Inches or Centimetres?

Tony S · 02 December 2013, 08:39:01 PM

When you use 10mm figures and the rules are in inches do you modify the ground scale to cm or do you still use the inches? I'm thinking about Colonial games.

Thanks

Tony

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Leman · 02 December 2013, 08:41:42 PM

Simple answer is, are you using the original basing but with 10mm figures, or are you reducing the basing as well? I have done both and both work well.

Fenton · 02 December 2013, 08:43:26 PM

I would still use measurement as is.. but I use smaller figures so I can get more on the bases to make them look like armies

Still waiting for someone to write a set of rules with a 'Shaftment' being the standard unit of measure

Leman · 02 December 2013, 08:48:24 PM

Come on Fenton, a lot of rules now use the 'base width' as the unit of measure. I then base on 25mm frontage and measure in inches (OK i did that with the SYW, but I now use a lot of 30mm frontage armies - ho hum).

Nirnman · 02 December 2013, 08:59:56 PM

what is a 'shaftment'?

ronan · 02 December 2013, 09:00:22 PM

Quote from: Tony S on 02 December 2013, 08:39:01 PM
When you use 10mm figures and the rules are in inches do you modify the ground scale to cm or do you still use the inches?

hello
here we use 1 inch for 2cm ( instead of 2.54cm)
1. easy for us to compute ( as we use metrics rulers )
2. gain a small amount of space to game ( the board looks like it is 25% larger)
3. for most of our games, it's near the real scale.

I hope this helped you.

ronan · 02 December 2013, 09:01:57 PM

Quote from: Nirnman on 02 December 2013, 08:59:56 PM
what is a 'shaftment'?

I googled and found :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaftment

Fenton · 02 December 2013, 09:02:31 PM

Quote from: Nirnman on 02 December 2013, 08:59:56 PM
what is a 'shaftment'?

According to a book I have it was used a measure of 6 inches up until the 12th Century.

Leman · 02 December 2013, 09:03:19 PM

I think you've just been shafted!

Fenton · 02 December 2013, 09:03:27 PM

My brain keeps thinking of being shafted etc

Sandinista · 03 December 2013, 07:08:20 AM

we have used inches halved and works well, centimetres are fine but seem to generate a bit more haggling over shooting measurements

fsn · 03 December 2013, 07:11:35 AM

Quote from: Fenton on 02 December 2013, 09:03:27 PM
My brain keeps thinking of being shafted etc

Is it something to do with your age, do you think?

Hertsblue · 03 December 2013, 09:39:32 AM

I try to train myself to use metric (all my rules use metric) as it's so much easier than imperial, but I still find myself having to convert to inches to estimate distances. Too old to change now, I guess.

republic of tolworth · 03 December 2013, 12:38:13 PM

As Sandanista said for all the Black powder variants we tend to go inches halved. Gives us a musket range of 9" which means we have plenty of room to manouver and get in to trouble

Duke Speedy of Leighton · 03 December 2013, 01:53:19 PM

I go inches for cm in black powder...

Inches or Centimetres?

Tony S

02 December 2013, 08:39:01 PM

Leman

02 December 2013, 08:41:42 PM #1

Fenton

02 December 2013, 08:43:26 PM #2

Leman

02 December 2013, 08:48:24 PM #3

Nirnman

02 December 2013, 08:59:56 PM #4

ronan

02 December 2013, 09:00:22 PM #5

ronan

02 December 2013, 09:01:57 PM #6

Fenton

02 December 2013, 09:02:31 PM #7

Leman

02 December 2013, 09:03:19 PM #8

Fenton

02 December 2013, 09:03:27 PM #9

Sandinista

03 December 2013, 07:08:20 AM #10

fsn

03 December 2013, 07:11:35 AM #11

Hertsblue

03 December 2013, 09:39:32 AM #12

republic of tolworth

03 December 2013, 12:38:13 PM #13

Duke Speedy of Leighton

03 December 2013, 01:53:19 PM #14