Maurice Rules - Base sizes

Started by T13A, 28 April 2012, 10:51:38 AM

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T13A

Hi

I'm debating/arguing with myself  :-\ as to whether to invest in these rules. My figures are based for the Age of Honor (AOH) ruleset (which is a variant of Age of Eagles/Fire and Fury) which means that the infantry have different size bases than the cavalry i.e. 3/4" frontage for infantry and 1" frontage for cavalry . I do like these rules (AOH etc) but Maurice looks fun and as people have said give a good period flavour. Question is, do base sizes (frontages in particular) need to be the same for infantry and cavalry to play Maurice?

Grateful for any thoughts.

Cheers Paul

PS I have down loaded the Maurice Lite rules and it is not that clear - it says for instance that Artillery should be based the same width as infantry or cavalry, implying that infantry and cavalry base may be different sizes.
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fred.

I'm not certain, but I don't think it's vital. You need to decide what a standard Basw Width is as it is the main measure of movement in the rules.

Infantry will normally be in line or column. Whereas I think cavalry are more likely to be in a square block. This probably minimises the impact of the differently sized bases.

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Chad

The rules (just arrived! :D) suggest the same frontage for infantry cavalry and artillery; 40mm for 15mm or smaller scales..

To quote Sam: "If you have a basing system that you like, and which is close enough to these guidelines - and most importantly, a system that both you and your opponents both use - then that will work fine".

We have slightly different bases widths for all arms and use the cavalry base of 40mm as our BW.

Chad

Serotonin

Mine arrived too, for some reason I thought they were hardbacked! Oh well. Still looks great and the playing cards are really nicely done, in a high quality box (wish my TFL IABSM cards had come in a nice box)

fred.

Mine have arrived this morning too. The book and cards look really nice, well worth buying compared to the free downloadable versions.
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nikharwood

Mine haven't made it yet  :(

I thought they were hardback too...they'd better be bloody good - and noticeably better than the freebie version - for £30 then  :-\

Especially as we, in the Uk, don't seem to be getting the PDF as part of this (identical) deal unlike our colonial cousins...

Serotonin

Yeah I was a bit put out by the PDF thing because being someone with pretty much no patience or ability to delay gratification, I thought I was going to be getting the PDF t stick on my iPad. Well annoyed when I realised I wasn't getting it. My fault for not reading the page correctly but still miffed.

Nosher

Mine's just tipped up and I too was suprised to find its not hardback...

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Gran76

My Lasalle hardback book started falling apart in places after a dozen read throughs, i was just wondering if Sam rectified this with Maurice?

Chad

Nik

At first glance I would say they are noticeably better than the 'Lite' version. Whether or not you will consider them worth £30 I can't say.

For the £30 we get 106 pages plus a a separate box with the complete set of cards (108). The basic rules are expanded and there are advanced rules.

Scenarios and what appears to be a mini campaign system are included.

Chad

kustenjaeger

Greetings

Sniff.  Mine haven't made it yet.  Maybe Tuesday then (just as I go on a business trip  :( ).

I had noticed the absence of the pdf offer when I ordered but decided to bite the bullet. 

I always like reading Sam's stuff and as I have some painted SYW 10mm with identical frontages per stand (25mm) it seemed silly not to use them.  Of course I'll have to add to the 10mm.  Probably a job for the Jubilee week - must remember to send off an order to Leon & Dave for some more French and Allies.

Regards

Edward

kustenjaeger

Greetings

Quote from: kustenjaeger on 05 May 2012, 05:48:02 PM
Greetings

Sniff.  Mine haven't made it yet.  Maybe Tuesday then (just as I go on a business trip  :( ).

I had noticed the absence of the pdf offer when I ordered but decided to bite the bullet. 

I always like reading Sam's stuff and as I have some painted SYW 10mm with identical frontages per stand (25mm) it seemed silly not to use them.  Of course I'll have to add to the 10mm.  Probably a job for the Jubilee week - must remember to send off an order to Leon & Dave for some more French and Allies.

Regards

Edward

And they've arrived.  Look good from the brief look I've been able to give them.

Regards

Edward

nikharwood

Mine have landed today too - first impressions are great; the cards are certainly top-notch and well worth getting I think.

The rulebook itself is beautifully produced and well laid-out; great diagrammatic examples of play and nice artwork and obligatory eye-candy. The paper is decent quality - I would have preferred this in hardback - but it's tough enough to withstand 'normal' handling.

Right - time to give them a 'proper' read  :)

Steve J

I had a fun try out game on Monday with Keith Flint and first impressions are very good. A further game is scheduled soon with Chris (Serotonin) and Keith, and now that Chris has the book and cards, we can form a much better impression of the overall game and offering.

Dave Fielder

My first game will be Wed 23 May and I am looking forward to this. Having a real internal debate about the whole basing issue as a friend in the club has two Pendraken SYW armiy packs (Austrian and Prussian) for sale in bare metal, and I already have NikH's former Jacobites, undercoated, based (50 x 25) and ready to colour in ... they may jump onto 30mm sq bases, but don't tell Nik.

I am toying with the idea of Cumberland's British and Charlie's Scottish in an Alliance versus Austrians and Prussians ....  :-\
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