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Old March 12th, 2012, 10:47 PM
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Default Re: Map Size

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Originally Posted by Panzermeyer View Post
I have to say that I also tend to play the long WW2 campaign at the scale of a rifle company with support, and the 80x80 default seems too big to me. Next time I am going to try 40.

So what would be the real frontage for a company with support? I think players should go at least a little bigger than reality to avoid the issue of unrealistic flank protection given by the map edge.
See my previous post, and recall that a battalion is typically 3 companies, plus maybe an attached "foreign" one and some supports.

So - halve what I said, as it would be typically 2 companies "up" and the third held in reserve (as discussed in the game play notes section of the Game Guide). So 500-750 metres. (10-15 hexes), call it 20 to make the human player have to spread out a bit.

Andy
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