small battles

why is it that small battles are better than big battles? well, you can fit in more battles for starter, which is always good right? but also it provides something else. It makes every unit count more. It makes the troop choices matter, and it makes the flavor of your army even more concentrated. People tend to shy away from small battles in the simple minded mentality that bigger is always better! no. No it's not. Most of the time, sure. But here, smalllllllerrrrr is the way to go. Not only this, but it makes the gametypes matter more as well. See, in a larger game, the gametype takes a backseat. And everyone kind of focuses on destroying the crap out of eachother. More of a annihilation no matter what mentality. Sure objectives kind of matter, but in a smaller game, more special rules can be slapped down. For instance, ANY mission from the battlemission's book, and I'm dissapointed with the ammount of flavor in those missions, so I combine at least two of them, sometimes as much as four, to make one battle. and smaller battles make it matter more. they really do.

in the end, how many points we talkin? well, it depends on what you're goin for. Kill team for me, is a blast. Warhammer in half an hour, always enticing. But what matters here is what you want. I would base it on how much time you have, or if you just wanna try a new unit, then whatever it takes to fit it in.

So there we have it, keep small, keep it complex.