Black powder: Size of 15mm bases

[richard zamudio]

How do I determine frontage for 15mm? Do I halve the recommended frontage? The question as to range/movement has been addressed(use cm instead of inches, etc.)

Also, how are differences in units addressed- French versus Austrians (different unit frontage/unit size )or French versus British?

Thanks in advance for any help in this matter.

[Garry Wills]

Because I am an OCD nerd I converted the metric frontages in the book to inches and used those numbers as cms;

	BP1 figs	BP1 (mm)	BP2 Min-Max (mm)	Implied figure #	Men (1:20)	cm scale frontage, mm	Figures 15mm 1 rank	Men (1:33)
Large	36-40	360-400	260- 325	26-32	520-640	102-128	17-21	563-704
Std	24-30	240-300	200 – 250	20-24	400-480	79-98	13-16	433-541
Small	12-16	120-160	120 – 150	12-14	240-280	47-59	8-10	260-325
Tiny	5-6	50-60

Apologies for the figure scale, which I know will offend some as there is no figure scale in the game, but I use it  for my historical scenarios.

Regards

Garry

[richard zamudio]

WOW! You have been very helpful and have provided very useful information. I realize that it is probably a case of swimming upstream when trying to use 15mm figures in game really designed for 28mm. I congratulate you on your efforts to do such a conversion. My real situation is that I have many, many 15mm figures from a long time ago and I don’t want to spend the money (or time) in working up a large 28mm force. Again, I thank you for your efforts (Ocd aside)!

[Garry Wills]

Personally I think Black Powder works better in 15mm on most tables, since you get more room to manoeuvre. You can see my games here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuj8XPFZLKIDi6WqgTihHDMTBPzY-AU7f

Garry

[Charge The Guns]

Wow, Gary! How have I missed your fabulous YouTube channel for so long?  There are a nice set of battles to catch up with there. Good support for painting sessions 👍

[Garry Wills]

Thanks very much CTG, the youtube channel started as support for my books, but has evolved into a record of my games. 40 years ago I used an A4 hardback notebook for this, but it is good to move with the times. Enjoy.

Garry

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