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| Here we go again. Brits to the left, Yankees to the right. The obvious squares are actually blocks of 4 grid squares. |
The British force of 3 line, 2 light infantry, a gun plus a gunboat which can't move, has only 1 commander but he has +1 to his Orders roll. The Americans with 6 infantry, a gun and a cavalry unit have 3 Brigadiers as well as a General but to reflect difficulties with coordination on the day have 2 penalties. The General must subtract 1 from each order die while the Brigadiers may only command their own infantry units.
I'm all set up but have errands to run so the game is delayed to this evening or tomorrow.
Good man Ross, I shall look forward to seeing the troops in action.
ReplyDeleteDo over, tomorrow.
DeleteWhen you say 'obvious squares' I actually quite like their look - not at all obtrusive to my eye, but still functional, I would find it hard to cope though with then dividing this down further into quarters. Your 'loosely' painted top inspires me to try my hand at something similar. Perhaps 5 or 6 inch squares for me.
ReplyDeleteI think the problem that I have had with squares before is that I make them too precise and too obvious, drawing them in full, a looser softer style will be more forgiving on the eye.
I really liked the last one with 5" squares as fields, woods etc but there weren't enough squares. Haven't decided yet on the final look here. Most planned games to be set in an area with more wide open prairie/pasture so I will need to be more subtle.
DeleteThe plan for the groups of 4 is to mark the middle with a smsll blotch and to maybe offset the blocks.