With Fall In weeks away the Revolution rule/list body finally released a trial draft. Its v2, so who knows what v1 was. There was no chain of edits. The Fall In TO asked if I would use it. I will.
There are parts I agree with and those I don't. As it stands, I see no reason to bother. Just use the Empire list. The change to the feudal rule, no magic, and the loss of monsters/deamons would provide the flavor.
Shogun with 10 leadership for only turn one seems like a deal was stuck. Turn one only and the Dark Elf penalty through. I like the DE penalty. Its gives a samurai lord relationship feel. I would have preferred the Shogun 10, Daimyo 9, Taisho 8 chain of command. With the shogun keeping his command 10, but for a premium.
The Imps, Oni, and Tengu need to go. I know people lose their minds without flyers (Tengu) to deal with artillery. Not every army needs birds. Imps being immune to terror without causing terror, I don't see the point.
The fuedal rule is wrong. Its is the exact opposite. Peasants lives were valued higher than Samurai. It is will documented that the Daimyo constantly ruled in favor of the peasants Vs Samurai. These lords were very sensitive to the Samurai-jo (farmer samurai) and Ashigaru losses, rights, and moral. As these individuals were the sole source of income.
The Samurai armies fought in what we would consider the off season. There by never putting future income at risk. They fought over the winter, to move the majority of mouths into ours territory and to steal the harvest. The other warfare season was directly after the planting or lean season. The mouths are once again stressing out another territory. We have to remember that rice was money, the sole currency. (Coin money came much later, well after Osaka. Only Ronin were reward in gold and rarely) It was how people were paid. If the farmers were expandable, one’s future source of income would then be expandable. No dumb fuck would ever risk next years ability to generate wealth.
Also Samurai were rewarded with lands and grants. If one failed to expand, there was nothing free to give. Sort of, as they would give away the lands of the dead. (Daimyo’s give away there only land way back after the 3 year and 8 year war. Just like rome, this was the start were army loyal to the individual and not the state. resulting in the age in which the Samurai we are representing fought.) It is a reason why the Daimyo’s over all strategy does not appear to exist. They were more concerned with keeping warriors happy and entertained than expansion.
Therefore the Daimyo needed samurai to die. But could not afford the loss of peasants. The rule need to be the loss of monks, samurai, and ronin don’t count. Ashigaru do only count as twice towards break.
Tempo with double the shots. If they are willing to include all the manga cartoon items, tempo volley firing should be no problem. The internet historians believe Nobunaga Oda developed volley fire in 1575 destroying the Takeda Cavalry at the battle of Nagashino. This should be an easy sell.
Draft v2
