Distances of Interest

[RPMiller]

Great find Rob! We are so close...

[HandsomeRob]

One I use all the time when calculating scales:
1 degree of latitude = 69 miles (approx.) = 111 km (approx.)

Also, re: the metric system. Use the metric system all you want; I'll be sad the day the imperial system dies. Like your crazy uncle, it may not work as well but it sure has character. I like to design measurement systems for my conworld that have just as many irregularities and eccentricities.

-Rob

[Redrobes]

Heres one that doesn't pop up much... a rood.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rood

B.T.W I use google now to do a lot of measurement math. I guess most of you know but you can "search" for items like "3 miles in meters" and it generates the answers.

Hah, but it doesn't do roods !!!

[ravells]

You know, Sid James would have loved your last post

[Redrobes]

You know, Sid James would have loved your last post

He would (im having another of those dense moments it seems)

I came across the term from a puzzle so given that were into full on puzzle mode this month - have a go at it if you dare...

http://stuhasic.com/enigma/enigm023.htm

(See 7 across or 1 down !)

Oh and let me tell you this. a) Its a corker, and b) its bleedin difficult - its no namby pamby fill in the blanks sudoku type puzzle.

[ravells]

I'm printing this one out.

[Badger]

Here guys... try this little program... highly useful

[Midgardsormr]

I came across the term from a puzzle so given that were into full on puzzle mode this month - have a go at it if you dare...

http://stuhasic.com/enigma/enigm023.htm

I've solved it! And I even documented how I arrived at my answer, just in case anyone wants a hint.

[GM's Apprentice]

For fantasy battlemaps:

1 "pace" = 5 feet


Since I wanted to depart from the "you enter a thirty-foot-by-thirty-foot" room descriptions, I decided to create a fairly equitable system where I just had to count map squares.

(A pace is the average distance the Sarat covered for his left foot to hit the ground twice while crossing a bridge in my campaign)

This also seems a lot more like it would be a guesstimate for characters. "You enter a room approximately six by five paces". It makes it easier to hide secret rooms in buildings. (If the players want to pull out their measuring-rope, they certainly can....)