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Re: AOG B5 Miniatures- Are they to scale

From: tmcarth@f... (Tom McCarthy)
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 21:06:29 -0300
Subject: Re: AOG B5 Miniatures- Are they to scale

I think it's safe to say that AOG didn't really think out their initial 
miniature line.

The fighters are in scale to other fighters.
The Hyperion might be in scale to similar sized ships (Vorchan ?).
The Omega is likely in scale to similar sized ships (G'Quon, Sharlin ?).

Bigger ships are bigger (but not representatively bigger) than smaller
ships.

For those who played B5Wars, you already new there was the potential for

problems if you used anything other than counters to play.  Not only are

hexes too small for all but the smallest ships, but the rules can lead
to 
stacking and can reward it.  Now the G'Quon and Omega don't even fit
into a 
hex, or even two hexes on some grids.

Bottom line:  These are a notch better than Micro Machines as
collectibles, 
but are becoming even less suitable as playing pieces.	They could never
be 
considered playing pieces for AOG's game.
Tom + Dana McCarthy

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