Fighting for Mexico

Peter Pig games always cover a narrow period in order to capture that period. Thus the most important aspects of that war can be modelled and the less important ones piled into the general mechanisms. The Mexican revolution 1910 -1920 Game setting Army versus army defence/attack games. Typical army composition Most PP games use about 100 figures a side. enough for PP to make some big sales and not too many to paint. Typical per army= 4 Regiments each of 11 bases. 3 MMGs. Pair of field guns. General. Unit motivation mechanism 3 motivations per unit commander. He chooses 3 squares containing parts of his unit. Rolls a D6 and that is the squares action allowance. With officer= owner re-rolls In proximity= as it falls More than proximity = roll, but opponent can demand a re-roll. Action/moving mechanism Something simple that can be memorised. PP rules give a move distance worth having. Bases in a square can move together. Action point cost depends on scenery type. Shooting mechanism Shooting takes into account amount , skill and modifiers but ends up with a bunch of D6. Saving roll gets both players engaged. 1D6 per base. Shooting can result in hammering target. Return shooting and opportunity shooting too. Close assault mechanism PP fight mechanism only consider about 7 modifiers. But these are the important ones for that period. Another reason for keeping the period span small. Then a pile of D6. 6 = kill. No saves. More decisive than shooting. Morale mechanism A pair of D6. 9 or more=all Ok. Less than 9 the unit risks loses bases. Raw units degenerate quicker. —description from the publisher