What play-aids are a "must have" when you play a scenario and why?

[Roy]

QRDC, Terrain chart, Concealment gain/loss chart, OVR and OBA flowcharts.
QRDC could be epurated from some useless tables.

Ok, had to look up epurated. first time in 50 years I've ever seen that word.

 

[Michael R]

I have a binder of play aids that I bring to every game. What I use depends on the scenario. For the simplest infantry-only scenario, I use the QRDC and my copy of the large IFT from Chapter A divider and the Concealment table. Other scenarios might add the Overrun Flow Chart, the OBA flow chart, the Air Support guide, the Winter guide, my own Pillbox guide, my own Cavalry guide. I have other stuff in the binder, but I don’t have the binder in front of me.

 

[bendizoid]

My Red Barracades sewer map.

 

[von Marwitz]

My brain.

Otherwise I will just be swatting and chewing counters.

Do you say that cats and dogs don't have a brain?



von Marwitz

 

[von Marwitz]

Is that a mouse pad?

Makes a nifty beer glass coaster too. I'm sure Andy can get one for you.

Right. Those usual coasters are just to small to be up to the task, but a mouse pad will do.



von Marwitz

 

[djohannsen]

I'm sure Andy can get one for you.

Andy has already offered to see if he can rustle up a copy of Cholm this Spring... What's one more imposition on his kindness? ;^)

 

[olli]

The latest version of the RAT chart.

 

[Robin Reeve]

Ok, had to look up epurated. first time in 50 years I've ever seen that word.

I think that my French made an intrusion in my English - well, as about a number of English words have a French origin, it could have gone unnoticed.

 

[Jeffrey D Myers]

The Rich Spilkey tables are nice to have close at hand, but the Rat charts are essential....

 

[Eagle4ty]

The MOLOTOV COCKTAIL chart. Not that I don't understand the rule, but as a reminder to USE the darn things! For some reason, though I always remember to use PF & ATMM, I usually forget that I have MOL capability until just after a shot I've taken that could have benefited by its use. I specifically remember a CG date of RB where after purchasing MOL capability, I failed to use it or even remember I had the capability until about Turn 5 (DOH!).

Other charts that are almost necessary are the AP/APCR/APDS/HE/HEAT TK# ones for the most esoteric tube sizes or very extended ranges; most of the standard ones [EX: 37, 50, 75, 76, 88 and nationality permeations or tube length of such of such] are fairly simple and straight forward and easily remembered. With regards to the IIFT, because I use it so seldom now days, for most columns beyond 16FP I need to check the chart as well.

 

[Philippe D.]

Quick look at the ASL material around my PC, since most of my games are on VASL...

Two (actually, 3, but one is an older version) copies of the Rat Pocket Charts are the closes play aid at hand. Also nearby are the Pocket Rulebook, ASOP, and a number of scenario cards - most of them also existing on the computer's disks as scans, if necessary. (Lots more are nearby, but not quite as easy to grab).

 

[djohannsen]

Being a novice, the Advanced Sequence of Play is one thing that is always at-hand when I'm playing. Also, the Rat Charts and Pocket Edition Rule Book. Anything else will depend on what scenario that I'm playing.

 

[kcole4001]

It is an excellent habit to keep referring to the ASOP, even if you think you have it pretty well down.
It's a good reminder.

 

[BattleSchool]

QRDC could be epurated from some useless tables.

Ok, had to look up epurated. first time in 50 years I've ever seen that word.

The post-war use of the term epuration (from Fr. épuration) is interesting, namely the criminal prosecution of French and Italian officials held after World War II to have been fascists or collaborators.

I think that my French made an intrusion in my English - well, as about a number of English words have a French origin, it could have gone unnoticed.

Or a case of parapraxis, a subconscious desire to epurate the IIFT (Incremental Infantry Fascist Table).

 

[Robin Reeve]

The verb "épurer" has no negative connotation and isn't related to the sometimes odious vengeance against alleged collaborationists that the substantive "épuration" evokes.
History can coin some terms in a strange and permanent way.

 

[Roy]

Or a case of parapraxis, a subconscious desire to epurate the IIFT (Incremental Infantry Fascist Table).

Ok, I had to look up parapraxis.. First time in 50 years I've seen that word...

Hell, spellcheck says it's a non word....

 

[BattleSchool]

Ok, I had to look up parapraxis.. First time in 50 years I've seen that word...

Hell, spellcheck says it's a non word....

My apologies. Freudian slip on my part I guess.

 

[GeorgeBates]

Ole Boe's IIFT(M)QRDC v3.6 (= Incremental IFT (Mini) Quick Reference Data Card).

Best one page (front and backside) play aid out there, which of course is also useful for the non-IIFT bunch.

http://www.gamesquad.com/forums/index.php?resources/iift-m-qrdc-v3-6-by-ole-boe.10/

Holds most of what you need on a single page (front & backside):

• IFT/IIFT
• Close Combat Table
• Ambush
• Leader Creation
• Heat of Battle
• To Hit Table
• Firer- & Target-Based TH DRM
• AP TK Table
• APCR/APDS TK Table
• HEAT TK Table
• HE & Flame TK Table
• AFV Destruction Table

von Marwitz

Ole was a very bright light. We are all diminished by his absence.

 

[M.Koch]

What play-aids are a "must have" when you play a scenario and why ?
A beer and/or a single-malt

 

[Robin Reeve]

Ole was a very bright light. We are all diminished by his absence.

I agree with you.
He played a role quite similar to Klas or jrv, being extremely competent in answering rules questions.
But there are quite a few people here who hate him deeply.