Forget 5', 3.2808399' is where it's at

[kalmarjan]

I always thought that a 5' grid when using a battlemap and mini's was just silly. I know the justification was a 5' area was necessary for "fighting", but a 1m grid seems more natural for spacing minis...

-Rob A>

Hmmm...

Honestly, as a Canadian I can say that I am a mixture of the two. When I am talking about distances, I am loving the metric. We are bombarded with that. I am old enough to remember very early on being taught the imperial system... so I know what an inch and a foot are. Talk to me in meters.... I may be lost. Can I tell you that a room is 3.25 meters x 3.25 meters, or 10' x 10'? I would say the latter.

OTOH, if we are talking about overland movement, I would be better with meters and kilometers. We just went 500 meters? Sweet. Halk a kilo. That I can get my head around.

Encounter distance? 3 meters away from my opponent? Wow, now I am getting a little bit confused. (Not really, but now I ACTUALLY have to think.)

Also, I weight 220 lbs. Don't ask me how many kilos. I have no idea. I am 6'2". No idea in centemeters either.

So, it is different strokes for the folks.

As for the blog, it is interesting. I am all for the smaller tactical space, as it makes more sense. 5 feet is a LOT of space to think about. Especially when you tell me that someone cannot occupy the same space as me.

Sandeman

[jfrazierjr]

Also, I weight 220 lbs. Don't ask me how many kilos. I have no idea. I am 6'2". No idea in centemeters either.

heh.. how many "stone" is that???

As for the blog, it is interesting. I am all for the smaller tactical space, as it makes more sense. 5 feet is a LOT of space to think about. Especially when you tell me that someone cannot occupy the same space as me.

Sandeman

I have to disagree. If you think about a man wielding a 3.5 foot (or 1.2 meter) longsword, I would not want to be in the same 5 foot square with him swinging the damn thing!

Joe

[RPMiller]

Encounter distance? 3 meters away from my opponent? Wow, now I am getting a little bit confused. (Not really, but now I ACTUALLY have to think.)

Really? Do you know how big a yard is? There shouldn't be any confusion anymore.

I have to disagree. If you think about a man wielding a 3.5 foot (or 1.2 meter) longsword, I would not want to be in the same 5 foot square with him swinging the damn thing!

Joe

You just made a great argument for going for 1 meter hexes!! Sweet!!

The man is in one hex, his sword clearly swings through all of the adjacent hexes in his swing arc. One character per hex. If you are in the swing arc you are potentially going to be hit. No arguing about it being a 5' space and being too far away to be hit.

[jfrazierjr]

You just made a great argument for going for 1 meter hexes!! Sweet!!

The man is in one hex, his sword clearly swings through all of the adjacent hexes in his swing arc. One character per hex. If you are in the swing arc you are potentially going to be hit. No arguing about it being a 5' space and being too far away to be hit.

I did??? DAMN MY VULCAN-LIKE LOGICAL MIND!!!! Arrrrrrggggghhhhh....

[Gamerprinter]

Aside from being an American, I pretty much follow everything Kalmarjan just stated.

Regarding 1" = 5' bother me in trying to create interior structure maps and trying to accomodate space for mini's requiring 5' of standing space. If I create a 10 x 10 room, it almost seems I am forced to put any furnishings on one side or the other, to allow a 5' wide space for pc mini's to walk past.

I've been in restaurants where there's lots of people sitting a tables within a 10 x 10 space, fairly comfortably, far more room than what mini's on bases could possibly fit in that same space.

I end up creating larger than required rooms to fit my room contents and still allow several minis to be able to move around in.

The 5' space requirement really cramps my effort to creating realistic interior maps.

Just my 2 cents.

[RPMiller]

Aside from being an American, I pretty much follow everything Kalmarjan just stated.

Regarding 1" = 5' bother me in trying to create interior structure maps and trying to accomodate space for mini's requiring 5' of standing space. If I create a 10 x 10 room, it almost seems I am forced to put any furnishings on one side or the other, to allow a 5' wide space for pc mini's to walk past.

I've been in restaurants where there's lots of people sitting a tables within a 10 x 10 space, fairly comfortably, far more room than what mini's on bases could possibly fit in that same space.

I end up creating larger than required rooms to fit my room contents and still allow several minis to be able to move around in.

The 5' space requirement really cramps my effort to creating realistic interior maps.

Just my 2 cents.

Another reason VTTs rock! No mini bases to get in the way.