Building Blocks

The great contract chase continues and as a result hobby related stuff is at minimal levels. I have made a decision though in connection with the blocks - I am going to stick with using them as they are and will not be cutting any in half. With most miniatures rules using bases of a common frontage it makes sense to be consistent in this fashion. Having made this decision it means that I will have to tweak some of the labels slightly but I should still be able to knock out armies for both the ACW and the Balkan Wars over the weekend.
At this stage I shall be using Bob Cordery's Portable Wargame rules for my games as they are a wonderful mix of simplicity and challenge and are great for fast play purposes. To be honest I have only really thought about rules in very general terms for this project but will be experimenting (as usual) with different systems in due course. The most pressing requirement I can see at the moment though concerns the use of a roster system for damage recording purposes. The system employed in Volley and Bayonet is a simple but elegant way of tackling the issue of using a base of figures (or indeed a block) that is purely representational.
As mentioned previously, the blocks will have unit identifying labels added along the rear edge and I am also considering the use of national flags in some fashion - as well as something to indicate the size of formation the block is representing.
I also hope to be able to experiment with some ship shapes over the weekend - this would be very much for large scale actions - as I have a number of ideas for this type of approach as well.
Caeli Modum.