As many of you have seen I have planned a series of roughly double sized games of Lasalle for the main sub battles of Borodino. I have run these large battles up here at Cangames (Vimiero last year) so they still run in 4 hours but I wonder if it is too much for HMGS cons.
I am considering running one of them at Cold Wars next year but I am wondering if people would be scared off by a battle as big at the Bagration fleches.
Do you think I should go for a standard sized battle or go big?
If you can make sure to have at least a couple of experienced players as "captains" on each side, then I suspect it's feasible. But if everybody is a novice, it'll be a nightmare for the Referee.
For me it depends if you are running the game turn limited or not.
If you are still running the game as 8 turns each + bonus turns, I have found that double sized games take only a bit longer than a normal Lasalle game. You still have the same number of turns - just more units to move and shoot.
But if you are intending to use more turns, then I have no useful feedback.
Cam
No usual limits. We do it all of the time here but as Lasalle is big locally I usually have at least 4 guys at the table who have played before.
I suspect Sam is right and the alternate scenario I was considering (Partenoux at the Berezina) might be the better choice.
It depends on what your goal is. If it's to introduce new people to LaSalle (or Napoleonics in general) I think the smaller games would be better. You could even start them a couple of turns into the game so new people aren't saddled with the "boring" approach and get stuck in sooner. You could also run several sessions in the same time period.
If it's to provide an experience for mostly veteran players then by all means go big.
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