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Post by yifferman on Apr 21, 2022 8:53:36 GMT -9
i have a question, how much firgures need to do a army? because i dont know what pieces are need for a fantasy army for example dark elf, how much figures and type for be a good army.
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Post by wyvern on Apr 22, 2022 5:02:18 GMT -9
This is like the question "how long is a piece of string?"
The size and composition of an army is entirely dependent on what rules you'll be using, and what they'll allow. That's true whether you're wargaming in historical or fantasy settings. The historical side means you will have some to lots of real-world data on army compositions, but what the rules allow will determine how those can be represented on the tabletop.
For fantasy, decide what rules you'll be using, and go from there, as that should tell you how to answer your question for them. This won't necessarily carry-over to other rule sets, of course, but it is a starting point.
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Post by mesper on Apr 24, 2022 11:25:12 GMT -9
Well I think the minimum version is... 2 minis - so 1 vs 1 duel. Then one mini/character/ can represent an entire army - vide David vs Goliath or ancient heroes/kings who settled their wars in direct combat in front of soldiers (vide Achilles vs Hector). So omagination is the limit here!
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Post by squirmydad on Apr 24, 2022 16:19:59 GMT -9
Depends on time, place, fantasy, historical, and for tabletop purposes-scale. For instance, the army of Austria-Hungary in the 19 century organized their infantry into regiments of four Fusilier battalions and one Grenadier battalion. There was no regimental command structure, on campaign all the field battalions for a single regiment along with one separate Jager battalion comprised a brigade commanded by a major general.
Two or more companies make up a battalion, which has 400 to 1,200 troops and is commanded by a lieutenant colonel. The battalion is the smallest unit to have a staff of officers (in charge of personnel, operations, intelligence, and logistics) to assist the commander.
So in game turns a company might be represented by a stand of four figures with four stands making a battalion.
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