tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post3185998152008457251..comments2024-03-28T16:32:41.081+00:00Comments on Battlefields and Warriors: Musket and Saber rules with ACW figuresNormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-11183904843854795552016-10-09T04:54:34.128+00:002016-10-09T04:54:34.128+00:00Yes, I think there is increasing interest in the f...Yes, I think there is increasing interest in the figures / boardgame cross-over. I did flip the counters to their reverse side for step losses and also for leaders and guns, which show an ineffective side with all values much reduced until they recover.<br /><br />This would have been a 100% easy transfer as I was already starting out with hex rules, so as you say, it is just 3D'ing the board, but the rules are used with maps that are 4 times the size of my play space and generally have larger forces, so that is where some thought was needed, but it all seemed to work okay.<br /><br />I was not initially planning on using the counters, rather a pin marker or something to represent a step loss, but the counters were mores useful and identified which formation the units belonged to and therefore which leader could control them without resorting to other visual distractions.<br /><br />After the game we put some 28's on the board, but the stream looked like a puddle and the bridge looked ridiculous - so they would have needed a bigger hex that in turn would need a bigger table to keep the same number of hex cells.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-60287649509405129182016-10-09T03:38:53.656+00:002016-10-09T03:38:53.656+00:00At its root, you have taken a boardgame and replac...At its root, you have taken a boardgame and replaced the 2D cardboard counters with 3D figures while scaling up the hex size. I like that translation. Using the boardgame counters in the miniatures' game as unit status markers is a nifty idea. For unit step reductions, did you simply flip the counter to its reverse side? <br /><br />I have seen ASL translated to miniatures but do not recall having tried it myself. Thought about it yes. Tired, no. That is, with the exception of using 6mm figures with Commands & Colors. Great potential, I reckon. Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.com