I'd be interested, though I could only help with map moves rather than pushing toys around

Actually, looking again at the RtoE rulebook, page 52, it's fairly clear that you should aim for a greater width than depth for an attack column (column of divisions) so I think my basing will be fine.

Thank you to those that looked at and replied to this thread.

A French battalion pre the 1808 reforms had nine companies often of about 80 men each, which at a scale of 1:20 would give four figures. At the scale the favourite rule sets recommend company strength basing in two ranks which for these companies gives a two by two figure base. This gives a rather l...