Scaling # of units in high-point games

[Zaitsev]

Hey All,

Can't seem to find any discussion either on the boards or AH's site of guidelines for increasing the number of models allowed in games over 100 points. Given that 15 units each are allowed at that level, what increment do you all suggest that the unit limit be raised per, say, 50 or 100 points?

[PatrickWR]

A fellow forumite suggested relaxing the limit altogether. As long as it doesn't turn out to be game-disrupting, there's no real need to cap the # of limits for a standard scenario.

[Pasalades]

We had a few discussions about this issue. In fact, I just made a post about this in another thread. It all depends on the time you're willing to put into a game and of course there is the issue of armor/infantry balance in higher point games. I encourage balanced arms builds in higher point games, but it's up to discretion to enforce such a thing. If you want to make sure the game stays short 150 at 15 and 200 at 20 work ok, for a longer game just increase the unit cap by five (20 and 25 respectively).

[Richter von Manthofen]

Rule of thumb 10+ 5 for every full 100 point army size (Allowed - so still 20 if you field 198 pts in a 200pt game)

[The Haunted Tank]

Rule of thumb 10+ 5 for every full 100 point army size (Allowed - so still 20 if you field 198 pts in a 200pt game)

Sounds about right

[Joisey]

I use a general ratio of 1 unit for every 10 points: 20 units for 200 point games; 30 units for 300 point games; 40 for 400 pts, and so on.

In practice the ceiling is never reached because of your armor buys. But, if you want an infantry heavy build, you can still do it if you really want to.

[WarChild7]

After playing dozens of large games, my friends and I have found these limits to be just about right:
• Starting unit limits:
o 100 point game: standard 15 units; 4 map boards
o 200 point game: 22 units max.; 4 or 6 map boards
o 300 point game: 30 units max.; 6 map boards
o 400 point game: 37 units max.; 6 or 8 map boards
o 500 point game: 45 units max.; 8 map boards

[Zaitsev]

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. I like WarChild7's suggested limits (and board sizes!). They overcome the overconcentration that a 20-unit limit at 200 imposes, while keeping things a bit faster in larger games. Nice.