"Good unit/figure ratio for TSATF game" Topic
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| OSL2000 | 21 Jul 2017 3:31 p.m. PST |
What do you think is a good figure/unit ratio to have a balanced game using TSATF?
Im thinking 1 British/Allied unit for every 2 enemy units. What do others think? |
 Nashville  | 21 Jul 2017 4:13 p.m. PST |
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| lugal hdan | 21 Jul 2017 5:30 p.m. PST |
Don't the rules suggest 3:1 in favor of whoever the natives are? My guess is,
3:1 if the non-Colonial Power doesn't have rifles
2:1 if they do. |
| nnascati | 21 Jul 2017 5:49 p.m. PST |
Zulus 3:1 for sure, Pathans maybe 2:1, Boers probably even up, 1 to 1. |
| SgtGuinness | 21 Jul 2017 5:50 p.m. PST |
OSL2000, It really depends on the scenario. Is it a historical battle, historical fiction, or Hollywood based. Who''s attacking and defending, what are the objectives, what are the troop qualities and OOB's, what is the terrain? I take all of these factors into consideration when I design a scenario. Sorry if I muddied the waters more……
Cheers,
JB |
 ColCampbell | 21 Jul 2017 7:42 p.m. PST |
The 20th anniversary edition rules suggest the following (from page 10): Pathan: 2.25 Pathan figures for each British figure. Zulus: 3 Zulu figures for each British figure Egyptians: 1.25 Egyptian figures for each British figure Boers: 1.25 Boer figures for each British figure Dervish: 2.25 Dervish figures for each British figure Jim |
| OSL2000 | 22 Jul 2017 7:30 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the suggestions. This will help. |
| ITALWARS | 22 Jul 2017 12:49 p.m. PST |
from my own experience the official ratio remenbered to us by Col campbell are true even in particular situations as the natives being protected in acertain way by buildings, stockades, Tatas or zaribas |
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