Quote: If nothing else I'd like the campaigns in the database.
This particular statement is at the heart of the campaign play issue. I have encountered many on this forum that have expressed issues with playing these campaign without representation in PG-HQ. The problem is that these campaigns don't fit into the statistics that Shad has put together currently in the site. Yes, we have the same battle statistics, turns, units, etc. But they are variable and fit into a bigger battle that will have new and different statistics all their own. Matt has the perfect example with turns. In one campaign, you will probably have 240 turns (24 turns per battle at an estimate of 10 battles per campaign) but this is just an guess. One play might yield more one might be less. From a campaign level new stats include how well a formation did in the campaign, wins/losses for a formation as well as use of CP points.
So, how is this represented? At this point, I don't know, but that is only because, few, if any, have played and we have no documentation on these to make any metrics that we can track these games. The best way to do this is to play them.
As for a "reward" for all this work, at this point I would suggest a campaign ribbon for completing a whole campaign. No this will not boost your number of turns in battle or the other stats, but its a reward and acknowledgement of the effort. (This will also be the simplest for our China based Web Overlord to implement.
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I would also ask for AAR's of the battles. These can be as extensive as what I am doing or simple to say what were the battles played formations engaged, battle locations and results. Basically, anything that can help figure out how to best fit these battles and campaigns into the existing three years of statistics.
So, why play the campaigns? For a different way of playing PG. For those that like stats, this is it. Just take a look at the spreadsheets that I post. Fully of data ready for analysis into stats. For those not into stats, new aspects of linked battles making you think about conservation of forces and logistics of losing the battle for the greater campaign.
