what do you think is the ideal number of minis per player for a 28mm skirmish?

[thebinmann]

Any ideas welcome, perhaps for a game taking 60-90mins.

I guess it varies between rules etc but I wondered if anyone had a magic number, enough for some variation but not too much to make controlling them a chore.....

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

A lot depends on whether you are controling individuals or units of several figures and the complexity of each action.

In Force on Force, a modern skirmsih game, you control fire teams of 4 to 10 figures.  A typical scenario has about two to four fireteams (8 to 16 figures) for the western Special Forces against twice as many lower tech opposition units (20 to 40 figures)with more opposition reinforcements arriving according to a dice throw each turn.

Lion Rampant is a Crusades to Medieval skirmish game which has typically three to five units per side which means circa 30 to 45 figures per side.

Regards


Mick

[Pijlie]

My own demo rules assume 1 Hero, 1 sidekick and 6 henchmen/women/animals per team.

Given that winning such a game usually takes killing most of your opponents there shouldn't be too many of them. Else it will take too long. 

[eek]

The general consensus I've seen when such discussions come up is that each player should have around 6-12 "things" to control. Whether that be individuals, squads, whatever, depending on the scale... 6-12 game elements is apparently the sweet spot. Less than that and there aren't enough decisions to be made, much more and it gets a bit overwhelming to keep track of it all.

[thebinmann]

Thanks

Yes I would think 6-12 sounds perfect.

Thanks

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

just for the Fun of it,here's a Vid of how not to do a Skirmish Game imho