RE: A question of scale

Date sent:  9-JUL-1996 08:43:05 

>Hello,

>Could someone tell me, is the figure scale in Stargrunt II equal to the
>ground scale? Please say yes. I really don't like mini games where a
figure
>is 20 to 100 scale feet tall and represents a squad of guys. It makes
it
>impossible to make cool terrain that the miniatures can interact with.

Although the figure and ground scale do differ, each figure represents
one
soldier. The difference in terrain is not a problem as you ignore this
during
play as terrain pieces (buildings, trees etc) are also 'figures'. (The
only
time it has effect is if translating real maps where you would use a
hill
rather than a mountain, a wood rather than a forest, a pond rather than
a
lake or a village rather than a town.) In fact all the other games you
have
played have probably also used different scales, only they haven't told
you 
about it. (Even 40K has (had) differing ground and figure scales as
listed
in the intro to RT, along with an explanation as to why fire combat is
not very effective in the game).

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