Re: [GZG] New game mechanics (was: Re: Name for Rules)

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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