How many units is too many?
Is game more important than spectacle when it comes to numbers?
These are questions I'm asking myself midway through a re-fight of the battle at Sidi Rezegh on 22nd November 1941.
The quality of the figures in play isn't in question, I don't think - though I say it myself, for 15 mm, they are pretty good. I'm not talking that kind of eye candy, I'm talking about the spectacle that large numbers alone bring to a table but invariably slow down game turns to a snails pace.
I'm currently playing at a scale of about 1:5, which means 15th Panzer looks like this
The game looks great; the rules are great; the number of units means the game turns are taking an hour each to play through - that's too long by half.
Should I play this scenario with half the number of units (currently 112 units in play). Should I play all of my battles at that level? Should I downsize my formations to 1:10 and I sell some of the collection?
More musings and pics here: