"ratio 1:1 and measures of the playground" Topic
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paperbattles  | 23 Dec 2025 5:52 a.m. PST |
In one of my post I was asking which was the best ratio; a lot of you answered 1:1 would be top and sincerly I agree.
Some of you pointed out the problems of the dimensions of the playground. I do agree on this again.
So finally I gave some ideas:
the proportion would be: 1 km = 570 cm (!!!)
I considered that a man – even if elbow to elbow – occupied not the standard 80 cm width but a more realistic (at the end they were marching and fithing and there is the terrein etc. ) 1 m space.
The result is as said.
I started from here https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHBkYwMzgTRh4oiBGAZzl15_w2RCWFVkVS30rss3K5SubOFHO2tx4etMJ-Mp6s82IcPElbh_ylEfNdczHrZqv43ac76kIjvSc682JsvjHB3vlU2rvXpmmapaJpvfFoAXnAGZYULv6I-PupFT2BykGLY2EzDl5K29bEedemBZ3FdDQO6VOxwo1KmL0Tkmp5=s16000 more details on my blog
link I crossed with a lot of period becase this is a common problem |
| paperbattles | 23 Dec 2025 5:57 a.m. PST |
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GildasFacit  | 23 Dec 2025 7:13 a.m. PST |
In what way then do you consider this to be the 'best' scale ? To me it looks unplayable; barely enough space to deploy more than a few battalion sized units, nowhere near enough for most historical battles. |
| paperbattles | 23 Dec 2025 9:25 a.m. PST |
"best" is always subjective. I was referring to one of my previus post where some voted for 1:1 ratio and other for 1:10 ratio. The main problem – my opinion – concerning downscaling is the fact that the shape on the playground of a battalion becomes totally unhistorical and senseless. A battalion in the XVIII and XIX centuries were long lines of soldiers, often curving in the total line of attack. Also to have a battalion "represented" by 20 figures with a flag in the middle is more a chess game; having a real battallion (1:1) allows to recreate also the inernal dynamics of a battle. To solve your question I adopted a soliution link link |
| robert piepenbrink | 27 Dec 2025 3:46 p.m. PST |
This is admirable. For myself, I prefer smaller scales and higher levels of representation, but I respect the research and dedication which has gone into your approach. Please post at some point the results of a game in which battalion level combat is fought out with these soldiers! |
| Gamesman6 | 28 Dec 2025 3:17 a.m. PST |
I like decent sized figures but to play outbbig actions you need money space and people to move on the battle field
Getting a reasonable ground scale in many riles can work… except for the figures.
Ive liked to play a say 20mm base with 6mm or heck 3mm figures. Now it looks like a Bn… and ive never been keen on big one-piece stands. But then I like to skirmish game at 6 and 3mm too. 😀🤔🤷 |
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