WotR Shorthand

[andypalmer]

While the full descriptive reports are colorful, I have myself found it tough to capture all the details well. With a bit of work, I've devised the following:

AREA NAMES
- use a 4 character nomenclature
- ignore "of" and "the"
- use first character of each word, then next characters of last word to create the 4 letter nomenclature.
----->Erebor = EREB
----->Minas Tirith = MTIR
----->North Anduin Vale = NAVA
----->Vale of the Carnen = VCAR
*EXCEPTION* --> Old Ford = OFRD (as Old Forrest = OFOR)

UNITS
- a simple #Type works
----->1 Elite, 4 Regulars = 1E4R

CHARACTERS
- use brackets [] to denote characters with 2 letter abbreviations
--->Witch King = [WK]
--->Saruman = [SA]
--->Mouth of Sauron = [MS]
----------
--->Gandalf the Grey = [GG]
--->Strider = [ST]
--->Boromir = [BO]
--->Gimli = [GI]
--->Legolas = [LE]
--->Merry = [ME]
--->Pippin = [PI]
--->Gandalf the White = [GW]
--->Aragorn = [AR]

EVENT CARDS
- All cards are numbers (x/24) so S# or C# works there.

MOVEMENT
- Use Starting Area -> Ending Area. Add (units) if not all units from area are moving.
Ex. MTIR(2R)->OSGI

COMBAT
- As movement but note: ATT: starting area->Ending area.
- Denote each round and note SP and FP card play and casualties
---> 1: SP(S7)-2R FP(x)-4R

Thoughts? Comments?

[andypalmer]

Here's the first two turns of a game I'm running solo, to try out the shorthand. Let me know how it reads.

TURN 1: Pool (0+1)

FP: {C} Move FSP
SP: {M} Sauron +1 (War)
FP: {W} Move FSP
SP: {M/A} Muster [WK]->MMOR
FP: {M} Gondor+1
SP: {M} 1E–>MMOR
FP: {E} Draw C
SP: {E} S8 BDUR(1N1E3R)->MMOR MORA(1N5R)->GORG
SP: {A} MMOR([WK]2N2E8R)->SITH NURN(2R)->GORG
SP: {E} C3

TURN 2: Pool (0+1)

FP: {C} Move FSP
SP: {A} Attack SITH->OSGI
...1: SP(x)-1R FP(S19) 0
...2: FP Retreats->MTIR
FP: (M) 1E->MTIR
SP: {C} Attack OSGI->MTIR
...1: SP(x)–3R FP(S3)–1E1R
...2: FP Retreats->MTIR Stronghold
FP: (M/A) Muster 1L-> DAMR 1R-PELA
SP: {M} Isengard +1 (War)
FP: {E} Elven Ring->{C} Move FSP
SP: {M/A} Muster [SA]->ORTH
SP: {E} S24 2R->MMOR 2R->BDUR 2R->MORI
SP: {M/A} [SA] 1R->ORTH 1R->NDUN 1R->SDUN
SP: {A} GORG(1N8R)->MMOR NDUN(2R)->SDUN

[Mark Dey]

The shorthand looks good to me. 'Course, I'd also like to see more game reports, so if this makes it easier to report, then so much the better!

-Mark