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24/01/2017 at 12:00 #56290Victoria DicksonParticipant
I’m considering getting these and I was just wondering what table size would you need for these rules. I would be using 15mm figures on 40mm wide bases.
Thanks. ๐
25/01/2017 at 05:36 #56395Ivan SorensenParticipantHey there, sorry for the delay, had to get situated again after our trip to Wisconsin ๐
A table 3 feet across should see you just fine and for Napoleonics you can probably play on even smaller than that.
Infantry move 3-6″ depending on deployment mode.
Fire ranges are 6″ for muskets and up to 16″ for the end of period (FPW to WW1).
Typical game should be around 10 units so figure 40ish stands, but you can of course start smaller.
Hope that helps!
What periods are you looking to use it for?25/01/2017 at 07:17 #56397Victoria DicksonParticipantI’ll be using it for 1914, I have some early war British and Germans. It might also get me to dig my Napoleonics out. And there’s also my 19th Century Imagi-Nations as a possibility. ๐
The table size sounds perfect, thanks. ๐
25/01/2017 at 14:40 #56421Ivan SorensenParticipantThat is exactly the sort of situation it’s intended for ๐
25/01/2017 at 15:03 #56426Victoria DicksonParticipantI bought them, just had a quick read through so far, the bit that stood out for me was the reference to Captain Jack “The Just”. ๐
Almost worth the price just to see that. ๐
(The rules look good too, obviously.)
25/01/2017 at 15:06 #56427Ivan SorensenParticipantThanks! There’s a few references to friends in there, you’re the first to catch it ๐
Let me know if you have any questions at all.
28/01/2017 at 16:53 #56727Graham KayParticipantHi Victoria -I was just looking at your blog – interesting stuff.
Where did you get those little cubby tanks like the T34?
28/01/2017 at 21:00 #56737Victoria DicksonParticipantHi Victoria -I was just looking at your blog โ interesting stuff.
Where did you get those little cubby tanks like the T34?
http://www.partystuff4u.co.uk/node/1038
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29/01/2017 at 10:52 #56763Graham KayParticipantThanks Victoria -I placed an order!!
I’ve also got the Shako to coal scuttle rules.
I’m thinking of using them for 1914 but I haven’t had a chance to give them a go through yet.29/01/2017 at 16:16 #56781Ivan SorensenParticipantLet me know when you do.
I’m a big 1914 fan.
You doing West or East?29/01/2017 at 18:55 #56790Graham KayParticipant29/01/2017 at 18:57 #56791Ivan SorensenParticipantYour image broke ๐
29/01/2017 at 19:17 #56793MikeKeymaster29/01/2017 at 19:18 #56794Ivan SorensenParticipantHuzzah for Mike and those are some mighty fine contemptibles ๐
29/01/2017 at 20:09 #56798Graham KayParticipant29/01/2017 at 20:10 #56799Graham KayParticipantA big thanks to Mike for helping me get my pics up (matron)
Internet schminternet
29/01/2017 at 21:38 #56802Victoria DicksonParticipantI like the basing. I mean the numbers per base, though the actual basing and figures are lovely too. ๐
Does the number of figures have any significance beyond making a 9 figure unit over 4 bases look interesting and varied?
I might rebase my WWI figures like that, I really like the look and it would help stretch my limited forces a bit further than their current 12 figure units. ๐
29/01/2017 at 22:17 #56803Ivan SorensenParticipantI usually default to 3 figures per stand but I think if I do new 1914 troops, I may make a few of them 2 figures, particularly for Brits to get that “thin khaki line”.
For Shako to Coal scuttle specifically, use whatever number you prefer. At least one guy tested with those 2mm blocks from Irregular.
30/01/2017 at 15:39 #56853Graham KayParticipantThe basing is driven by aesthetics but with the option for casualty removal. They are 40mm square and I originally intended to use them with Peter Pigs Square Bashing or a PBI 1914 version, which is basically PBI with all the later stuff left out.
I wondered about single basing but I like the look of multi bases and you can spread these out if you like.
30/01/2017 at 19:47 #56864Ivan SorensenParticipantYou could always base up a few extra guys individually, so you can “make change” in games that use individual figure removal.
30/01/2017 at 21:04 #56877Graham KayParticipantI could -especially as I’ve got so many of these now -I was buying them by weight lol.
Also they don’t take much effort to paint -the problem is remembering to get around to it.
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