StasTserk
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1 year ago Couple of comments on this: There's certainly no risk at the moment of me accidentally implementing this feature as I do not have access to the anthology book.
It might be a good idea -- depending on the scope of this feature -- to actually implement it as a module, rather than adding it inherently to the system. My primary concern for this would be trying to support a set of rules I have no knowledge of through things like bugfixes and upgrades to foundry versions.
Certainly if it's something that might fall into the same pattern as the extended test dialogs in the system already, this should be something that can be grafted onto the system via a module pretty easily.
The Burning Wheel Anthology introduces a new subsystem for handling long-term massed combat tactics, strategy and logistics - that is, "War". As with Fight!, Duel of Wits and Range and Cover, this is a complex subsystem with tracking of multiple new values. In fact, War feels like it's more complex than the others - as might be expected from the nature of the beast.
A PR supporting this would be a lot of work, and would probably require a number of new classes to track the various features involved. I'd consider this a major undertaking.
(Explicitly: this issue does not expect Stas to break his position on Feature Requests - it is here to encourage others to work on PRs for such things and allow a place to track them)