"Battle of Isandlwana" Topic
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| Socalwarhammer | 13 Jul 2012 9:09 p.m. PST |
Some of the members of NHMGS played this epic battle earlier today using the Sword and the Flame rules set. You can see the battle report at link |
| War In 15MM | 13 Jul 2012 10:14 p.m. PST |
The link isn't working for me. |
John Leahy  | 13 Jul 2012 10:26 p.m. PST |
Correct link: link Nice looking game. However, I have to admit when I checked it out I expected a lot more figs to be on the table.  Thanks, John |
| Socalwarhammer | 13 Jul 2012 10:58 p.m. PST |
Well, Sword and the Flame uses a 1 to 10 ratio…And the Zulu forces were endless (just coming back on the next turn once they were destroyed). Thanks for getting the link fixed. |
| MajorB | 14 Jul 2012 3:54 a.m. PST |
Well, Sword and the Flame uses a 1 to 10 ratio… It does? |
| Rrobbyrobot | 14 Jul 2012 5:37 a.m. PST |
I always thought of the figure to man ratio as one to five for TSATF. The group I started playing these rules with used to refer to them as semi-skirmish rules. |
Liliburlero  | 14 Jul 2012 8:33 a.m. PST |
From The Sword and The Flame/20th: Figure ratios (Organizing the Armies, pgs. 9 – 10) - Pathan – 2.25 to 1 British
Zulu – at least 3 to 1 British
Egyptian – 1.25 to 1 British
Boer – 1.25 to 1 British
Dervish – 2.25 to 1 British
Larry Brom, Sergeants 3
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| Mad Guru | 16 Jul 2012 2:39 a.m. PST |
Hi, Lori! I think the "ratio" they are referring to isn't how many Brits vs. how many natives, but how many men are represented by a single miniature figure in the TSATF rules. I may be wrong, but I don't think there is an official answer to that one. In many (especially larger) TSATF games, a 20 figure "platoon" is used to represent a full (or at least field strength) battalion, in others the same "basic unit" is used to represent a company, while in some smaller games it's used as a near one-to-one skirmish level unit. My impression has always been it's a stylized and therefore highly "adaptive" ratio, which you can use one night to refight the "battle of Tantrapour" from Gunga Din, with 3 British Sergeants and a single basic unit of Indian infantry fighting their way across village rooftops, and then use the next day for a refight of Tel el Kebir, with 20-figure "basic units" of British and Egyptian regulars representing every battalion from the historical order of battle. Speaking for myself, over the past 30 years I've used it for both those extremes, and pretty much everything in between. |
| evilmike | 06 Sep 2012 7:31 a.m. PST |
Sounds a bit like Chadwicks' Soldiers Companion ruleset. |
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