tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post68584564612692454..comments2024-03-28T22:10:41.636-07:00Comments on Archduke Piccolo: Yet More Thoughts on Grid War GamesArchduke Piccolohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-84914605137643730832017-08-08T05:56:31.838-07:002017-08-08T05:56:31.838-07:00I think you might well be right, Ross Mac. I can&...I think you might well be right, Ross Mac. I can't really see my doing 30YW in this format. Worth a look, though, if only to encounter the problematic features.Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-60746303019271831002017-08-08T05:54:14.393-07:002017-08-08T05:54:14.393-07:00Several hours later, it flashed across my mind tha...Several hours later, it flashed across my mind that I had the chess board squares's units wrong. Nope: 5.7cm squares they are - slightly over 2 inches.<br />Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-65077629191188960132017-08-08T04:43:05.668-07:002017-08-08T04:43:05.668-07:00It seems to me that some level of focus and some p...It seems to me that some level of focus and some periods work better on a grid than others. <br /><br />2 examples:<br />a) a Grand Tactical horse and musket game where each unit is a battalion or brigade with all combat being adjacent apart from massed artillery and a theoretical skirmisher/battalion gun factor.<br />b) late 19thC/20thC low level games where small open order sub-units have more command flexibility and long ranges. <br /><br />Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-8541098446379001812017-08-08T02:13:39.520-07:002017-08-08T02:13:39.520-07:00Yarooh! I typed out a reply and forgot to 'Pu...Yarooh! I typed out a reply and forgot to 'Publish' That's the second time today. Let me try again. <br /><br />1. Round or octagonal bases would obviate the corner overlaps, that's for sure. You'd still have the stretching effect with diagonal orientation, but that might be livable with.<br /><br />2. My experiments here were due to the frontages of these units being 3x6cm = 18cm roughly 5 inches. My grids use 4-inch squares. Not much use there!<br /><br />3. If I were to use 1-unit/1 square on a 4"-cell grid, there are two approaches I could take: 10mm frontage per figure for an 18 or 20 figure unit in 2 ranks of 10 (6 shot - 6-8 pikes - 6 shot) ; OR 15mm frontage per figure for a 12 figure unit in two ranks (4S - 4P - 4S). That would certainly make things a lot easier. To avoid corner overlaps, experiment indicates you probably wouldn't need to clip the corners at all, except for very deep formations like artillery or the deep cavalry columns favoured by the Imperialists.Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-86595765217876936352017-08-08T01:39:59.620-07:002017-08-08T01:39:59.620-07:00Chess game in action...http://archdukepiccolo.blog...Chess game in action...http://archdukepiccolo.blogspot.co.nz/2017/02/measuring-shooting-ranges-on-gridded.html<br />Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-71383555400692074842017-08-08T01:32:12.552-07:002017-08-08T01:32:12.552-07:00I have had this chess board nigh on 40 years. Guy...I have had this chess board nigh on 40 years. Guy in Wellington used to make them. They are, I believe, standard tournament sized - or at least I have known the type to be used in tournaments. I have a commercially made 'Holdson' board kicking around the house somewhere. I was going to use that but couldn't find it.<br /><br />Apart from my Russian magnetic set here beside me, for use when I play chess on-line, none of my 6 chess sets gets much action... Except as temporary 'storage' for WIP...<br />Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-92025263216161130932017-08-07T23:38:16.245-07:002017-08-07T23:38:16.245-07:00Interesting. That is a particularly large chess b...Interesting. That is a particularly large chess board. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6650770985225450559.post-38646694298593857442017-08-07T23:31:40.786-07:002017-08-07T23:31:40.786-07:00Archduke Piccolo
Another Interesting post - is th...Archduke Piccolo<br /> Another Interesting post - is the overhang and orthogonal problem on a gridded board or chessboard partly the square basing that we have as automatic / standard? <br /><br />If we had round bases would this work?<br /><br /> If we had hexagonal or octagonal bases (admittedly as busy as the old multi sided predecimal or new £1coin) would this solve the hang over corners by rotating and trimming the square edges? Not sure what some of the new shapes should be called but they recall a certain squarish gemstone cut. <br />On paper I have tried trimming corners off squares and it seems to work. I'm sure that suitable unit clusters could still be achieved with a little creative spacing of figures. Mark, Man of TINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485063133593455522noreply@blogger.com