"ACW Supplement for Rank & File" Topic

For those of us that don't own Rank & File, can you tell us what the scale of the game is? How many men per stand for example?

I think you can find most of that out here: link Also check out the download section for sample pages.

From the sample, it looks great! I think I'd rather get the pdf, since I would be using it for scenario reference and such – will you announce here when it is available?

Cheers,

Christopher

The sample has a number of grammarical errors in it. Some historical omissions and some mis-labeling of military units;

a. "At the wars end the Union army was able at to have ….. (was able to have?)

b. The discussion about the Union cavalry corps seems to imply that the confederates never had a similar unit and were at a disadvantage. WHen indeed Stuarts cavalry corps was the reason the Union formed a cavalry corps and Stuart had his a year and a bit sooner.

c. American cavalry have companies and platoons in this time frame. Troops would substitute companies in the 1880s. Squadron was not used until the formation of Armored Cavalry in 1950s.

Nice looking production values in this set.

Hi Christopher

The download will be available the same day as the print version, around the 29th.

Nick

Ken – They're aimed at 28mm?? but you can use them for any scale – just depends on how big your table is I guess. They're mostly Regimental/Battalion based.

Typically 4 figures to a base – some frugal gamers have been known to use 3! Regiments 5/6/7 or more stands depending on your preference/scenario. You could easily use stuff based up for F&F……

I was influenced by a friend and now most of mine are in 7 stand regiments the center one having the command + flags on it – they have nice "look" to them.
His arguement was – do ratios matter? If your playing a game where in reality most regiments were say 270 to 320 strong then use this as the "mean" size – just up the number for bigger units, etc. ~(some of my Zouaves units have 11 stands).

Games are quite bloodthirsty, (well actually very!) – or that's what I first thought – but on reflection they need to be if you're gonna have a game finished in 2-3 hours.

If you want super-detailed rules then these aren't the ones to go for – if you want an enjoyable bash then try 'em!