tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post2048089375213583351..comments2024-03-28T01:22:13.683-03:00Comments on Battle Game of the Month: Vive La Difference!Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-55364897845788406772015-05-29T11:11:38.636-03:002015-05-29T11:11:38.636-03:00At current rates 3 months might seem like a minor ...At current rates 3 months might seem like a minor victory!<br />Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-88375636565924929892015-05-29T11:10:34.124-03:002015-05-29T11:10:34.124-03:00Thanks Norm, some good thoughts there. I have a f...Thanks Norm, some good thoughts there. I have a friend who has a great Hexon collection and builds wonderful rolling terrain that I get to play on. It was my homemade hex experiments led me to adopt squares. :)<br /><br />I definitely caused myself much grief by falling in love with the 40s. 10s are a good size for based units.<br /><br />Just signed on to you blog. Looks like good stuff.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-88927820636998630462015-05-29T02:54:53.254-03:002015-05-29T02:54:53.254-03:00I use a 4" hex with a 10mm scale army with un...I use a 4" hex with a 10mm scale army with units typically based on 40mm wide by 20mm deep bases. Two bases side by side make a unit. I like two bases because I can show line or column and the physical dimension taken up does feel like a line (80mm x 20mm), a third base even more-so, but that won't fit in my hexes.<br /><br />As I explored grids more (I am from a boardgame background) for figures, I decided that the size of the grid v available table space had to leaver the gamer with something that would allow actions on two flanks and the centre and that each of these actions could feel independent of the other.<br /><br />I was able to get down to the surprisingly small space of 8 hexes wide by 6 deep and still get that effect - though I do like those games that have a bit more room to breathe.<br /><br />I think the grid space needs to be big enough to accommodate both unit and terrain, so going below 4" puts quite a bit of pressure on that, as does going above 10 / 15mm.<br /><br />I quite like Jerry's idea that a unit is a unit and it can be relied upon to be doing those military things that it needs to do (being in the right formation etc) and in any case the dice is determine success or failure and interpreting whether the unit and commander did in fact get it right.<br /><br />If I were going to a larger scale, I would likely increase my grid space to 5 or 6 inch, but only because I want my units to have a sense of mass and to share the hex with the terrain.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-62135583221055788632015-05-24T12:54:02.377-03:002015-05-24T12:54:02.377-03:00Hopefully in 3 years this will hold up :)Hopefully in 3 years this will hold up :)Fredhttp://www.dateheo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-19134417226018143742015-05-24T12:43:17.653-03:002015-05-24T12:43:17.653-03:00Thanks Jerry. Yes sometimes the best way to deal w...Thanks Jerry. Yes sometimes the best way to deal with unwanted fiddling is to remove temptation. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2839601747923375105.post-11101673872400261602015-05-24T09:27:48.944-03:002015-05-24T09:27:48.944-03:00Dear Ross,
Your analysis of the mental impact the ...Dear Ross,<br />Your analysis of the mental impact the various ways of organizing soldiers is spot on and most helpful! A friend, Otto Schmidt, uses large bases with some thirty six figures to make a regiment. His argument is that the regimental commander knows how to go about the business of soldiering and the figures are posed to represent the troops going into combat - charging or firing or simply just marching. The impact on the way the game is perceived is totally different from a game like Charge where the individual figures are marched, form firing lines or charge into combat. There are different considerations and a somewhat different mind set of how play is done.<br /><br />Thank you for presenting your thoughts on this. Certainly I wish you all the best with getting your gaming in order!<br /><br />JerryCelticCurmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687177512999052331noreply@blogger.com