Now that BKC III is at the printer and presumably the text is "frozen" I believe that it is time Leon tells use what is different or has been changed from BKC II to BKC III similar to what Pete Jones did when he issued BKC II. I think this will encourage more BKC II players to plonk down the money to buy the new , and hopefully improved, BKC III.
So how about it, Leon? Are you up to the challenge? ;)
Thanks,
Jim
Quote from: ColCampbell on 26 March 2017, 11:54:05 PM
So how about it, Leon? Are you up to the challenge? ;)
Right now, no. :D
I've spent the best part of 3 months looking at several different versions of the text, amendments, tweaks, rewrites, so to be honest I've lost track of exactly what's changed myself (beyond the main stuff). I will be putting together a list ready for Salute though, rather than have to explain them to each person individually when the stand is packed with customers.
Leon,
That is all I was asking, a list of changes. I hope that you will also offer it as a free download here so those of us from "across the pond" can gain access to it.
Thanks,
Jim
Leon will be releasing something more formal in good time, but just to give you a bit of an ad hoc overview on "changes".
Generally, BkCIII sticks very closely to BkCII, with a bit of a refresh on the text. All the core elements remain in the game and everything should run pretty much the way it always has.
Things that you may find work slightly differently (to achieve the same outcome) include:
"Scale" - established at "1 base = 1 platoon": this is important to remember to understand some of the other tweaks
Close assault (steamlined)
Off-table support (streamlined)
Terrain (movement and cover) revamped
Basic actions now set out in defined "actions"
Recce actions (streamlined)
Engineering actions (steamlined)
Unit abilities including profiles revamped
Exceptions and special rules extracted into formal "special abilities" for units
If you know and love BkCII, then BkCIII should hopefully feel familiar but fresh.
Quote from: ColCampbell on 27 March 2017, 02:10:19 PM
That is all I was asking, a list of changes. I hope that you will also offer it as a free download here so those of us from "across the pond" can gain access to it.
No worries, didn't mean to sound abrupt in my first reply! As Chieftain says, we'll be putting together a list for folks to look through, should be in the next week or two, once we've got a finalised delivery date for the rules and can start taking pre-orders for them.