Re: 25mm and the herresy of **mm

Ryan M Gill wrote:

> At 9:21 PM -0500 10/8/01, Jim Callahan wrote:
>
>> $0.02(USD)
>>
>> 25mm was designed originally by the	tackleboxes, tupperware, 
>> rubbermaid consortium with a nod towards the SUV manufacturers (gotta

>> have a place to transport all that metal)
>
>
> Hmm? I have more trouble transporting the dirtside forces than I do 
> the Star Grunt forces. 1/300 allows for sooo much more terrain and 
> features as well as objectives. There is room for the city, factory 
> complex, shuttle port, tank farm, agricultural areas and rivers on a 
> table before you even start putting figures out. And lets not forget 
> hills.

Right...and all that cool terrain that you built painstakingly and 
lovingly will finally have a use besides gather dust and "when are you 
gonna clean up that crap off the kitchen table" comments from the
spouse...

>
> A good 25mm game can be fought with some trees and a few hills and 
> fighting positions in a defensive engagement. The most you'll need is 
> a light company of troops if you really get big. One case works for 
> this. I've got a 12 companies worth of 1/285 and 1/300 scale stuff for

> good battles plus infantry.
>
>
>> 6mm was designed by the folks who think that a single human hair 
>> applys too much paint, (You better d**n well paint those socks AND 
>> each bullet on the bandolier, mister or I an't a gonna play on your 
>> board)
>>
>> 15mm was designed for the person who wants to paint some minis fairly

>> decent and who wants to be able to bring an entire army in one 15 
>> drawer cabinet with room left over for a bunch of dice (with a little

>> ingenuity, , a backpack, and a foam sleeve, you can bicycle to your 
>> battle!)
>
>
> 1 cabinet does not hold an Army. Maybe an under strength battalion. 
> But not an army. You make SUV comments when you can't even stop from 
> using the GamesWork$hop terminology (50 figures does not an army make,

> 20 ships does not a fleet make)

point taken... maybe a 30 drawer cabinet. I usually don't bring what I 
am not going to fight with and 50 figgies DOES make for a nice sized 
battle, with time left over for visiting and beer-drinking which is why 
I play in the first place.  I don't care less if my 45th level dwarf has

a +18 mace of planetary destabilization or not, I wanna get together 
with my firends, have fun, and drink beer.  For me that is the draw.

I don't even know what the heck you are talking about much less do I 
know the first thing about GW terminology.

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digress.  

>
> So there! :-b
>

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