 Editor in Chief Bill   | 10 Jul 2015 6:07 p.m. PST |
When playing games of the American Revolution, which scale(s) of miniatures do you use? |
| Winston Smith | 10 Jul 2015 6:07 p.m. PST |
25/28mm That is the best thing about gaming AWI.
You can do a "real" battle, and important ones, like Cowpens or Freeman's Farm at 1:20 figure scale with 25/28mm figures on a Ping Pong table. |
| RavenscraftCybernetics | 10 Jul 2015 6:20 p.m. PST |
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| Winston Smith | 10 Jul 2015 6:22 p.m. PST |
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79thPA  | 10 Jul 2015 6:23 p.m. PST |
I have 1/72 and 1/32 plastics. |
| Winston Smith | 10 Jul 2015 6:23 p.m. PST |
Did the OFM ever tell you about the Trenton game he did with 75-80 28mm figures for each Hessian regiment?
Good times. |
| Joes Shop | 10 Jul 2015 6:29 p.m. PST |
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| Generalstoner49 | 10 Jul 2015 6:53 p.m. PST |
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 Doctor X | 10 Jul 2015 6:56 p.m. PST |
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| GamesPoet | 10 Jul 2015 8:22 p.m. PST |
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| rmaker | 10 Jul 2015 8:33 p.m. PST |
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| Pictors Studio | 10 Jul 2015 8:58 p.m. PST |
I have it in 15mm but if I were starting now I would do it in 28mm with the plastics available. |
| MikeinNS | 10 Jul 2015 9:04 p.m. PST |
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| DisasterWargamer | 10 Jul 2015 9:19 p.m. PST |
15mm – though close to shifting to 40mm |
| Doug MSC | 10 Jul 2015 10:02 p.m. PST |
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| jambo1 | 10 Jul 2015 10:53 p.m. PST |
Both 28mm and 15mm, I do smaller actions in 28mm and have just started building up forces in 15mm. |
| Shanhoplite | 10 Jul 2015 11:18 p.m. PST |
I started with 6mm….and totally the wrong feel. Went to 28mm, couldn't be happier. Great for skirmish or big battles. I'd save the 6mm, 10mm, and 15mm for Nappies.
Shan
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| Forager | 10 Jul 2015 11:52 p.m. PST |
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| Gnu2000 | 11 Jul 2015 12:10 a.m. PST |
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| nevinsrip | 11 Jul 2015 1:40 a.m. PST |
28, 40, 54 and 60 mm. Unpainted plastic and metal. My favorite period. |
| Jcfrog | 11 Jul 2015 1:41 a.m. PST |
Again unfinished question:
To do what?
Big battles, small ones skirmishes? What is the size of your space/ table. You need front AND depth. |
| Green Tiger | 11 Jul 2015 1:47 a.m. PST |
20mm though I have gamed it OK n 42mmm, I just don't have the room for that. |
 Flashman14 | 11 Jul 2015 2:29 a.m. PST |
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| Buckeye AKA Darryl | 11 Jul 2015 2:50 a.m. PST |
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| 45thdiv | 11 Jul 2015 3:47 a.m. PST |
28 and 60mm. On a 12 x 6 foot table. |
| Axebreaker | 11 Jul 2015 4:32 a.m. PST |
My collection is in 28mm. It was a fairly small conflict in terms of size of armies so I haven't felt the need to do it in a smaller scale. Christopher |
| Rrobbyrobot | 11 Jul 2015 4:52 a.m. PST |
I have 25/28mm miniatures for that now. But I was seriously considering 15mm. I may yet get some of those… |
| It is good to be King | 11 Jul 2015 6:14 a.m. PST |
Our group plays with 15's
I have painted 25's
I just bought 40's |
| Mute Bystander | 11 Jul 2015 6:17 a.m. PST |
I am holding out for 3mm at a 1:1 ratio… Seriously I don't have any at this time. If there were 3mm I would do the above. If I had to start today I would look at 6mm/10mm/15-18mm but as for building armies certainly nothing above 15-18mm… |
| gregoryk | 11 Jul 2015 6:26 a.m. PST |
I use 10mm, for which there is now a great variety. |
| vtsaogames | 11 Jul 2015 6:32 a.m. PST |
20mm Frying Pan & Blanket. |
| morrigan | 11 Jul 2015 6:49 a.m. PST |
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 ColCampbell | 11 Jul 2015 7:43 a.m. PST |
Vintage 25mm MiniFigs, Scruby, and Custom Cast figures with a few of the more modern but smaller sized "28mm" figures. Jim |
| brass1 | 11 Jul 2015 8:09 a.m. PST |
15mm and 28mm. Big guys for little battles, little guys for big battles. LT |
| Bill N | 11 Jul 2015 9:30 a.m. PST |
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| Blueboy | 11 Jul 2015 10:12 a.m. PST |
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| Scott MacPhee | 11 Jul 2015 10:34 a.m. PST |
I have 28mm armies, and my gaming buddy has 15mm and 28mm. We play the big battles! |
| Rudysnelson | 11 Jul 2015 2:39 p.m. PST |
For skirmishing, 25mm
For 1:10 tactical action either 15 or 25mm. |
| Supercilius Maximus | 11 Jul 2015 3:03 p.m. PST |
28mm for big battles, and skirmishes. Lots of friends have 15mm, so big battles in that too. |
| Sigwald | 11 Jul 2015 4:05 p.m. PST |
15mm & 28mm for me as well |
| Ironwolf | 11 Jul 2015 4:07 p.m. PST |
15mm for regimental games and 28mm for skirmish games. |
| Shanhoplite | 11 Jul 2015 6:03 p.m. PST |
15mm for regimental games and 28mm for skirmish games That's the thing. Two scales doubles the cost, plus you have storage, terrain duplication (do you really want 2 sets of houses?), trouble with trees looking like redwoods instead of pine trees etc. Better to pick a scale. For me, this was a very *personal* war. People were fighting with other people that grew up with, and may have even been related to. So larger figures to give that sort of feel worked better. You need two sets of rules to game the period--one for battles, and one for skirmish. Take a look at the Wilderness war. You have multiple battles: Oriskany, Hubbarton, Bennington, Bemis Heights, Freeman's farm. I can work this in 28mm or 15mm no problem. But you also have innumerable clashes with raiders in the Mohawk Valley, misc. action around the siege of Fort Stanwix, John Brown's raid of Fort Ticonderoga (which takes place after Burgoyne captures it and marches on), and of course the Indian raids and reprisals that followed, lasting well after the British surrender at Yorktown -- of of which really work best with a non-regimental system. To me this sets it down at 28mm. If there were only big battles, or only skirmishes, my thinking might be different. And well, the wealth of new 28mm plastics has not hurt. At all. :-)
Shan
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| Dynaman8789 | 12 Jul 2015 6:24 a.m. PST |
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| Militia Pete | 12 Jul 2015 11:49 a.m. PST |
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| historygamer | 13 Jul 2015 12:15 p.m. PST |
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| GROSSMAN | 15 Jul 2015 8:29 p.m. PST |
28mm, all though the blue moon figures are wonderful. |
