Warlord Games | Alexander S. | Activity https://www.warlordgames.com/community-members/alexs/activity/ Activity feed for Alexander S.. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:14:25 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 6c19c3853dd00a7b9aa6f7f040c5b95a Alexander S. started the topic Some questions and thoughts about Tercios in the forum Pike & Shotte https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/some-questions-and-thoughts-about-tercios/ Sun, 30 Apr 2023 15:35:18 +0100 Hello,

I have some questions and thoughts about tercios in the Epic Battles- Pike and Shotte rules.
On page 19 the formation Tercio is described. It looks to me like a tercio consists of 5 separate units (3 pike blocks and 2 shott). However, it is not clear to me how the tactical and historical characteristics of a tercio are reflected with this…[Read more]

]]> 0 73f39906de311d8455cae8f93d966bd0 Alexander S. replied to the topic Epic Battles - unit scale for converting battles? in the forum Pike & Shotte https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/epic-battles-unit-scale-for-converting-battles/#post-189044 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 08:29:23 +0100 Hi Charge the Guns,

Thank you for your comment.

I will use this ratio now as a rule of thumb. In the past we had often the problem of scaling the units and battle field. So as you will know, you will need large tables and man models to represent such major battles.

I think it is not problem here to dobble the ration,  1:1200/ 1:600, and half…[Read more]

]]> 0 0aa0b44d5a6475f442f9b4e8ceb3150c Alexander S. replied to the topic Epic Battles - unit scale for converting battles? in the forum Pike & Shotte https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/epic-battles-unit-scale-for-converting-battles/#post-189034 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 07:24:36 +0100 Hi Dave,

Thanks for your reply.

so you mean the standard unit in Epic Battles who has a Frontpage of 3 bases and 4 bases at all, are about 600 men and the 3 Bases Cavalry 300 men?

]]> 0 9e91435ff19571ccdb9b2ee40727fe8d Alexander S. started the topic Epic Battles - unit scale for converting battles? in the forum Pike & Shotte https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/epic-battles-unit-scale-for-converting-battles/ Wed, 26 Apr 2023 06:52:55 +0100 Hello,

is there a specification in Epic Battles Pike & Shotte regarding the scale of the units for converting historical battles? I didn’t see anything in the rulebook, but maybe I missed it.

So how many soldiers, cannons or horsemen does a base or unit represent?

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