| Field Marshal | 30 Apr 2017 3:13 a.m. PST |
Greetings, Having read many battle reports etc i think that SB may just be what I am looking for. I have been in interested in the Great War for a long time. 20 odd years ago I had German and French forces in 6mm and played some games using WTJ rules 1916. It was fun but i wanted something different. Being and Australian I am tempted to do a Gallipoli game or even Aussies on the Western Front. However I am very interested in Verdun even visiting the battlefields during my honeymoon in 2005. I am waiting for the rules, having got the Aussie distributor Mick to get them.
Just so i have a good idea what is a typical force size? How many bases and figures in a battalion? Is the game good for multiplayer games and if so what sized forces should you use? cheers
FM |
| RittervonBek | 30 Apr 2017 4:08 a.m. PST |
Have a look at the rules' write up on Peter Pig 's website. That will as answer your initial questions. There is also a lively informative and inspiring forum for all things Peter pig related. It includes some superb painting hints and tips, especially French and Turkish. |
| Shedman | 30 Apr 2017 4:31 a.m. PST |
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| Weasel | 30 Apr 2017 7:24 a.m. PST |
As mentioned 4 stands per infantry unit, machine guns are based individual. I recall us playing with 10ish units of infantry per side but it's been years. |
| Martin Rapier | 30 Apr 2017 9:26 a.m. PST |
It is the same basing scheme as Great War Spearhead, bases are companies/batteries/squadrons. So a battalion has four bases, as many figures on them as you like. The battles tend to be division-ish sized (10-20 battalions, plus MGs, mortars, artillery etc). It stretches to a Corps OK. |
| Weasel | 30 Apr 2017 11:42 a.m. PST |
Yeah, you can get quite big, though I think it flows best around the division + a bit level. |
| Field Marshal | 30 Apr 2017 4:21 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the replies. Now the decision is 6mm or 15 mm or even 28mm? |
| Martin Rapier | 30 Apr 2017 11:43 p.m. PST |
You have guns on the table, so 28mm is going to expensive very quickly. I very played perfectly good games of SB in 6mm, 15mm and 20mm. (Yes, I do have WW1 stuff in three different scales…) 15s are a good size for Ww1 (20mm tanks are really quite big) |
| Weasel | 01 May 2017 10:14 a.m. PST |
We did 1/72 plastics but if I did it again, I'd probably do 6mm. Though PP has one of the best WW1 ranges out there in any scale :-) |
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