Army point limits

[lemur]

I'm sure this is something everyone's come up against -- say the army point limit for a map is 400 points. You can put together a great army for -- say - 405 points; or, you have to settle for 350 points.

(I should mention, the games I'm talking about take place in a league, where each manager has selected 900 points of units, and can ONLY make up teams with those units...)

Has anyone figured out a viable way to make this work? Clearly a 405-400 point differential is far fairer than a 400-350 differential.

Do we think they created certain units (like Nilfheim, for instance) with 185 points because those 5 extra points tend to make it tougher to hit army point totals on the nose?

I'd be interested in any ideas others have for mitigating this -- or, do you literally keep the limit as a hard limit?

Thanks!

Chris

[Josef]

We usualy, keep it as a hard limit here, but we usualy draft and have plenty of cards.

[hi1hi1hi1hi1]

My and my brother allow 5 point variations sometimes. But it depends on exactly who the extra points would be spent on. If its someone to complete a themed army we'll let it slide, but if its just to get someone better when a cheaper figure is easily available then no.

[lemur]

hmmm...like I mentioned, we've already drafted "teams" of available units.

For example, my available units only have 5 different point costs:

185
100
80
70
50

So, if for example, I wanted to use Nilfheim (185) and Syvarris (100) and the Archers (70) - I'd be at 355...can't quite get in the 50 point warriors of ashra.

In fact, on a 400 point scale - using Nilfheim, the CLOSEST I can get is 385 -- not great, obviously.

Anyone got any other recommendations/observations on how they do things...especially if/when the choices aren't so clear?

Chris

[Hendal]

sounds like you need the roborats for 40 an come out at 395. Unless they are not on your list?

[Codeman]

lim·it (l¹m“¹t) n. Abbr. lim. 1. The point, edge, or line beyond which something cannot or may not proceed. 2. limits. The boundary surrounding a specific area; bounds: within the city limits. 3. A confining or restricting object, agent, or influence. 4. The greatest or least amount, number, or extent allowed or possible: a withdrawal limit of $200; no minimum age limit. 5. Games. The largest amount which may be bet at one time in games of chance. 6. Mathematics. A number or point k that is approached by a function f(x) as x approaches a if, for every positive number e, there exists a number d such that |ƒ(x)–k| < e if 0 < |x–a| < d. Also called limit point, point of accumulation.

From American Heritage Dictionary.

This is what limit means to me..... I have gave young players or rookies a little tolerance, and let them round up :)