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6108
This can await final confirmation from Chris but I am sure Arty will not change the base sizes or the unit sizes. The rules are already pretty flexible...
TERRY GRINER
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Apr 1, 2007
2:28 pm
6109
No changes to unit sizes or basing (which, as Terry mentions, is very flexible anyway). There will be MORE skirmishers in the game, however, based and...
Christopher Leach
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Apr 1, 2007
4:42 pm
6110
... Does this even apply to the Spanish?!!! :-) I've got a bunch of extra Grandees that need something to do, otherwise I'll have to add an addittional...
Randy Elliott
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Apr 1, 2007
6:09 pm
6111
No, not the Spanish..... Most nations get two still, but some are down to one for parts of the period. Chris...
Christopher Leach
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Apr 1, 2007
6:14 pm
6112
Relatively please to note that. It'd be a devil of a job to try to recall which figures I'd used in what unit to get a roughly compatible extra stand!...
Jeremy Sutcliffe
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Apr 2, 2007
9:51 am
6113
Thats a relief. I must have missunderstood. Thanks for letting us know. David...
vombatus1000
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Apr 2, 2007
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6114
Where did you get your flags. I like your units in the photo's section man, I still play single rank Battalions. Think I might do some units up with 4 figs per...
Roger Nilson
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Apr 3, 2007
8:38 am
6115
I don't know what source Mark used for his flags but there is, of course, a considerable free resource available at Napflags ( ...
Jeremy Sutcliffe
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Apr 3, 2007
11:36 am
6116
... that with basing style A in the rulebook, I was having problems fitting 3 old glory or AB, Fantassin etc on a 1 1/8" frontage base. I was thinking of using...
Roger Nilson
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Apr 3, 2007
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6117
What scale figures are you talking about here? 15mm or 25mm? I thought Dave Waxtel gamed 25mm?...
danmaryelizabeth
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Apr 3, 2007
9:17 pm
6118
Hi Roger The flags I use are from the Warflag site (AKA Napflags). You can download and print them free of charge. You can also donate to the site to keep it...
Mark Case
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Apr 3, 2007
11:23 pm
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For some reason, I don't think this got out - anyway, this was my reply earlier . . . Mark Mark Case <mcasephd@...> wrote: Hi Roger The flags I use are...
Mark Case
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Apr 3, 2007
11:23 pm
6120
For some reason, Yahoo mail isn't sending anything out to my knowledge. I responded to Roger's note three times, and yet it isn't here, so I figured that...
mcasephd
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Apr 3, 2007
11:23 pm
6121
Mark, The lacquer bit. Is this enough to prevent a soak up at the edges if you try to darken a light edge? It's the one thing I haven't mastered efectively....
Jeremy Sutcliffe
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Apr 3, 2007
11:45 pm
6122
I did my flags in a manner very similar to Mark's, EXCEPT I put a sheet of tin (from a toothpaste tube) between the folded flag using contact cement. This ...
Philip Jarvio
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Apr 4, 2007
12:27 am
6123
... -Roger I was talking about 15mm. ... thought ... feel ... base. I ... local ... different ... frontage ... game ... there ... Nothing ... know ... of ... ...
Roger Nilson
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Apr 4, 2007
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6124
That web address is not working. -Roger...
Roger Nilson
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Apr 4, 2007
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6125
... Never mind!!!!!...
Roger Nilson
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Apr 4, 2007
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6126
Yes, I think it is - part of it is the type of paper you use (I like to use heavy weight printer paper), and how thick the paint is when you apply it. I'll...
Mark Case
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Apr 7, 2007
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6127
I forgot to mention that I apply the sealer on the paper before I cut it (i.e., just out of the inkjet). Then I cut it, glue and wrap it, etc. The brand I've...
Mark Case
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Apr 7, 2007
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6128
Shako always seemed to me to be perfect for those masive multiplayer refights that I accasionaly read about on the internet. A poster on TMP recently mentioned...
vombatus1000
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Apr 12, 2007
11:24 am
6129
We have done Borodino, Austerlitz, and Eylau on our 18/6 foot table using 25mm. I usually scale the battle to a unit to man ration of 1:1000. The armies tend...
Christopher Leach
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Apr 12, 2007
2:38 pm
6130
... At Penarth Wargames we've done a few, Waterloo and a sector of Dresden come to mind. We generally try to keep everyone committed and focused upon what was ...
Alan Davison
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Apr 12, 2007
8:12 pm
6131
Chris, I can echo your comment about not knowing what was going on five feet away. Played in Dave Waxtel's Aspern-Essling gamenot long ago, and had this same ...
MJ Pierce
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Apr 13, 2007
12:39 am
6132
Hi David, On my club we use to play what we call "Big Game" once per year, it's a all weekend playing Shako. Every year we end the game with the feeling that...
Orlando Almeida
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Apr 13, 2007
7:19 pm
6133
Terry, Thanks for the time to answer. 1.0Got all of that but how about being pinned in formation while within flank lines, i.e Infantry column moves forward...
stephen malone
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Apr 14, 2007
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6134
Excellent commentary. Thanks for sharing. I like the photos; what figures do you use? Cheers, Chris ... Excellent commentary.  Thanks for sharing.  I like...
Christopher Leach
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Apr 14, 2007
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6135
In Shako I a column was stuck in column - if Staggered in a charge it only had the option of trying again...and again....and again. Bumper cars. shako II...
Christopher Leach
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Apr 14, 2007
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6136
Hi Chris, About the castings, it's a kind of cocktail: Russians: - Grenadiers/Guar manly AB and Fantassin. - Artillery mainly Lancashire - Cavalry mainly...
Orlando Almeida
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Apr 15, 2007
1:27 pm
6137
Thanks for showing us the pictures Orlando. Real time coordination between tables is an interesting idea. I havn't heard of anyone trying that before and it...
vombatus1000
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