RE: I hate inches! :-(

2003-04-03 Thread Reggie Bautista
Someone wrote: I'm definitely well aware of that one being a major Hero System fan. So by Jackson's conversion that would be 1 inch = 6 feet... Damon replied: Which works out to 1/72 scale (or, 1in=72in). Perfect for 20mm figures (too bad no-one makes superhero figures in this scale...) Lego

RE: I hate inches! :-(

2003-04-03 Thread Damon
Lego people actually work amazingly well on hex maps. Both my wife Anita and a good friend of ours named Mike are avid Lego collectors, and let me tell you, that makes playing Champions with them really interesting. I have yet to see a Champions character that couldn't be represented fairly

RE: I hate inches! :-(

2003-04-03 Thread Reggie Bautista
I wrote: Lego people actually work amazingly well on hex maps. Damon replied: Haha, Reggie you hit on the antithesis of all that I am as a gamer and a hobbyist! :) I am a very AVID and ACTIVE collector and PAINTER of figures...the idea of an unpainted figure (unless its a work in progress) is

RE: I hate inches! :-(

2003-04-03 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: Reggie Bautista [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 04:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: I hate inches! :-( I wrote: Lego people actually work amazingly well on hex maps. Damon replied: Haha, Reggie you hit

RE: I hate inches! :-(

2003-04-03 Thread Damon
I saw some superhero figs once, a long time ago.. I'll keep my eyes open. Check out Old Glory's website; they're the exclusive importer of West Wind minis from GB. They do the Superfigs line, a series of generic superhero figs. And then there's Heroclix... Hey, I've been to your page before!

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2003-04-02 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Damon wrote: Or 1 inch=10 yards (Warhammer Fantasy or Warhammer Ancient Battles, unofficially) Or 1 inch=5 feet (DD) Or 1 inch=30 meters (bet this drives Alberto nutty!)(Battletech) No, when I began RPGing about 20 years ago, we had to create fast conversion tables from the horrible DD books

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2003-04-02 Thread ks
Or 1 square = 10 feet, not worrying about just what the scale of the graph paper is until you have to total up more than, say, 5 squares' worth of hallway, and then a ruler might come in handy In DD 3e 1in=5ft is OFFICIAL, right out of the books. I wonder...if one does reply to one of

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2003-04-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Damon wrote: Hi Julia, Or 1 square = 10 feet, not worrying about just what the scale of the graph paper is until you have to total up more than, say, 5 squares' worth of hallway, and then a ruler might come in handy In DD 3e 1in=5ft is OFFICIAL, right out of the books. 1) I

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2003-04-02 Thread Reggie Bautista
Klaus wrote: I wonder...if one does reply to one of these all natural enlargement ads on the internet, what do you get for your money? Perhaps just a DD rule book and a letter telling you Now you've got 15 feet? ;-) I like it... enlargement by redefinition :-) That reminds me of a Woody Allen

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2003-04-02 Thread Damon
Reggie Bautista No Measuring Tape Available Maru For which we are glad... :P Damon. Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: Ace's BRDM-1

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2003-04-02 Thread Horn, John
From: Reggie Bautista [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] There's another gaming standard: 1 inch = 2 meters, at least when you're talking about hex maps in Champions... I'm definitely well aware of that one being a major Hero System fan. So by Jackson's conversion that would be 1 inch = 6

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2003-04-02 Thread Damon
I'm definitely well aware of that one being a major Hero System fan. So by Jackson's conversion that would be 1 inch = 6 feet... Which works out to 1/72 scale (or, 1in=72in). Perfect for 20mm figures (too bad no-one makes superhero figures in this scale...) Damon.

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2003-04-01 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
Alberto wrote: ... and now even more that it has three values: 1 USA inch = 2.something cm 1 TV inch = 2.0 cm 1 penis enlargement spam inch = 0.5 cm Curse them! Got ripped off again, huh? ;-) Adam C. Lipscomb Had To Take A Swing At That Pitch Maru [EMAIL PROTECTED] Silence.

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2003-04-01 Thread Damon
1 inch=25.4mm Damon. Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: Ace's BRDM-1

RE: I hate inches! :-(

2003-04-01 Thread Horn, John
From: Alberto Monteiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ... and now even more that it has three values: 1 USA inch = 2.something cm 1 TV inch = 2.0 cm 1 penis enlargement spam inch = 0.5 cm You forgot the Steve Jackson (of GURPS fame) easy conversion for any roleplaying game: 1 meter = 1

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2003-04-01 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 4/1/2003 3:12:57 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... and now even more that it has three values: 1 USA inch = 2.something cm 1 TV inch = 2.0 cm 1 penis enlargement spam inch = 0.5 cm You forgot the Steve Jackson (of GURPS fame)

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2003-04-01 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
Thread convergence time . . . At 03:57 PM 3/29/03 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: That's the problem, isn't it? But maybe if we don't expect any two stars to get close enough, An illustration I have heard (not necessarily precise) is that two stars in our Galaxy have

RE: I hate inches! :-(

2003-04-01 Thread Reggie Bautista
Alberto wrote: ... and now even more that it has three values: 1 USA inch = 2.something cm 1 TV inch = 2.0 cm 1 penis enlargement spam inch = 0.5 cm jmh replied: You forgot the Steve Jackson (of GURPS fame) easy conversion for any roleplaying game: 1 meter = 1 yard, exactly. There's another

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2003-04-01 Thread Damon
There's another gaming standard: 1 inch = 2 meters, at least when you're talking about hex maps in Champions... Or 1 inch=10 yards (Warhammer Fantasy or Warhammer Ancient Battles, unofficially) Or 1 inch=5 feet (DD) Or 1 inch=30 meters (bet this drives Alberto nutty!)(Battletech) Damon.

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2003-04-01 Thread Julia Thompson
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Damon wrote: There's another gaming standard: 1 inch = 2 meters, at least when you're talking about hex maps in Champions... Or 1 inch=10 yards (Warhammer Fantasy or Warhammer Ancient Battles, unofficially) Or 1 inch=5 feet (DD) Or 1 inch=30 meters (bet this

Re: I hate inches! :-(

2003-04-01 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: ... and now even more that it has three values: 1 USA inch = 2.something cm 2.54. If you need that number again, ask me again. I don't mind regurgitating it as needed. :) 1 TV inch = 2.0 cm 1 penis enlargement spam inch = 0.5 cm You haven't heard the joke

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2003-04-01 Thread Damon
Hi Julia, Or 1 square = 10 feet, not worrying about just what the scale of the graph paper is until you have to total up more than, say, 5 squares' worth of hallway, and then a ruler might come in handy In DD 3e 1in=5ft is OFFICIAL, right out of the books. Damon.