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loki223

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Averaging dice for commands?
« on: May 15, 2007, 04:31:57 PM »
I am brand new to the game and our group are trudging through the one book we have and finding it difficult to follow.

When you decide to either do the HI-LOW method or the Averaging method for pips...How do you "average"? I really cant seem to find a clear definition. (maybe i not looking in the right areas.)

DO you add them all together and devide by the number of commanders? If so do you round up or down any fractions. (TOtal 11 pips for 3 commanders = 3.66)

Or am I going down the wrong path here?


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Re: Averaging dice for commands?
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2007, 04:52:35 PM »
Its under p14

PLANNING PIP ALLOCATION
One dice will be thrown each bound per command, the score of which is its Player Initiative Points (PIPs).

A regular C-in-C?s formal command structure allows him to make a plan and give his regular subordinate generals orders to implement it. This is simulated by recording at the end of initial deployment which of all his non-allied regular commands will always be allocated the highest PIP score, which the next highest, and which the lowest. He may instead wish to treat some or all equally, since dull generals could often think of no better plan than to line up and advance. If so, all or any command?s dice can be specified to use the rounded down average of their scores

So for example you have 4 commands

You allocate the highest to command 1- and the lowest to command 4 and average commands 2 & 3

You roll 6,6,1,1

Command 1 gets 6
Command 2 gets (6+1)/2 rounded down = 3
Command 3 gets (6+1)/2 rounded down = 3
Command 4 gets 1

You roll 6,5,2,1
Command 1 gets 6
Command 2 gets (5+2)/2 rounded down = 3
Command 3 gets (5+2)/2 rounded down = 3
Command 4 gets 1

You have 3 commands and allocate them as Command 1 lowest - average Commands 2 & 3

You roll 5,3,1
Command 1 gets 1
Command 2 gets (5+3)/2 rounded down = 4
Command 3 gets (5+3)/2 rounded down = 4

You have 3 commands and average them all

You roll 6,4,1

Command 1 gets (6+4+1)/3 rounded down = 3
Command 2 gets (6+4+1)/3 rounded down = 3
Command 3 gets (6+4+1)/3 rounded down = 3


Hope that helps clear it up - it isnt a great thing to do as often you lose a PIP or even 2


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David Mather

loki223

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Re: Averaging dice for commands?
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2007, 05:11:11 PM »
thank you..big help...

I didnt realize that you could mix HI-lo and average.  I thought it was either or not both or a mix.

WOW..I really dont understand the way he writes.

I read that section several times this weekend and missed the rounding down...I have been playing Games workshop to long i think....lol