1:10–1:35
Chow explains why players cannot easily substitute third-party miniatures, as Ares airplane packs include specialized maneuver card decks and flight bases tailored to each aircraft.
1:19–1:40
Tony explains how new historical players can get into WWII gaming affordably using streamlined rules and free paper counters.
1:28–2:22
Greg discusses the miniature scale and basing requirements for Fistful of TOWs 3, explaining that the game accommodates any basing style from 6mm micro-armor up to 20mm for large regimental or divisional engagements.
1:39–3:37
Miles reviews Copplestone Castings' 10mm fantasy range, discussing their sculpt quality, range variety, and standard Warmaster 40mm frontage strip basing.
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Base sizes are derived from a 1cm = 10m ground scale and historical unit frontages.
Infantry battalion bases are 16cm wide (160m frontage), cavalry 10cm x 6cm, and artillery batteries 10cm x 8cm treated as one gun, which drove the choice of 10mm figures.
I decided on a ground scale of 1cm = 10m, which results in a battlefield with a depth of 182cm by 360cm long.
Lead blocks at 1:8000 show half-battalions, squadrons and half-batteries at true frontage.
A closed infantry block is 75 x 125 paces = half a battalion of 450 muskets; cavalry blocks are a squadron of 150 horses; artillery blocks are 4 guns (half a battery) plus ammunition wagon blocks. Strips represent skirmisher platoons (4 per battalion) and small pions represent patrols, posts and detachments of 25, 10 or single men. Blocks are coloured red or blue and marked with regiment and battalion numbers.
Ein Stein geschlossene Infanterie (Fig. 1.) ist 75 Schritt breit und 125 Schritt lang, er bedeutet ein halbes Bataillon oder 2 Compagnien
Bands (stands) form contingents of 3-4, companies of 6-16 bands, and up to four wards per host.
A band is 60-100 men on a uniform base (DBx-style bases work). Contingents are indivisible; companies need a command stand; wards are Vaward, Mainward, Rearward and Reserve, arranged in line or column with fixed positions.
There is a minimum and maximum company size- from 6 to 16 bands.
Brigade bases are grouped onto divisional stands, with separate HQ and supply stands.
1 base is a brigade (1"x1"), 1 stand is a division of 1-6 brigades, and 1 gun is 2-4 batteries. Corps and army HQ stands carry the general figures and CR/AP markers; supply columns are a wagon on its own stand.
1 base = a brigade, 1 stand = a division, 1 gun = 2-4 batteries
Every unit is a brigade of two 4x2 cm elements.
Foot, horse and artillery brigades all comprise two 4cm x 2cm elements; artillery is one gun and one train element. A foot brigade is ~2,000 men, horse ~1,000, artillery ~8 guns.
All troops are organised into units (brigades) of 2 elements (each 4 cm x 2 cm), either Foot, Horse or Artillery.
An army is 12 elements on standard-frontage bases, compatible with WRG 7th edition.
Each element is a rectangular base of several figures (6-8 ranks of close foot, 4-5 of mounted). Base size is not critical if frontages are equal; recommended frontages are 60mm (25mm), 40mm (15mm/6mm), 30mm (2mm), with depths and figure counts by type.
An army consists of 12 troop elements, one of which includes its only general.
Each base is a battalion, about a dozen per Division, at army/corps command level.
Most units equate to battalions, giving about a dozen bases per Division. Bases are 30mm square for 6mm figures; in 2mm several models share a base. Divisions and unit types must be distinguishable.
Most units equate to battalions giving about a dozen bases per Division.
All distances are in base-widths; infantry bases are 60-80 men and artillery bases a two-gun section.
1BW is approximately one base's width (about 40 yards). Infantry units are regiments of 2-10 squarish bases; artillery batteries of up to 3 gun bases. Figures per base is irrelevant.
All rates and distances in the game will be expressed in BW, the size of which depends upon the size of bases you play with.
Figures at 1:10 on company bases of three infantry or troops of two cavalry, with a command base per unit.
1 figure = 10 men, 1 inch = 25 yards, 1 turn about 5 minutes, 1 model gun = 2 pieces. Infantry units 9-30 figures, cavalry 4-12, skirmishers individually based firing in threes (max 15), guns with three crew. One base per unit is the Command Group.
Infantry: in ‘companies’ of three figures on a base. Unit size = 9 - 30 figures.
Infantry in three-figure company bases, cavalry two-figure troops, skirmishers individually based.
Infantry units of 9-30 figures in three-figure companies; cavalry 4-12 figures in two-figure troops; skirmishers individually based and firing in threes (max 15); each gun has three crew. One base per unit is the command group. 1 figure = 10 men, 1" = 25 yards.
Infantry: in ‘companies’ of three figures on a base. Unit size = 9 - 30 figures.
Each 1" square stand is a platoon, battery or vehicle section.
A stand represents a 30-50 man infantry or cavalry platoon, 3-6 MGs or light mortars, an artillery battery of 1-3 sections, 3-4 armoured vehicles, an AT/AA platoon or 3-5 soft vehicles. Models must clearly face one side of the stand.
Your vehicles, infantry, cavalry, artillery, and weapons models should be mounted on 1”x 1” stands.
Uses DBA/Armati troop types and any basing, with stands as the unit of account.
Players can use existing DBA or Armati armies without rebasing; the author uses 6mm on US pennies.
So players can use their DBA armies to play Ritter without any remounting of figures.
Recommended but non-mandatory base sizes per unit type; the Centres matter more than the base.
Field Squares 12x12 cm, other foot formations 12x6, Horse 8x4, Large Horse 8x8, Companies 8x4, Artillery 4x4; plus or minus 2-3 cm is acceptable, and figure counts per base are free. Artillery may be unbased with the muzzle as Front Centre.
Two centimeters, even three, above or below the recommended size should not cause problems.
Standardised multi-figure stands; foot regiments are a pike stand flanked by two shot stands.
Scale 20-30 men per figure. Foot: three 60x60mm stands; commanded shot two stands; horse squadrons of two 80x60mm stands; artillery one stand. No army lists or points are provided; optional variations cover small regiments and Swedish brigades.
As this set is not intended for competitive play, there are no army lists, point values, or army composition tables.