'AToS', BTW, is a simplification of 'War and Conquest' with a few ideas of my own.
I'm anticipating issues over my opponents easily identifying different types of units. I'm providing all the figures so I, of course, can tell a unit of Ostrogoth nobles, from one of Goth Warriors or from Goth warband.
Differing units have differing stats, recorded in the rule book proper.Apart from the fact that the figures are equipped & armed differently, their unit strength, individual base sizes and even movement trays differ.
But is this enough? I can ID units for my opponents but this is tedious and leaves room for error - "Oh I thought they were horse archers". NB nearly everyone carries some sort of bow!
I could a fix paper labels to units of course, but it doesn't meet my aesthetic standards. How about a colour coding? A smear of paint on the rear edge of the movement tray that matches a simple chart. There's 6-7 different unit types per army, so a red patch would mean cavalry, a blue, heavy infantry, a green cataphracts etc.
Thoughts?
donald
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