 Editor in Chief Bill   | 06 May 2019 4:51 p.m. PST |
One of our readers says that The Sword and The Flame plays best with one or two platoons per player. Do you agree? |
 ColCampbell  | 06 May 2019 5:10 p.m. PST |
We normally try to have 2 platoons (a company) of Imperials or three clans (a tribe) of natives per player. Plus there may be a gun or three for the Imperials and a gun or two for the natives. But then some of our group have been playing TSATF since before its beginning, having helped Larry develop it. Jim |
| Lascaris | 06 May 2019 6:55 p.m. PST |
I would agree that 2 platoons per player is a good size. We've bloated the game up to 6+ platoons for a player and it didn't seem nearly as fun. YMMV of course. |
 chicklewis | 06 May 2019 8:52 p.m. PST |
Ditto ColCampbell. Guy know whereof he speaks. |
| Big Red | 07 May 2019 4:44 a.m. PST |
We play it just like ColCampbell. |
| Ed Mohrmann | 07 May 2019 6:07 a.m. PST |
Our group was also involved with the playtest and
2 Imperial or 3 Native units/player works out just
about right. Of course, if you put a dozen players in the game, it
might get a bit unwieldy. |
| ColCampbell | 07 May 2019 7:04 a.m. PST |
But that's when you need a good gamemaster who can keep things moving. Jim |
| Old Contemptibles | 07 May 2019 7:21 a.m. PST |
We just did a game last Saturday that had five British platoons and three guns. Facing I think it was nine Pathan units and three guns defending a fort and their crops. We had three British and two Pathan players. Had absolutely no problems. It was a lot of fun. We can do almost any size game and have been for years. |
 Flashman14 | 07 May 2019 8:28 a.m. PST |
If you're gonna track the names pf each model and properly handle wounded than yes. |
| Rudysnelson | 07 May 2019 5:02 p.m. PST |
Col Campbell was part of the core group that played with Larry.
Equal forces only work when both forces are operating in the European style of training. If one is Euro and one is native, then because of weapon tech alone the natives need to outnumber the Euros. |
| Ed Mohrmann | 08 May 2019 5:35 a.m. PST |
I have happy memories of helping Larry and the
Jackson Gamers debut TSATF at Widener College. Larry had always wanted a sandtable, but his home
in Greensboro NC had his game room in the
attic and he feared the weight of such a table
might be too much for the floor. After he moved to Mississippi, he continued to
think about the ability of a sandtable to present
sculpted terrain. That TSATF debut featured his solution – kitty
litter terrain ! |
| nnascati | 09 May 2019 8:19 a.m. PST |
Yes, definitely 1 or 2 platoons per player plus maybe a machine gun or artillery piece should be the maximum for the British. |
| Old Contemptibles | 11 May 2019 12:03 a.m. PST |
It's whatever number you think you can handle. For beginners 1 or 2 platoons would be the way to go but for the well experience players five or six shouldn't be a problem. |
