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Post by davidsh on Sept 24, 2016 10:33:50 GMT
I find I am still having to compromise and just use what seems to work when representing the number of guns on the table. For troops it's simple, 1 figure = 30/40/50 etc depending on the size of army represented. But.....number of gun models/units per actual gun numbers on the field?
Has anyone else grappled with this riddle - or should I just go and lie down in a darkened room? :-)
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Post by tim on Sept 24, 2016 21:21:55 GMT
I do 1:2 guns per battery, so a French one is 4 guns a British one is 3. It looks realistic on the table and is not far off the proper ground scale. Guns were never put close together but spread out up to 20 yards apart so as not to present a good target. Thats my justification anyway
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Post by bruce on Sept 25, 2016 3:57:46 GMT
Well, the darkened room lie down is tempting here. The number of variables involved has led me to just sort of estimate this depending on general practices of each nation, the era of a scenario - battalion guns, anyone? - historical orders of battle, rules being used, etc. Just some basic research to be reasonably accurate and not make it too fiddly, then go ahead and play. I think we compromise on a lot of things to make a good game anyway.
I think Tim's plan is a good one. In general, I use four guns for a French or Austrian battery as well, an extra one for the Russians. I tend to get carried away with artillery, but as a solo player, I can adjust the ratio if the results are looking too much off the mark. Bruce
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Post by davidsh on Sept 26, 2016 11:24:28 GMT
Thanks guys I use two guns as a battery/unit, each model on average representing 20 guns. This tends to work - better with battles with large numbers of guns (Wagram, Borodino, Leipzig etc), without totally sweeping the field!
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