Barry(or anyone else)
I'm new to BLB2 having just received my copy and I immediately noticed something odd(to me, at least) regarding ground scale. Working through the math of the typical 700 man, 3-4 rank, battalion frontages and your base sizes I come to the conclusion that 1" roughly equals 30 yards when using 28mm figs, which is all well and good. However, upon looking at musketry ranges I see that,
Close is 4" (120 yards)
Effective is 8" (240 yards)
Extreme is 12" (360 yards)
This seems off kilter, or my math is. From all I've read about 18th century musketry and from every other rule set out there, the ranges above should be at least half of these. It also seems movement rates are extreme. Can you give me some insight on your reasoning behind this?
I am otherwise thoroughly enjoying reading BLB2.
Brian