Slow dying vehicles.

[natxokdt]

Hello everybody.

I have a question that has been hovering over our gaming group since we started playing GRUNTZ.

We have organized units based on our favorite Sci-Fi settings. we have an infantry platooon with Mecha support and a mechanized infantry platoon riding hover APC,s, with some specialized vehicles as support. There are also some irregular guerrillas, with civvie vehicles, mechanized infantry with tracked vehicles and some alien forces. A lot of differente forces.

The question is: vehicles are really difficult to destroy. It´s impossible to destroy one with the light RPG,s used by infantry, while in the real world you can loose an IFV from infantry annti-tank weapons, just one lucky shot and the vehicle is finished.

When we play forces with a lot of vehicles, the battle ends with all the infantry dead but almost all the vehicles still fighting.

Has someone figured out a solution to this???

[stroeziepoezie]

You could try raising the AP value of the anti vehicle weapons, that way they do more damage to vehicles without becoming overpowered infantry killers.

[Mr. Harold]

You could also have any AP weapons roll an additional dice for damage against vehicles...

[comstar]

You could also use the old concentrated fire rule instead of the new one which adds +1 to hit and damage with each additional model in a group upto five,

Also you may want to say that in a built up area (Ie lots of buildings) use top armour (rear) which is 2 less than front all of these help.

I still use the origanal concentrated fire in my games

Hope all these replies help and enjoy the game

[natxokdt]

Thank you for the replies, I will try some of these ideas, mainly doubling the AP factor.

[inrepose]

I built the game to avoid the "popping vehicle" type situation, a bit like the health bar in a Command and Conquer type PC game. I must admit though I normally try to keep the forces fair with enough hardware to do some damage. A heavy vehicle is going to take a lot of killing by an infantry only force, unless they have some good support weapons, artillery etc.

Good idea to try the extra AP for RPG etc. I would also consider lowering the size class of vehicles. Still use the same tank/truck etc but make it up as a Small or medium class. I know myself that players like to go for Assault and Heavy when there is nothing to stop you using a main battle tank but agreeing to field it with the profile of a medium or light. That would make a tank vs infantry game a lot fairer.