RE: DS2 Infantry basing question

Do whatever feels right. Each stand of infantry
counts as an element. It does not matter how
many actual figures are on the stand.

I use penny bases for my infantry and power armor.
I put 3 on a base for regular infantry and light power.
I think that I have either GZG or Battletech infantry
figures. For Power Armor, I have 2 sizes, both from
Scotia. One is smaller, but looks bulkier in 
comparison to the infantry. The other is much 
larger (1.5 x the height and about 4 x as massive
as infantry), but not large enough to be considered
a size-1 walker. For the larger unit (Heavy Power
Armor), I base 1 to a base. 

Now, as you probably know, unlike SG2, DS2 does
not distinguish between Heavy, Light, Slow, or Fast
Power Armor. So I play each stand of Power Armor
the same. The assumption is that one Hvy PA is 
equivalent in combat to 3 Lt. PA. And as each 
stand (element) represents a fire-team, the game
stays in balance.

I also have mechanized cavalry (motorcycle) scouts 
that I mount 1 per base. By agreement in our
gaming group, these move as High-Mobility
Wheeled but may enter lt. woods at infantry pace.
Mech. cavalry may attack armor (IVAR), but not infantry
while moving at faster than infantry pace. I use 
these mainly for spotters. Several tubes of artillery
combined with fast action spotters can be 
powerful. I would dearly love to find 6mm surfer
figures to use in the same role (scout cav on grav
boards ... BDS?).

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net
http://members.xoom.com/rlyehable/ds2/	  
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eli Arndt [SMTP:emu2020@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 10:56 AM
> To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject:	DS2 Infantry basing question
> 
[snip]

> The problem is, I have no idea how to effectively base my infantry.
> 
> For PA units, I thought 5 to a base, but I have some PA units which
are a 
> bit meatier than the baseline PA units.  I also have this insane idea
of 
> basing my conscripted soldiers into Nepolionic firing lines to
represent 
> poorly trained, massed cannon-fodder.
> 
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