“Don’t tell anyone – but I’m not going to use BA. I just wanted to make sure that I wasn’t going to wreck 300 infantry for future BA use.”
Then it doesn’t matter, does it? Just go with what the other rule set suggests.
As for BA basing, as long as all parties are in agreement, then no worries. However, I know that using bases of different sizes can cause a few small issues here and there, but if everyone sticks to a same basing system (i.e. 20mm for your 28mm sized figures), most of this goes away. This doesn’t only just apply to BA, but many other rule systems as well.
And to just repeat what IO said above, “Rule systems come and go but armies stay.”
As a side note, I have played BA with 15mm (aka 1/100) sized figures (on small bases). While the ranges look more aesthetically pleasing, the figures are of course much smaller. That being said, we had no issues playing BA with 15mm figures, but all the figures are based the same. Note: with 15mm figures, the HE template can be potentially more dangerous if you don’t “Spread out… make span!”
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