To rebase or not to rebase, that, is the question.

[Kaleb Daark]

Hi there

 

I recently has a game for the first time with my chaos dwarf army, and I thought about taking the plunge and rebasing the army.

What do you seasoned dogs of war think?  keep 20mm squares or rebase and go round?

I see that the new dwarfs duardin are on bigger rounds anyway.  Does this give an edge, is better or just aesthetically more pleasing?

I cottoned on that my 20mm squares were handy enough to allow my second rank to get an attack in with their reach once in melee so that was a bonus I thought.

[Stylus]

I've rebased for aesthetic reasons - I do think rounds look better in a skirmish game. But for completed armies that were already on squares for 8th Ed, I've left alone, so I can still use them them for both.

As for choosing one base or another for advantage, it doesn't seem worth the bother. It strikes me as contrary to the spirit of the game (and indeed the letter of the game, which says you don't take account of the base when measuring).

[Bjarni St.]

Are you playing for the beer and pretzels? If so, probably don't bother if your old bases are nice. If they're not, probably just rebase.

If you and your opponents are more serious about the gaming side, definitely rebase. There's a significant advantage to having smaller bases although it's not as big with the 20mm->25mm transition as it is if you were going to 32mm, which keeps you from attacking (simply) in two ranks.

There's no doubt your army will look better on rounds though.

[hobgoblinclub]

I'd definitely rebase. It's the way the game should be played. Minis look way nicer on round bases. As soon as you play a few games, you'll see it makes a massive difference in combats. 

As a rule 20mm squares seemed to move up to 25mm rounds initially. I'm pretty sure there's been a few to contradict this though. Plaguebearers? And fyreslayers were obviously on 32mm. I'd imagine the Steamhead will also be on 32mm. Is probably worth waiting to see though as I imagine we'll know in a month. 

[Immersturm]

Well, do you still play WHFB? Yes? Keep it. No? Whichever looks better, so probably round ones.

[Ollie Grimwood]

Rebase, everything looks better on rounds/ovals. 

[KALITAS]

2 hours ago, Ollie Grimwood said:

Rebase, everything looks better on rounds/ovals. 

This. Not even close.

[DarkBlack]

It depends on if the look is worth the effort to you and what other games you intend to play with those mini's. I have my StD on squares for Kings of War, but my daemons are all on rounds (I play 40k with them too).

[Kaleb Daark]

thanks Guys

I've not played enough to get my head around the science of hitting and reach and bases lawyering yet but yes rounds look cool.