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hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP20 Oct 2023 4:26 a.m. PST

Hello everyone,
To my question if in DBN, the areas given on page 11 for BUA and NLF are for 15mm or 25mm figurines, Alex Testo replied last night:

"Hello Pascal

All distances quoted are for 15mm scale (see 1.4) Therefore with 25mm figures on a 60mm Frontage, BUA's would be approximately 160mm x 160mm and NLF's 120mm x 90mm.

However If I was using 25mm figures, my personal preference would be to go with a 80mm Frontage and double all quoted distances.

Alex"

In conclusion now with 25 mm figurines – 50 mm corresponds to 100 paces.

This modifies all our previous calculations!

Furthermore, after asking Alex the question, this also modifies the quantities of figurines on the bases, which suits me well :

So now on a base for 25 mm figurines we can stick on these larger bases:

- 2 – 5 figures on a "C-in-C" base instead of 2 – 4.
- 2 – 3 figures on a "Sub Commander" base instead of 1 – 2.
- 10 "muskets" figures instead of 8 per base.
- 8 "light infantry" figures instead of 6 per base.
- 4 "jagers" figures instead of 3 per base.
- 10 "Levee en masse" figures instead of 8 per base.
- 4 "Guerrillas" figures instead of 2-3 per base.
- 5 "Heavy Cavalry" figures instead of 4 per base.
- 4 "Light Cavalry" figures instead of 3 per base.
- 3 "skirmishing cavalry" figures instead of 2 per base.
- 3 "Irregular cavalry" figures instead of 2 per base.
- 5 "Foot artillery" figures instead of 4 per base.
- 4 "Horse artillery" figures instead of 3 per base.
- 4 "Rocket Launcher Servants" figures instead of 3 per base.

robert piepenbrink Supporting Member of TMP20 Oct 2023 4:32 a.m. PST

Glad you're happy.

hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP20 Oct 2023 5:19 a.m. PST

Well, as usual, thanks to my persistence, things are moving in the right direction, the one I wanted.

nickinsomerset20 Oct 2023 7:06 a.m. PST

Alex also cooks a superb curry!

Tally Ho!

jwebster Supporting Member of TMP20 Oct 2023 7:20 a.m. PST

I have dabbled with basing schemes to make DB* rules work for 28mm figures

The real question becomes, what other rule sets are you going to want to play and how have other people based their figures?

80mm bases may not be flexible enough for other rules

There are always new sets of napoleonic rules coming out


John

hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP20 Oct 2023 9:27 a.m. PST

@jwebster

I no longer like and only own the DBxxx rules of Alex and Phil Barker(Whatever the periods.

It was enough that by peeling the rule (and I continue…) that Alex had given the surface area of the BUA and NLF only for 15mm figurines and here they send me a response which resolves a lot of things that bothered me (which I talk about in various topics on this rule), it's an exceptional stroke of luck!

ConnaughtRanger20 Oct 2023 2:14 p.m. PST

Do we really need (at least) 10 separate threads on a single set of rules?

hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP21 Oct 2023 12:53 a.m. PST

I do, because DBN and its supplements are fascinating.

Sydney Gamer21 Oct 2023 3:42 a.m. PST

Agree Paskal, DBN is great for fast small-space gaming.

Louis XIV Supporting Member of TMP21 Oct 2023 5:49 a.m. PST

I would like 60mm frontage if only to match Warlords Epic Basing

hi EEE ya Supporting Member of TMP22 Oct 2023 1:42 a.m. PST

@Durban Gamer & Louis XIV

DBN is like DBA, no restrictions for the size of the armies and for the surface area of the battlefield.

The 80 mm bases allow me to put many 25 mm figures together and create presentable units.

I only use 25mm or 20mm Minifigs, this will work perfectly because they are smaller and much less heavy than current figurines.

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