I am happy to report that in the first encounter of the PACMAN
Campaign. Fought in Oxford, England, the Lion of Ostlandt's forces
have bested those of Ton Elsworth. In the June REVIEW* I elaborated
on this effort, an on-going across-the-seas affair which Tom and I
have been carrying on for some time.
In this first engagement, we each had 1000 Army Points (AP) which Tom translated into a modern armor battle, circa 1941. A stand-in for the Lion was chosens and the fight was on.
Tom's description of the battle directly follows this article, and it appears all was going well for his British force when, suddenlys his units began running out of ammunition. It is admittedly difficult to fight a battle when one's forces lack ammunition... especially so in a modern armor battle. If the battle had been one in the Napoleonic era, Tom's troops could have fixed bayonets and tried to close with the enemy... in 1941 ... this was an impossibility. Tom was forced to retreat* and the Lion's alter ego took full advantage of this to bash the running units.
The campaign ammunition rule is worth reviewing at this point.
Forces that move over the campaign field collect Logistics Points (LP); some LP are used to support the field forces themselves, others to raise reserve units, and yet another portion of the LP are converted to Ammunition Points (AMP). Each field force is allotted a specific number of AMP's.
Each time a field force engages in battle, its AMP's are used to modify a dice throw according to the following table:
| Modified Dice Throw | Percentage of Force That May Run Out Of Ammunition |
|---|---|
| 01 to 80 | 30% |
| 81 to 110 | 20% |
| 111 to 140 | 10% |
| Over 140 | 0% |
After the number of-units that will run out of ammunition is determined, the particular units that do so must be found. Each unit is tested when it fires for the first time. If it turns out that that particular unit is not affected, then the next one firing is checked.
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