Re: [GZG] New game mechanics

Along those lines, Flashpoint Vietnam is gaining in popularity and could

be used in the same manner, oh and AK47 too.

-Mark

pcelella wrote:
> I would very much prefer an option for Flames of War basing to be 
> used. That's the game that my local gaming group plays a lot, and from

> whom I would be trying to get recruits. Having the same basing as FOW 
> would make it easier to introduce the game to them, and also, on a 
> temporary basis you could do things like: "Well, your Soviet army is 
> actually in this scenario going to be the low-tech militia of a 
> isolated colony resisting a NSL invasion force."
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Goodall" 
> <agoodall@hyperbear.com>
> To: <gzg-l@lists.csua.berkeley.edu>
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 11:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [GZG] New game mechanics (was: Re: Name for Rules)
>
>
>> On 11/3/06, Mark Kinsey <Kinseym@ptd.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> First basing. I'm cool with any base size between 1" by 1" and the
FOW
>>> base sizes. Some people like Stuart Murray use old GZG figs and
Peter
>>> Pig which are "true 15's and they fit just fine on a 25mm x 25mm
base,
>>> IMHO the current GZG minis fit better on a 30 x 30mm base (for a 3
to 4
>>> man team) By way of information, the
>>> FOW small bases are 32mm x 25mm and their medium bases are 50mm x
32mm.
>>> I think it's a matter of personal taste and the rules should be 
>>> flexible
>>> on this point.
>>
>> I did a quick check of other rules I have to see how they handle base

>> sizes.
>>
>> There aren't many games in the scale proposed for
>> SG3/SG:AC/G-Cav/whatever it ends up being called. That is, most
sci-fi
>> games are either individual figure bases, or they are 6mm.
>>
>> The old Striker rules suggests that figures should be on bases 1" by
>> 1". That's all I have in my collection that comes close to SG3.
>>
>> I checked Crossfire, Bases in Crossfire are 1.25" by 1.25", which
>> translates to Mark's 30mm by 30mm suggestion.
>>
>> Out of curiousity, I checked Piquet's base sizes. They are 1.5" by
>> 0.75" for infantry squads. Call it 40mm by 20mm.
>>
>> Unless there is a game reason for squads to be wider than they are
>> deep, I'd go with a square base for infantry. 30mm by 30mm works for
>> me for 15mm. You can scale it down to 20mm by 20mm for 10mm figures,
>> or 15mm by 15mm for 6mm figures and 50mm by 50mm (call it 2 inches
>> square) for 25mm through 30mm figures.
>>
>> Allan
>>
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