My brain often seems to solve problems better when I'm not trying.
In this instance, I was looking at the table, all set for an off grid game when I found my mind thinking something along the line of ”too bad I couldn't have a 3 stand battalion straddle 2 squares". Minutes later I thought ”yeah, why can't I?”. Minutes later........
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| 3 or 4 stand infantry battalions straddle 2 squares. |
Born and raised in the suburbs of Montreal 7 decades ago. Began playing with toy soldiers at 5 years. Started painting & converting at about 12 yrs and wargaming about 15 yrs. Never really stopped.
5 years in the Black Watch of Canada Cadets, 5 years at the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean followed by 4 in the navy. 25 years with CPC in IT simultaneous with 23 years running a boarding kennel. Inherited my love of toy soldiers from my mother's father. Married with a pack of litle Italian Greyhounds and a cat. Prematurely retired and enjoying leisure to game, maintaining our 170 yr old farmhouse and just living.
Why not indeed! I always get great inspiration from looking at your battlefields and this one is no exception.
ReplyDeleteThanks, my head is still adapting to the 1/2 size table but I'm getting there.
DeleteIt looks great until the battalion wheels 45 degrees left or right. Does it work better than just having bigger squares so that all 4 bases in line abreast fit into a single square?
ReplyDeleteIf I was starting from scratch or wanted to re-re-re-rebase the troops, I'd probably go with 40mm bases so they would all fit or repaint my table with 6" squares but I'm finally done with that! :)
DeleteActually, it turns out that 3 stands facing at an angle can actually be adjacent to an enemy so that could work but I'm slowly bumping into a bunch of little things that have reminded me why I've dropped the grid several times over the last decade.
I should confess that I have considered various grid systems, some with many small units in a big grid space up to large units that occupy more than one grid space (like your latest approach). I don't know the "best" answer if one even exists
ReplyDeleteI think the "best" answer changes from day to day....
DeleteWhen I first tried grid's it was using @Square Bashing' (from PeterPig) which used 12" sqaures that held a number of units. ok, it was only 24 squares on a 6x4 table but as the units could cover front and flank it seemed to solve a number of the problems with grids. I've since moved to 6" grids but, as you mention, my units (of 4 bases) can fit into one grid square and/or be angled back along a flanking face and I find that works well.
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