Based on the volume of emails in the first week, the most popular questions are related to 15mm scale conversions. Many Civil War gamers (myself included!) own 15mm miniatures, but this game is quite clearly designed for 6mm to accommodate big battles on modest tabletops.
Can you play ALTAR of FREEDOM in 15mm scale? Yes, you can. A game appendix discusses the measurement conversion and illustrates how I've based my own 15mm Fire & Fury troops on cardboard movement trays. Six infantry stands (24 figures) represent a full brigade of troops, which could range from 800 to nearly 3,000 men. A single gun represents multiple batteries, depending on the scenario.
But to be perfectly honest, I feel strongly the game looks and plays best in 6mm (or 10mm) scale. The condensed ground scale allows you to play the entirety of Gettysburg and Antietam on a 6'x4' table. By converting to 15mm, you will require larger tables, and even then, the ground scale looks quite distorted. The game mechanics play just fine, but it demands a great deal more visual abstraction. Rifle range, for example, will appear extremely short compared to the miniatures themselves.
--GRW
Can you play ALTAR of FREEDOM in 15mm scale? Yes, you can. A game appendix discusses the measurement conversion and illustrates how I've based my own 15mm Fire & Fury troops on cardboard movement trays. Six infantry stands (24 figures) represent a full brigade of troops, which could range from 800 to nearly 3,000 men. A single gun represents multiple batteries, depending on the scenario.
But to be perfectly honest, I feel strongly the game looks and plays best in 6mm (or 10mm) scale. The condensed ground scale allows you to play the entirety of Gettysburg and Antietam on a 6'x4' table. By converting to 15mm, you will require larger tables, and even then, the ground scale looks quite distorted. The game mechanics play just fine, but it demands a great deal more visual abstraction. Rifle range, for example, will appear extremely short compared to the miniatures themselves.
--GRW
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