"To Grid or Not to Grid?" Topic
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Tango01  | 16 Nov 2024 4:48 p.m. PST |
"For large scale ancient naval battles I put the ships on octagonal bases and have used a lightly marked square grid to manage movement. This has worked well. The only issue with a square grid is that if movement allowance from square to square along the diagonal is the same as movement across the face of the square then you will move faster on the diagonals. This is easily addressed by making movement along the diagonal cost 1.5 times the allowance for moving across a face by having every other square of movement along a diagonal cost 2 move points to enter instead of the usual 1…"
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Armand
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| 0101skl | 19 Nov 2024 5:48 a.m. PST |
Thanks for posting this earlier article. My thinking has evolved quite a lot since last year. The article below sets out the main influence on the new direction I'm taking. It still involves a grid. link |
| Tango01 | 19 Nov 2024 11:49 a.m. PST |
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| TimePortal | 21 Nov 2024 12:20 p.m. PST |
Nice fleets.
I still pay AH Trireme. |
| Tango01 | 21 Nov 2024 3:56 p.m. PST |
Glad you like them…
Armand
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| pfmodel | 22 Nov 2024 1:06 a.m. PST |
Nice figures, i never considered a octangle base – it does look interesting. This video lists other ancient naval rules. youtu.be/ISvguKDfxkM |
| Tango01 | 22 Nov 2024 3:49 p.m. PST |
Happy you like them too and thanks for the video…
Armand
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ponders nirvana.
