Basics of Game Design

Sequence of Play in Wargames

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enemy player gets to move and attack with his or her units and then

in the next turn gets to move and attack again before the anking

player can do anything. Such an approach shows how important it is

to keep reserve troops aside for any contingency.

Combat Result Table (CRT)

Traditional paper wargames normally use a Combat Results Table

for resolving most ground combat. e table determines which side

of the battle is the winner and how much attrition each side suf-

fers. e rst version of this CRT was created by Charles S. Roberts

in 1952 for the rst commercial wargame Tactics. By 1958, Charles

had revised ...