must play at least one battle per round; failure to do so will result in any and all opponents who issued an invitation to that player (or received an invitation from that player) being considered to have won a battle.

Players are generals of corps or larger formations, so a big battle fits in an evening with 2-8 players. The Ligny game took 3 to 11 players, from just the commanders-in-chief up to every corps commander.

DRAM was originally conceived as a means of enabling small numbers of players (say 2-8) to fight, to a conclusion in an evening, any of the significant continental battles

Three to five players split the Texian command; each of the four Mexican columns deploys from a table corner, ideally with one player each. Mexican players compete with each other for VPs.

Anywhere from 3-5 players could split the Texian command as they see fit. The Mexicans deploy one “column” from each of the four table corners, ideally with 1 player controlling each column.

Players each become the ruler of a country on a shared map (Gaul, Rome, Greece, Persia, Assyria, Egypt, Carthage plus island countries). Interaction is through proposed alliances, dirty tricks and declarations of war in their yearly orders.

I organized an ancient campaign in which my buddies each became a ruler of a country.

Each side is a team with players as company and battalion commanders, platoon and section leaders, forward observers and fire support coordinators, with a separate controller and an optional time limit on orders.

players are selected for opposing forces company and battalion commanders, platoon leaders, section leaders, forward observers, fire support coordinators, etc.

Each side has three commands with their own HQ sheets, operations dice and regiments. Chinese players each act before the Allies alternate at night, and the reverse by day.

There are unique commands for up to six players.

Each player should handle about a hundred men and three guns; with teams one could have a general controlling the campaign with divisional commanders. The Kriegspiel appendix envisages each arm entrusted to a particular player.

with a team of players and an extensive country, one could have a general controlling the whole campaign, divisional commanders, batteries of guns, specialised brigades

Each player fields 700 points under muster requirements; the Fields of Blood multiplayer rules are recommended. The winner of scenario 1 gains an extra fate point in scenario 2.

This is a four-player game; all forces must observe the muster force requirements (no ad-hoc forces allowed).

Any number of players can take part, acting in clockwise initiative order each phase; Rune cards stay secret even from allies in team games, and several scenarios are for three or more players.

Ravenfeast can be played with two or more players on any size table, with any scale models.