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Reply To: Does the historical period dictate the minimum and/or maximum size of a battle ?

February 18, 2021 at 11:58 am #1612894

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I think its more governed by troop types…

Certain troop types wouldn’t be involved in raiding/skirmishes/recce yet they seem to crop up in historical skirmish games without worry…

Such as an ECW skirmish with pikemen. If they were doing such things, they would cut down the pike or just use their sword if they had one or a halberd if available.

Unut organisation size is less to do with it as soldiers are always capable of acting as the situation befits. If you want to send a party to forage, you dont have to base what you send on your smallest unit organisation size.