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Alacris
12-21-2005, 01:52 PM
A cop friend of mine suggested this one.

Deploy one to three squads of soldiers (no vest), similar to Black Hawk Down. Their orders are to secure whatever points they are assigned (Bank, corner, 7-11, jail). When the ref gives the order, they need to move to an extraction point (which only they know and presumably not the enemy).

Enemy wears vests. Total number of enemies TBD based on how many soldiers deploy. But figure the mix similar to the BHD scenario. Also enter non-combatants. These could be a few refs, employees, or people who just want to mix things up for fun. Everyone who is not a soldier wears a vest. The only thing to differentiate an insurgent from a civvy is whether they brandish (or fire) their weapon.

Some civvies have weapons, but don't brandish, some have no weapon at all. Some insurgents are acting as armed civvies until the shooting starts.

Presumably the insurgents start attacking the soldier's positions and the soldiers fight back. While a civilian, if they are shot by a soldier the insurgents get another life. If the civvies are shot by an insurgent, they tick one insurgent life off of the count. It'll get confusing, but they should be able to tell where the fire came from (and if they're playing good civilians, they will run for cover and not just wander into a free-for-all).

Scenario ends when the last insurgent is ticked off on the counter board, or when all the soldiers are killled, or when the soldiers reach the evac point.

A twist is that at any time, a civvy can pick up a weapon and become and insurgent. It should really force people to identify targets and not just pop the first thing around a corner.

Just an idea.
AC

jawinn
12-21-2005, 02:01 PM
I don't think this would go well at CQB for a few reasons. First, it's a little complicated. Complicated games never do very well because too many newbs forget what to do in the heat of battle. The game falls apart from then on.

This one sounds a lot like the assassination scenario where you have the VIP being escorted through the crowd or protestors and several assassins. The VIP is escorted by bodyguards and the assassin tries to kill the VIP. If the bodyguards shoot a civilian the game is over. I don't know if anyone here has every played it. I've played it twice. What sucks is that this is a good game but few people ever want to play the civilians milling around the field.

The other issue is see with this game is that it is often difficult to get many CQB employees to be civilians, especially on busy days, because they are either working the counter, reffing, or playing.

Alacris
12-21-2005, 03:33 PM
Apparently this is an exact scenario run by the cops with Simunitions. But you are right, cops are probably a bit more disciplined than newbs. :)