" Pre-writting orders doesn't work. Measuring stuff
is not so clean so I've been using hex grids ( I know everyone here hates that
for miniatures, but it is
'simple'!)."
Adrian,
My brother and I playtested FT with his wife who has no clue when it comes to
wagames. We wrote our moves and then let her tell us what she wanted to move.
That could also work with younger kids. Ended up she destroyed us both in a
three way free for all.
> " Pre-writting orders doesn't work. Measuring stuff
This seems an ideal and efficient solution for games where (for any reason,
even including disabilities or problems like dyslexia) one player finds
written orders difficult or confusing. Provided the opponent is happy with
the usual order writing, he writes his orders as normal, the non-writing
player then simply moves his ships (in accordance with all the usual rules
and move limitations, of course) and then the written-order player makes
his moves as plotted. This should result in exactly the same situation as
the normal all-written system when using just basic rules; I can see a
few loopholes such as fighter movement, but you could simply allow both
players to move fighters freely after all ships are moved.
If anyone tries this out, please let us know how it works out in practice. It
could also be a good method of teaching very new players the basic
systems, especially non-gamers as mentioned above.