"British Grenadier scenario books: adapting to non-BG rules" Topic

so I have several scenario books but i'm looking for some simpler rules than British Grenadier.

does anyone have easy conversions to ascertain the number of figures for a given rule set.

For example, if BG scenario books say "16 figures" what does that equate to with another rule set.

thanks!

The standard figure scale in British Grenadier is 1:20. So you'd get the number in another rules set by:

BG Figures x 20 x New Game Ratio

Using your sixteen figure battalion converted to a 1:33 figure ratio set as an example:

16 x 20 x 1/33 = 9.6969

Hope this helps.

And specific scenarios note if the figure scale used is different than the 1:20 standard. There is at least one scenario that uses a 1:5 ratio, with the same rules.

Which makes another point, the BG scenarios are easily scaled up or down if you want to adapt them for rules with a different roster strength ratio.

Rick

Thanks for the quick answers, Florida Tory and 22nd Foot.

Dan I V the same thought occurred to me. My solution is to use the excellent General d'Armee rules by David Brown and to use the adaptations for AWI that are produced by the Border Reiver Wargame Club – link

I use the BG scenario books as a guide and then modify the OB if the battle is really small. The scenarios are fairly accurate except for the Hubbardston scenario. It helps to do your own research and then compare that to the scenario.

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