Monday, March 7, 2016

An Answer to a Question and a New Regiment

          Last post I questioned about the rules used in "CALLAN; ACT OF KINDNESS". Bob Cordery of Wargaming Miscellany fame, found the answer. His answer is DISCOVERING WARGAMES by John Tunstill. As I don't have a copy of this book, a quick visit to Amazon solved that problem.

         I decided to try out a sample regiment with 18 figures, as mentioned in the last post. While happy with the looks of it, I think I might wait for my new book before taking the plunge of basing more.

The regiment in line. 



The regiment forms square. 
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  1. tradgardmastareMarch 7, 2016 at 10:52 PM

    That size of unit looks great.

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    1. jhnptrqnMarch 8, 2016 at 3:13 AM

      I spent quite a bit of time setting up 12 men and 18 men; in the end the 18 men units just looked right. The next step is to set up a cavalry unit.

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  2. PeterMarch 8, 2016 at 12:41 AM

    Hi, I dug out my old copy of Discovering Wargames with its pages falling out. The suggested ratio is 1:33. I look forward to seeing how your project progresses with the models and rules. Regards, Peter

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    1. jhnptrqnMarch 8, 2016 at 3:22 AM

      Thank you for letting me know. Using that ratio my French battalion is short about 120 men. I will say that I have never really concerned myself with such things as ground scale and troop size ratios. I play wargames, with "game" being the key word. I like playing with toy soldiers; playing wargames just makes it look like an "adult" game. I will wait to see these rules before basing any more units, though.

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  3. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comMarch 8, 2016 at 1:28 PM

    Regardless of your decision and rules, the 18 do look good. I've long found it a good compromise size, just right.

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  4. jhnptrqnMarch 8, 2016 at 2:09 PM

    I figure with six base units, they can be used for different games, such as Battle Cry.

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