I didn't see anywhere if this has been suggested before, but I'd love to see FFG move from individual figure bases to unit bases for games like BOW, Battlelore, etc. Anything using hundreds of individual plastic miniatures divided into units.

I've seen similar things before but can't seem to find one anywhere online right now to use as an example. What I mean is, say you have an infantry unit with 3 soldiers and a flag bearer. In BOW you now have to glue each guy into his own little base - fine. But then you have 4 separate soldiers, each with their own base, that you're trying to keep moving around the board as a group. It's a little unwieldy.

Now say you had ONE larger base per unit, that each figure somehow slotted down securely into. If you designed it something like a honeycomb, with a little hive for each figure to sit down in, you wouldn't even have to worry about trying to pop figures into and out of bases like the current ones. Each figure would just sit in his own little walled off depression in the base.

You'd still have the visual appeal of all of the hundreds of figures on the battlefield, and you could still pluck figures out one at a time and sit them aside as casualties are taken, but when setting up the board and moving them around you'd only have to worry about moving one base, not 4 individual pieces, each with their own base.

It would make them so much easier to deal with and move around, don't you think?

I agree but FFG stayed with the C&C /BLtradition of individual figs.We use for BL & other C&C Games either GW WarMaster 10mm or Baccus 6mm strands on 20 mm x 40 mm bases and hit markers,it does make movement easier.It also get around that visual impression that 1 fig has the same attack as 4 figs.

I rather like the BoW figs so I guess I'll be using them , but yes I would prefer something like you suggested,especially how we had the 3 mounted Ring Wraiths in ME Quest .

OD

Yes, I agree.

There must be a simple way to have a Flag stuck to a Hex... so that to move a Unit, all you do is pick up the flag and move it. Together would come the solid Hex base with all single units on it.

Maybe something transparent so the underlying terrain can still be seen.