"Scales for the ACW" Topic

Which scales do you game in for the American Civil War?

(Counting land warfare only.)

54mm, 25/28mm, 15mm, and 6mm.

15mm, but 3mm and 6mm seem very interesting.

If I were to do it, it would be in 10mm.

25/28mm…skirmish or company sized fights.
tempted to start in 10mm for larger actions.
Joe

15mm…the one true ACW scale….

28mm. Both metal and paper. I'm setting up to play with each 120mm wide base being a single battalion. Anything smaller than 25mm is, for me, just too small and fiddly to paint and play with these days.

Had I the space and money, I might very well upscale to 40mm or even 54mm.

10 mm and 15 mm the perfect scales for the perfect period, and it doesn't get any better then that!!

6mm for larger battles

15mm. I have a set of 1/72 plastic that have been in the closet for years, thinking of re-basing them for skirmish games.

15mm, 25mm, 40mm

Originally 25/28mm but now 10mm due to a reduction in gaming space.

15mm and 28mm. Both using Volley and Bayonet.

Bill are you running a "stealth" survey? One question at a time? Over a period of weeks?

Oh, and 15mm for me.

10/15/25/54mm

15mm all the way.

Mostly 15s, but I do have 20 or so a side in 28mm for low level skirmish.

I used to have multiple Corps for the Gettysburg campaign in 15mm but have sold them off. Now I have it in 28mm(use Longstreet), 10mm(Gettysburg Soldiers and Mr. Lincolns war) and 6mm(Altar of Freedom).

10mm, there are some great figures available these days.

6mm and 10mm.

Chris
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25/28 mm.

15mm

10, 15 and 25/28/OLD 30

15mm

10mm and 28mm.

Don't let Murphy get away with this. He games the ACW in one to one scale.

25mm, 40mm.

I have FPW in 10mm … that's the scale I'd try for ACW. Might be tempted by some 54mm actions.

The only couple of players interested in these parts have 1:72 plastics and 15mm.

Phil

15mm and 25/28mm

6, everything is 6

3mm

40mm

15mm

54mm.

10mm

15mm

15mm and 10mm

I'm not sure that I count here as I do dioramams rather than game but I really like 28mm figures however I have decided that as I was to make four 1-1 regiments I will do those in 15mm. I have seen some nice 10mm stuff but my eyesight precludes me from doing that. So 28/15 for me.

15mm

I've found 10mm the most eye candy

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10mm – perfect for its balance of mass effect, just enough uniform detail (especially on the latest figures like Cracker Line, just as much as 15's), ease of painting and terrain construction, and one of the few periods in 10mm where there is a surfeit of excellent and complete lines.

25mm/28mm.

15mm

I started and sold off 15mm ACW armies. Twice.
Does that give me two votes?

Guess I'm a real rebel – 20mm.

15mm. If I were do it again it would be 10mm.

25s and 54s.

10s based on frontages for 15s. Lets you almost double the number of figures and get more scenic with the deployment.

A 10 stand FNF brigade fits about 80 figures and looks like a massed unit.

1/600 and 1/1200

Just beginning to put together 15mm forces to use with the On to Richmond rules.

I also have two regiments (36th Miss and 4th WVa) that are attached to my wargaming mate's 25mm forces.

Jim