And so the 'average' WAB unit would represent the rough equivalent of a Roman cohort. WAB has a foot bow range that is 5 x the average unit frontage. On the other hand, if the foot bow range given is roughly 4 times the frontage of an 'average' unit, then the unit would occupy the frontage of a single Roman cohort.

For example, given a foot bow range of roughly 220m, the definition given above would be true only for those rulesets that have an 'average' unit with a frontage roughly equivalent to that of a four-cohort wide Roman legion. It still begs the question of what an 'average' unit represents in a particular 'big battle' ruleset. Let's grant for a moment the extremely narrow definition of a 'big battle' ruleset given above. I think we are losing something as we move to smaller scale skirmish games and I ask you all to pull out your dusty units and try a big wargame again as it feels the whole hobby is heading towards a more skirmish based theme. Here is a link to the full report but I have to say it was nice to see big units of toy soldiers clashing on a beautiful battle field again as it has been a while!

Though I had painted 75 models this only equated to 250 points so my friend Tom loaned loads of models and ran the game for us. Of course up until three weeks ago I didn't have a Dark Ages army so I had to get in touch with the boys (Mark and Andy and now Jonesy) at Footsore to get some soldiers. I have been away with lots of family stuff and work stuff but have returned and have taken up the challenge of entering the Peterborough Wargames Club Dark Games Tournament in November.

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