tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post3010218967713943498..comments2024-03-22T08:23:38.715+00:00Comments on Trouble At T’Mill - a wargaming blog: Figure scale vs. ground scale and related mattersMike Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165272678144625943noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-69308181492720020552016-04-14T23:31:10.066+01:002016-04-14T23:31:10.066+01:00I agree they can spoil the look of the game if you...I agree they can spoil the look of the game if you use markers. My friends and I have come up with a different way of doing this. We have a board we hang on the wall when we play casualty removal games with each unit listed and just hang a marker on the peg. It is better than a roster and most of our units have a color dot on the command base to make them identifiable. Nothing is perfect but I love HUGE 6mm Units as they give me the feel of real Napoleonic battalions.Andrew Frankehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04847344542341681154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-91264143618898104962016-04-12T10:16:01.268+01:002016-04-12T10:16:01.268+01:00Fair comment - in my defence, while I didn't s...Fair comment - in my defence, while I didn't say so explicitly, the Napoleonic game I had in mind was Napoleon at War, which is corps+ level. :DMike Whitakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165272678144625943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-90341094284281067642016-04-12T07:27:33.638+01:002016-04-12T07:27:33.638+01:00I think that there is one further point: casualty ...I think that there is one further point: casualty removal. Individual casualty removal is a PITA with 6mm or smaller. Of course you can use markers and rosters and suchlike but it is always better to avoid using such things when you can since they spoil the look and slow down the game.JWHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01637785437909299947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-19358736786442078952016-04-12T02:54:17.550+01:002016-04-12T02:54:17.550+01:00I think you are really concentrating mostly on low...I think you are really concentrating mostly on low level games like company or platoon level/Warband size games because it is mostly what you play?<br />Their is another scale to consider and that is Figure Ratio. Some games use bases but many games still use a figure to man based ratio. In these cases the Figure scale that is less than ground scale is imperative. Trying to create a 720 man battalion at a correct ground scale and you are going to need a massive table.<br /><br />Playing Corps or army Level Napoleonic Games like La Grand Armee. I used the scale for 15mm for 6mm figures and did diorama style bases.<br /><br />I do thing you are correct however when dealing with games that are for small scale engagements and figure ratios are 1 to 1Ravensworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10319092770495897466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-14826234015202381802016-04-11T17:17:06.478+01:002016-04-11T17:17:06.478+01:00But considering aesthetics, I have found that when...But considering aesthetics, I have found that when the game uses large numbers of figures to represent a Btn, etc., it looks and plays better if the scale of the buildings is one level lower that the scale of the figures. Thus for Napoleonic games we use HO scale buildings for 25/28 mm figures. 28mm buildings just amke the units seem too small for the period you are playing.<br />Dick Bryanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243435682283381550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-44660913906089767642016-04-11T12:32:48.896+01:002016-04-11T12:32:48.896+01:00Indeed any 'good' rule set should work at ...Indeed any 'good' rule set should work at any scale by simply adjusting the ground scale. Aesthetics apart, the scale of the figures is unimportant, it is the area they occupy that is.<br /><br />Which of course is why a 24 figure 'battalion' formed in a 'line' of two ranks of figures, will never duplicate the unwieldiness of 500-1000 real men formed two deep. ;-) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167684119478977136.post-62192444296020214962016-04-11T12:25:01.949+01:002016-04-11T12:25:01.949+01:00Very nice explanationVery nice explanationjohn de terre neuvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03898285039988448895noreply@blogger.com