Distances when using 28mm

[steve23]

Hi all,

I should say that I have not played FOG yet, just reading the rules, and I cant help thinking that im not going to be happy with the MU distances when using 28mm troops - movement and ranges just seem more towards 15mm.

Off the top of my head I think I would like to increase them to 1.5 times. However, this could have unforseen impact, esp with the double and triple moves.

Am I missing something or have others had this issue?

all the best

Steve

[footslogger]

We use 40mm MUs on an 8x6 table and all works well. We did the same with the ancients set and it was fine.

[steve23]

hi,

Yes, thats the sort of thing I wasd thinking.

Now just need to play the game!

all the best

Steve

[rbodleyscott]

Hi all,

I should say that I have not played FOG yet, just reading the rules, and I cant help thinking that im not going to be happy with the MU distances when using 28mm troops - movement and ranges just seem more towards 15mm.

They are geared up for both scales on a 6 x 4 table, which is the common tournament table size even for 28mm.

If you play 28mm on a larger table, by all means use a larger MU. I would not recommend doing so on 6 x 4.

[mbsparta]

Hi all,

I should say that I have not played FOG yet, just reading the rules, and I cant help thinking that im not going to be happy with the MU distances when using 28mm troops - movement and ranges just seem more towards 15mm.

They are geared up for both scales on a 6 x 4 table, which is the common tournament table size even for 28mm.

If you play 28mm on a larger table, by all means use a larger MU. I would not recommend doing so on 6 x 4.

..... 1" = 1 MU works perfectly well with 28mm on a 6x4 table. If you try 40mm, you have have totaly different game. So at least try both before you give up on 1".

Mike B

[pyruse]

We use 30mm MUs for 28mm - seems a reasonable compromise. We found 40mm a bit too big, 1 inch too small.

[rbodleyscott]

We use 30mm MUs for 28mm - seems a reasonable compromise. We found 40mm a bit too big, 1 inch too small.

On what size table?

[pyruse]

Varies depending on the scenario - usually 6x4, but can be 6x6 or 8x6

[deadtorius]

we play 28mm on 4x8 using normal 1" mu's game works fine, give it a shot first

[steve23]

Hi again,

Yes, ive started a game to see how it goes using the standard distances etc.

But I cant help feeling the listed frontages etc are great for 15mm but wont suit me in 28.

The rules do look good though.

all the best

Steve

[pyruse]

Incidentally, you don't need to stick to the suggested basing so long as all elements have the same width and all are based alike.
My ECW collection is based on 40mm square bases (40 wide x 60 deep for gonnes), and the rules work just fine with this basing, even if the formations end up a bit deep. It does look very good when a 4 deep pike block has 8 ranks of figures!

[Rekila]

We have try all of them and ended with 1MU=3.33cm. It will look odd but is not, if you think of it as 10cm=3MU (I take the idea of the diagram of page 46 of the original FoG, by the way). We play on a 240cmx152cm table and it works fine. We converted an old tape easily painting red lines between 3.3/3.4 and 6.6/6.7. As bigger distances are mainly in multiples of 3, is easy to measure them. That gives a reasonable command distance and areas of deployment.