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| Quote (Jaldon @ 27 2005 July,09:28) | The larger the game, the more friends you have playing the game, the more bodies to push minis arond with, the more sharp the jokes, the more fun had.
Actually if the number of minis reaches the point that the players cannot carry out the turn in the time frame alotted for a single turn, then the battle your playing is too big and you need more friends involved. |
Assuming one even HAS that many firends. Not to mention friends who practice wargaming. 
I don't have but I still want to play large battles.
Using 15mm figs me and my friend Burke tried to play the Battle of Gettysburg on a 5'x15' table using a Brigade scale set of rules. Now the rules themselves worked well, and we had, had loads of fun fighting smaller battles, but this monster took too long to play out a turn, and we were spending less time enjoying the game.
Mid way through the second days battle we backed everything up to the first day, declared a "Weekend Wargame", called our gaming friends, and then with six players (three on a side) we fought the whole thing over two days and had a great time.
Sorry to disagree, but I still stand on my original point, and if you are playing too large of a battle then you players to move it along then you are not having as much fun as you would if you weren't.
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I guess we have to agree to disagree, then, as I am standing on my point. And I have a limited selection of friends. If the time goes to moving minis and such, well, that's what the game is all about and I don't mind. If, OTOH, it goes to rules debates and browsing an endless encyclopedia of obscure rules to find modifier 2.3.1.2.34.56.98769 or somesuch it is a different thing altogether.
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We are just disagreeing on acceptable turn length, pushing minis around included. 
