Re: The essence of miniatures

At my local hobby store, I found they carried blank 6-siders.  (He said
that teachers used them for something in class...he didn't know what.)
Just use markers or stickers, ect. and your set!

Donald Hosford

Laserlight wrote:

> >> Anyone ever thought of how
> >> to use that in a strategic space game?
> >> Hmm, sounds like a new project for me. Like I need a new one.
> :-)
>
> No problem.  Use them as fleet markers.  Scale = 1 hex per
> system.  Your opponent would know (through intel activities)
> that there was _something_ in the system, but not necessarily
> exactly what.  Is that fleet a 4/3/2/1, or only a2/1/1/0?  When
> two fleets are together in a system you can transfer units, but
> you can only split off new units at designated bases (admirals
> don't grow on trees).
>
> Either buy dice and paint them, or buy little wooden (or
> acrylic) cubes at a craft store.