gangplank73 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Hi all, Am contemplating putting together a large game if there is interest. Basic concept is at least 15K points per side. Meeting engagement. Table ~4' wide and as long as we need (10' or more?!). Full terrain. Each side have a Commander with supporting players actually moving the pieces and throwing dice (sorry, my Army background coming through) Thinking around April time-frame... Because I don't expect most people to be able to have that many points in their collection, there should be a few players on each side. Is there a preferred era (early, mid, or late). Any specific battlefield? Urban or rural? Armor focus or combined arms? Any specific rules set (Eastfront vs. Festung vs. Monty's Meat Grinder vs. etc.)?! Anyway, let me know. I'm kinda jonesing to let my PzKpw's run around... :-) Cheers, Joshua Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Hanaur Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Wowa. that would be silly. Short guy like me would never reach the center of that board! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xipetotec Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Do you not normally play on a 6x4 board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generalripphook Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Wowa. that would be silly. Short guy like me would never reach the center of that board! just get one of those little pushers they always have in war movies in the strategic room....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangplank73 Posted February 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Do you not normally play on a 6x4 board? Yes. Normally in say a 1,500pt. game. This is much larger in size...15,000pts. per side. I suppose you could technically pack it all on a 6x4 but there would be no room for manuever and Arty/Air would have a field day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangplank73 Posted February 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Wowa. that would be silly. Short guy like me would never reach the center of that board! you'd only have to reach 2' to the center...I have the opposite problem as I'm 5'18" tall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangplank73 Posted February 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Another thought; how historical, if at all, is the general mood of the crowd? I was kinda looking at Aachen when the Allies stormed the Kraut line to reach hill 231 (I think it was hill 231, or 263, or 200something...anyway). Sometimes it's just as fun to decide on a book list and go for it too. For simplicity howabout 16' long and 4' wide played across the short side over a very long front line? Multiple objectives-odd numbered? Whoever controls the most at the end of turn 6 wins?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesselowe Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 I'm always interested in this sort of thing. We've done a couple large battles at GG before; a Total War scenario on a 12x4 (12x6?) table and a D-Day beach landing scenario on an 8x8 table (including beach boards). They were pretty fun, but in my experience they're best done as very casual, more scenario-driven setups. A referee might be good - someone who sets up the table, adjudicates rules issues, and otherwise runs the game. As far as table layouts go, you can also do irregular shapes - a U or T, for example allows you to keep things easily reachable while still having quite a bit of table space to play with. Personally, I can bring some Germans, Canadians, or Russians to such a thing, in various stages of painting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generalripphook Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 You can always play on 24 by 8 and have them seperated into two tables of 12 by 4 so everything can be reached. And play like the gap doesnt exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Hanaur Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Hrm... well a mega battle can be chaotic. I think a game master is a very good idea. It always sucks because that means some really hoopy frood who knows where his towel is is gonna' get shafted and not be able to play. ...Of course, then thats an excuse for ANOTHER mega battle wherein someones else runs it and he gets to play!... Which is another excuse for ANOTHER megabattle to let that guy play... =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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