Samstag, 18. April 2009

Orbat - counter design - rules

I have received a couple of books that made me rectify the Orbat of the German Democratic Republic forces. Some other books I only now received make me review the whole Warsaw Pact Forces. I'm still looking for an orbat of the Czech forces, the only detailed one I found was in czech :worried:

I have also started on a new design of the counters for the naval forces. The first test prints were not what I expected. Well, the western forces are great but I have to find a new design for the WP.
The air units are all finished and test prints were conclusive. Ground unit counter design will probably undergo some minor design changes to comply even more with official NATO symbology and to enhance readability.
The marker counters will undergo a major overhaul as the number of markers made the handling and appearance a mess. I'm gonna streamline the design elements for markers of the same group of effects. For example markers with effect on movement will be totally different than those with effects on combat.

The rules are final but when I read them a couple of weeks ago I decided to edit them layout-wise. I'm nearly through and I'm happy that I have redone them. Now it's much easier to use them.

Thanks for asking about the project, I'll try to keep my blog updated in a more regular way.

take care