tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post8742319563138347352..comments2022-08-17T01:18:21.922+10:00Comments on Little lead men of valour: First blood is drawn in the BattleroomNeil Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288828331074042566noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post-29686905096905158592014-07-12T17:00:52.512+10:002014-07-12T17:00:52.512+10:00Yes that should be fine. The number of figures in ...Yes that should be fine. The number of figures in a unit and basing is irrelevant as you are working with "units" , no figure removal and the basing should be sufficient to allow the normal formations. As long as both of you are roughly following the same plan you should be okay. I have settled on a Shotte unit being two bases of four figures because they roll two dice in shooting. A commanded Shotte unit rolls 3 dice so I make that unit three bases. Simple.Neil Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288828331074042566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post-51062199339340354192014-07-12T15:47:11.077+10:002014-07-12T15:47:11.077+10:00Neil,
Thank you for the replies and information....Neil, <br /><br />Thank you for the replies and information. My opponent and I have and are building our units one 2" square bases. Our P&S units are 6 bases with 2 pike bases with 5 pikes each (think 5-spot on a d6) and 4 shot bases with a staggered 3 shot per base (nominally 4 figures) in order to get the denser pike block / looser shot formation appearance.<br /><br />Our mounted are also based on 2" square bases with two figures on each of six bases per unit. You can see what this looks like on my opponent's blog:<br /><br />http://murdocksmarauders.blogspot.ca/2014/06/english-civil-war-parliamentary-force.html<br /><br />Would such basing be workable for "Pike and Shotte"?<br /><br /><br />-- JeffBluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171345165563779232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post-75928625578542940552014-07-12T09:37:10.997+10:002014-07-12T09:37:10.997+10:00Jeff also take note of our unit sizes. 12-16 men f...Jeff also take note of our unit sizes. 12-16 men for a pike block and 8 men per Shotte sleeve. This still looks good but you can fit more units on the table. We are also thinking of changing our horse units to 8 horse instead of 12 as a second rank has no bearing on the game and that way we get three units out of two Warlord games boxes.Neil Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288828331074042566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post-68625298785911731652014-07-12T09:34:07.705+10:002014-07-12T09:34:07.705+10:00G'Day Jeff,
I currently use three plastic tre...G'Day Jeff,<br /><br />I currently use three plastic trestle tables that give pretty close to an 8' x5' table. I would love to build a dedicated table but it does need to be broken down for storage when not in use. I may end up doing as you suggest and having a board that sits on top of the trestles.<br /><br />We use Black Powder Pike and Shotte for all our games. The quick movement and large musket ranges does seem strange at first but you get used to it pretty quickly and it does help you get stuck in. We have played big games with four players per side each commanding a brigade and played to a conclusion inside four hours. I don't know of many rulesets that could make that claim.<br /><br />The important point to remember in P&S Is to remember to use your commanders to rally your units and remove fatigue markers otherwise your brigade will break pretty quickly.<br /><br />Keep me posted on your own ECW project<br /><br />Cheers<br />NeilNeil Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288828331074042566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post-38507727878432137892014-07-11T19:23:33.205+10:002014-07-11T19:23:33.205+10:00A quick way to get a 5'x8' table is to get...A quick way to get a 5'x8' table is to get two of those 30"x8' "banquet tables" with folding legs and bungee cord their legs together. You can then also extend it to 5'x10.5' by adding a 30"x5' table at the end. One of the nice things about this approach is that you can easily break the table down . . . and even use the banquet tables for other events.<br /><br />Furthermore, another trick you can do is to get a couple of 4'x8' sheets of very thin (1/8") MDF (medium density fiberboard) at your local building supply store and have them cut three feet off of the end of each. This gives you two 4'x5' sheets (plus the cut-offs). You can now paint them different colors on the opposite sides so that you can create a very lightweight surface that can be placed on top of your banquet tables to create whatever you want (grass, desert, space, water, etc.). These are also very easy to store away.<br /><br />Your ECW game looks great, by the way. I am currently busy painting ECW troops and am reading the "Pike and Shotte" rules (among others) to see if they might work for our games -- so I appreciate your thoughts on them (or are you using the "Black Powder" rules themselves?).<br /><br /><br />-- JeffBluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171345165563779232noreply@blogger.com