Re: (DS): Systems per Class

On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 08:40:41 +1000 "Robertson, Brendan"
<Brendan.Robertson@dva.gov.au> writes:
<SNIP>
>
>There actually is a market for 1/300 scale gamers, you just don't see 
>them
>as they often game from home using Napoleonics or 
>Crossfire/Micro-armour
>rules.  

6 mm is growing. We had a game last week at one of the four shops BMHGA
plays in weekly.  I attended since it was myusual gaming place (not
closest but we won't go there) and the GM ran Command Decision (IIRC)
with East front Germans called back to meet Brits in post-invasion
Normandy.  I had to leave before it ended.  Nice to see someone who I
had
not associated with that scale running a game (even if it seemed like a
binder of charts was necessary to run a game - shudder) in my favorite
scale.

IMO 1/300th or 6 mm works best visually for mass battles whether
historical (usually pre-MG,) Fantasy or SF (where the mass is more scale
of combat (1" is 100 meters would not appeal to most WW2 small unit
gamers I suspect.) then masses of close grouped soldiers.)  Dirtside 2
brought me back to micro armor although I still don't like WW2 or
'moderns' in micro armor all that much.

Gracias,
Glenn

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