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Re: Table sizes for scenarios in Anzio and Sicily scenario books

 

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There have to be some rules
ie. if you are playing a scenario from a TFL book then the table is set from the map scale
If you are playing a scenario using an ordnance survey map of the area surrounding Gwyrch Castle on a 1¡± : mile ordnance map from 1950 and you are playing an 1805 Sharp Practice rules then the game wil be in more than one part.?
Landing ground on the beach and a village.?
Secure the town (Abergele) and assault the gate house.?
Take the manor (Keep) in the castle grounds.?
The map will give the table size.?
I think the ground. Scale for SP2 is 1/280th or there about.?
Forces 1 Coy Royal Welsh Fusiliers.?
Militia from Rhuddlan and Conwy.?
Militia cavalry

French regulars
Coy Grenadiers
Coy. Light infantry
Marines
Bty light artillery?

The main thing is to keep the map in more or less proportion and balance the time of arrival of forces on either side.?

You could assign a points value to the troops you want to assault with.?
Defenders do the same.?

Count the points value of the remaining force divide by 2. subtract total From the initial force cost and this will be the cost of the battle.
The more troops you use the higher the cost.?


Best Regards

Mike Leese
(N. Wales)


On 26 Jul 2020, at 15:59, Angelo Dalessandro via groups.io <ang.dalessandro@...> wrote:

? I think it¡¯s assumed that the table sizes are based around ¡°regulation¡± size tables that are 4x6 ft then adjust from there?




On Sunday, July 26, 2020, 8:37 AM, Dan <dan.albrecht.vt@...> wrote:

Thanks.? I appreciate the need to be flexible and play with what you have.? But as I posted on Facebook in a comment addresses to someone else..

ok, I get it ..."play the period, not the rules" but that means any sense of standardization is gone. it means that if you play 9x6 and another plays 4x6...then with your table it can, for example, mean that a) it takes 50% longer in terms of turns for?a unit entering on one side of the board to reach an objective off the board or b) firing distances between units are 50% longer, c) the list goes on. Now if the game has no Victory Conditions or no Turn considerations and it is just a scrimmage..........but if one buys the scenario books like I do, one expects, reasonably so, for those critical details like the size of the table to be somewhat fixed like they are in Operation Compass, WTHHYBB and All-American....

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Regards

Mike Leese
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