Re: 25mm and the herresy of **mm

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.

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)

So there! :-b

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