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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: Conquistador on 11 September 2012, 01:42:25 AM

Title: Tactica in 6 mm (well, I would prefer 3 mm but do they exist at that scale )
Post by: Conquistador on 11 September 2012, 01:42:25 AM

Found my Tactica rules while cleaning - no longer having armies (well, some mislaid 6 mm greeks) but struggling about making up some armies.

At that scale I would provide both sides (out of sheer necessity I suspect.)

1)  A key question to all is basing [frontage and depth per figure] - use the 15 mm sizes (10 mm x 15 mm;13 mm x 20 mm; 20 mm x 20 mm; 13 mm x 30 mm; 20 mm x 30 mm;40 mm x necessary to fit the figures) with increased figures to look good?  Scale down the bases to fit 6 mm figures?

2) Arty Conliffe statements aside, would you think it appropriate to allow "Greek Mercenaries" to substitute for one main battleline unit in any of the armies in the appropriate eras?

Sorry but Irregular armies are not an option.  Not negotiable on that point.

Gracias,
.
Glenn

Who really should not be thinking about such a  project...

Title: Re: Tactica in 6 mm (well, I would prefer 3 mm but do they exist at that scale )
Post by: n815e on 11 September 2012, 03:11:13 AM

Usee the 15mm base sizes.  Let that army look like an army.

Title: Re: Tactica in 6 mm (well, I would prefer 3 mm but do they exist at that scale )
Post by: Conquistador on 11 September 2012, 11:14:39 AM

Minor annoying odd rant time for moi.

Is this the only set of rules (other than Gygax's odd basing convention which used 3/8" in some cases I believe which I find just as odd  ::) as 13 mm) that uses non-multiples of 5 mm?  Why?  Is that meant to be an equivalent or an approximation to 1/2 inch?     ???

I am unsure if his origin is American or UK/Canadian/Australian which would probably be the basis of mm versus inches?  <insert duh on me icon here>

If he is American, why not just use inches and fractions like Gygax did?  That would be understandable odd.   lol  lol If he is not American - like most of he world, why bother with 13 instead of 15?  Basing width 'per figure' is "trendy nerdy" but seems to be overly 'scientific' in it's approach.  I rather doubt Barbarian hordes were so disciplined and all basing is an attempt to approximate the area a group occupied geographically.  Almost seems like porting over 7YW/Napoleonic basing conventions to the Ancients arena.

Okay, odd thought moment has passed.  Back to "important" questions like lace style on Austrian grenadiers...   o_o  lol  :)

Gracias,

Glenn