Maurice - who is playing and basewidths

[ronan]

B****ocks! I'm a Neandertahl and deserve to become extinct!

no you ain't ! 

1.before posting, use the PREVIEW button to test your post. (then  you can modify your post )
2. an image should begin with

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You hosted your pic somewhere on the web, yes ?

About the "weight" of your picture, it must be a low resolution. Resize it if necessary. ( 600 pixels wide )

[Leon]

Yep, exactly what Ronan says.  If you're still having trouble, you can always send me the pics and I can upload them on our Photobucket for you.

About the "weight" of your picture, it must be a low resolution. Resize it if necessary. ( 600 pixels wide )

The size of the picture is usually fine, I think the Forum software will resize it sometimes, as long as it's not massive!  I can always edit the post as well if necessary.

[Leman]

I will have another go.[/URL]

[Leman]

If anyone is still interested the photos are in my 10mm SYW album on photobucket. If the mountain won't come to Mohammed ...........

[Leon]

Are these your pics?



If so, this is the bit of code you need to put into the Forum, but without the spaces in the brackets:
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To get that code, there's a few options.  Basically you need the IMG code, which you should be able to get when you are logged in to your Photobucket account by hovering over the picture.  Photobucket has changed a little recently, so you may need to change your settings to get the sharing options to be more accessible (job for son?!).  Once you've got it activated, you can just copy and paste the bit of code in the IMG box.

The other method, and one which can be used to grab any image you see anywhere online, is to copy the image location.  To do this, hover over the picture you want to use, and right click the mouse.  You should have an option which says 'Copy Image Location'.  Click this and then come back to the post screen on the Forum (where you type your message).  Right click again, and click 'Paste' which will put the image/code address into your post.  All you need now are some IMG brackets, so highlight your newly pasted address code, and then click the 'Image' button above all the smiley faces, it's the 3rd one from the left, above the grinning and laughing smiley faces.  Clicking this button should put the [IMG ] brackets around your image address.  Hit 'Post' and your picture should be displayed in all it's 10mm glory!

Give me a shout if that doesn't work.

[Leman]

You have the patience of a saint Leon.

[rexhurley]

Are these your pics?



If so, this is the bit of code you need to put into the Forum, but without the spaces in the brackets:
[ img ]http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g440/dourpuritan/10mm%20SYW/IMG_0385-1_zps4ec7b122.jpg[ /img ]

To get that code, there's a few options.  Basically you need the IMG code, which you should be able to get when you are logged in to your Photobucket account by hovering over the picture.  Photobucket has changed a little recently, so you may need to change your settings to get the sharing options to be more accessible (job for son?!).  Once you've got it activated, you can just copy and paste the bit of code in the IMG box.

The other method, and one which can be used to grab any image you see anywhere online, is to copy the image location.  To do this, hover over the picture you want to use, and right click the mouse.  You should have an option which says 'Copy Image Location'.  Click this and then come back to the post screen on the Forum (where you type your message).  Right click again, and click 'Paste' which will put the image/code address into your post.  All you need now are some IMG brackets, so highlight your newly pasted address code, and then click the 'Image' button above all the smiley faces, it's the 3rd one from the left, above the grinning and laughing smiley faces.  Clicking this button should put the [IMG ] brackets around your image address.  Hit 'Post' and your picture should be displayed in all it's 10mm glory!

Give me a shout if that doesn't work.

Now that's some very pretty toys

[Leon]

You have the patience of a saint Leon.

No worries!  We'll see you at Phalanx in a fortnight as well if you're still having trouble with it.

[Leman]

I'll take you up on that if you have time. There's no substitute for actually being shown. I'll be putting in a collectable order in the next few days. see you then.

[NTM]

Maurice looks interesting but I can't start another period at the moment. May give Longstreet the ACW version a whirl once it comes out though.

[ronan]

Maurice looks interesting

I was a bit disapointed with Maurice Lite.    ( I will try the real Maurice )  I had the feeling of playing "the rules/the cards" more than "the battle".
I will  try to use DSLB with minors changes. ( I LIKE these rules)

but I can't start another period at the moment. May give Longstreet the ACW version a whirl once it comes out though.

That's what I thought.  But I failed to resist  when I saw these lovely armies   
( I 'll also look at the ACW version.. but I already own  15mm armies.  )

[Leman]

Using the cards is very much part of the game play. To be honest I'm not brilliant at it because it does mean you have to hold a lot of info in your head at any one time and use the cards wisely. This is easier said than done and a number of times I have missed golden opportunities because I've forgotten what is currently in my hand. However this system does force a player to make a plan to build an attack in a particular sector of the battlefield, which is more realistic than moving all one's units every turn. I have seen games won where a player has concentrated on a devastating infantry flank assault and as a consequence that player's cavalry hardly moved throughout the battle.

[ronan]

Using the cards is very much part of the game play.(...) However this system does force a player to make a plan to build an attack in a particular sector of the battlefield, which is more realistic than moving all one's units every turn. (...)

yes, I understand, but may be I missed something. We were moe thinking about the cards than the plan... I will try again, when I received my minis. Thank you !
( and I would say you can't expect to move every units in DSLB..    )

Thanks !

[cae5ar]

We play Maurice on 1 inch square bases. The Pendraken 10mm figures look great with 6 infantry or 2 cavalry to a base and measuring base-widths is very easy with this frontage - any old tape measure will do. The full version of Maurice is an excellent game, my personal favourite at the moment.

[Leman]

As above except I've now moved to 8 infantry and 3 cavalry as it looks more dense. It also means measurement is in inches which makes life a lot more straightforward.

[Hastati]

We've just started Maurice for the LOA and have gone with 30mm x 20mm bases.  6 infantry or 3 cavalry figures per base.

[Leman]

Which of course means you now have to produce measuring sticks of the appropriate frontage.

[Zippee]

I base on 20mm squares (4 infantry, 2 cavalry) with artillery one gun on a 40mm square
For Maurice I use two inf/cav squares per 'base' so the BW is 40mm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zippee/sets/72157630575401596/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zippee/sets/72157630575532200/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zippee/sets/72157630575557052/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zippee/sets/72157630575557052/

Not the best photos as my camera malfunctioned - need to update them at some point...
Zippee

[Hastati]

Which of course means you now have to produce measuring sticks of the appropriate frontage.

Why?  3 BW = 9cm, 4 BW = 12cm.  It's pretty basic math so I think a normal tape measure will suffice.

[Leman]

Maths was never my strongpoint so fannying around doing divisions or multiplications when all I want to do is move my troops means measuring sticks. Once you start putting maths in the mix the fun goes right out of the window, unless you're Brian Cox I suppose.