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Sunday, December 3, 2023

How big is my table?

 This is not a bragging post; but I am trying to figure out how large an area my 8' by 5' (2.4m x 1.5m) table represents for various rules.  I am also going to freely convert rules expressing using yards into meters without any conversion factor.

Are you talking about my napping spot?


Command Decision:  1" = 50m, so 4.8 x 3 km

Spearhead: 1" = 100m, so 9.6 x 6 km

PanzerKorps III (at 10mm): 1cm = 50m, so 12 x 7.5 km

Rommel uses a square grid of 1km.  I can cover my table with Kallistra hexon which is 10cm; at 1cm = 100 m, the table is 24 x 15 km.

Division Commander, by Bruce McFarlane: 3" = 1 Mile.  Roughly 48 x 30 km.

Of course, each rules set is useful for something different.  I would probably use Bolt Action or the like for Pavlov's House, and fluid situations are great with the Command Decision scale.  But if you want to use miniatures to cover even one serious attack at Kursk, like Totemkof on July 12-13, you need a large scale rules set.

I will be chewing on this problem for a while.


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