Lets talk about the weapon types for Clan Units:

The standard classes are:

[ul]
[li] LI (Light Infantry)[/li]
[li] MI (Medium Infantry)[/li]
[li] HI (Heavy Infantry)[/li]
[li] LM (Light Missile) - Hand throne weapons[/li]
[li] MM (Medium Missile) - Cross Bow, standard Bob[/li]
[li] HM (Heavy Missile) - Think English Long Bow or Recurve Bow[/li]
[/ul]

Now the "Infantry" types have a "Damage" value and a "Defense" value. Thus the Damage value is the amount of damage inflicted in a combat round, and the Defense value is the amount of protection their armor protects against in a combat round. Next the "Missile" types have a "Damage" Value, a "Defense" value, and a "Range" Value. The Range value is how far that they can inflict damage at a existence.

Weapon Chart:
Wpn Type:, Damage:, Defense:, Range:
[ul]
[li]LI          1            1             0[/li]
[li]MI         2            2             0[/li]
[li]HI         3            3             0[/li]
[li]LM        1            1             1[/li]
[li]MM       2            1             3[/li]
[li]HM       3            1             5[/li]
[/ul]

Note: a "0" means face to face

Now in different versions of the game like Midgard USA there were also Combined Arms types:
 LI/LM
 LI/MM
 MI/LM
 MI/MM

Note: These were learned by learning to do each of these types separately in game, or by a factional perk. Some factions had special abilities to arm themselves with some of these combinations.

So lets talk about the this topic. The terms might actually be titled slightly differently (Damage, Defense, Range) but it gets the Idea across.

Now I am not really talking about factional benefits here just the Weapons Type classes and related details.

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Decades ago, while playing Galac-Tac, I wrote a gaming assistant program to help me play.  This has morphed over the years to be quite a valuable tool with customizable and interactive color maps, turn history tracking, order entry and checking, empire analysis reports, and much more.  However, Midgard has never had any such thing available for players.  Since we'd all like to encourage more players to play, this would be a great thing to have available to everyone.

So, if you feel like a real programming and gaming challenge, I invite anyone to write their own Midgard "helper" program, either for desktop/laptop PCs or for phones/tablets.  Anyone who thinks they've come up with something useful is welcome to provide it for publication it on the Talisman Games web site for you so other players can download and use it.  All of the turn information is available in XML format so you don't have to do any interpretation of formatted HTML to get raw data into your system.

Be thinking about the possibilities and see what your imagination might be able to come up with!

I'd like to use this forum to answer any Midgard gaming questions you have, particularly about features of our new implementation.

For instance, in the old days if you wanted to get in touch with another player to discuss coordination of turns, you had to send in a paper 3x5 card in the mail to be forwarded to them in their next monthly cycle report.

On the web, this is handled differently.  Instead, you have a screen with which you can send a personally-anonymous private message directly to their game screen.  This uses their clan name for delivery and your clan name as sender and does not reveal any of your personal information.  You may, of course, tell them who you are and how to contact you if you wish more direct communication, but that's not necessary to get real-time messages across.

Such incoming messages appear on your game screen on the web the next time you visit.  However, on each player's Talisman Games profile there is an option where you can select to be notified by email when such messages arrive for you.  If you have that turned on then incoming messages are forwarded to your email instantly, so you can respond rapidly.

For those of you that played Midgard (the original U.S. version or one of the variations) in the distant past, this discussion area has been set up for conversations related to that game.  The old discussion area was on Yahoo, but Yahoo is discontinuing all web-based group access there and going to an email-only system.  For this reason we now have a new forum area right here where you can talk about Midgard instead.

No, the Midgard game is not dead yet!  I suppose it could be described as having been in something like a coma, but it still exists.  We have been working on converting it to a web-based version of the same game, albeit slowly, and we plan for it to rise again at Talisman Games for a new generation of players to enjoy.

You may discuss old times here or ask questions about our plans for the revival.  If you'd like to make sure you are informed when we have news, drop us a note here and I'll make sure you're on my email announcement list.

I had an enjoyable time playing for two months. The GM has decided to end the game. I will be writing an article about my experience for S&D Issue #20.

It is always sad to see a PBM end. Human-run PBMs are fragile, and this is always a risk that players must face when joining a game that is not automated.

Thank you to Roy Pollard for running the game. I am glad I had the opportunity to participate.

This thread is for discussion of Issue #20 of Suspense & Decision magazine.

The Submission Deadline for articles, news, events, etc. for Issue #20 is: 10 October, 2019

The scheduled Publication Deadline for Issue #20 is: 30 October, 2019

OK, I'm brand spanking new to Madhouse UK's DungeonWorld.

Anyone have any tips for me on issuing orders for my first turn?

Heres a copy of The Islander from the last couple of weeks ago - Its a regular Newsletter we send out to players and includes comments and messages from players as well as Rumours and happenings around Ilanthor.

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