Maurice - who is playing and basewidths

[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.