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advocate Supporting Member of TMP05 May 2024 1:19 a.m. PST

Hills are generally hills. Roads might fit a couple of scales, as might (some) trees. Fields with no boundaries maybe, but size matters. Houses for skirmishing need to be at least figure scale, but for battles maybe a bit smaller(!). So, as ever, it's complicated.

79thPA Supporting Member of TMP05 May 2024 5:10 a.m. PST

The poll questions says "different" scales while the response list "all" scales. I use the same terrain for different scales. I do not use the same terrain for all scales.

doubleones05 May 2024 5:15 a.m. PST

Right there with you, 79th…

ZULUPAUL Supporting Member of TMP05 May 2024 6:18 a.m. PST

I use my hills for all scales but rivers/streams I use only for a few scales. I do 15mm & 25/28mm mainly with a few 6mm armies.

Personal logo miniMo Supporting Member of TMP05 May 2024 8:14 a.m. PST

Other = mostly the terrain is for each scale, but there's a lot of things that can cross-over.

BTCTerrainman Supporting Member of TMP05 May 2024 11:28 a.m. PST

There should be an option of some……As many have pointed out, some items are very generic, others not so much.

robert piepenbrink Supporting Member of TMP05 May 2024 6:32 p.m. PST

As noted, rivers, roads and hills scale up or down better than trees, bridges and buildings, and while I might use the same trees in 6mm and 10mm, they are not invited to the same 2mm and 28mm games.

I'd say the most frequent reuse is watercourses--streams/rivers--with appropriate changes in associated roads and bridges.

The Last Conformist06 May 2024 3:36 a.m. PST

What 79thPA said.


I have a separate set of terrain for 28mm, but use largely the same for 6mm, 10mm, and 15mm.

(Some of the terrain for smaller scales could be used for 28mm without looking out of place, but I'm simply not in the habit of doing so.)

Personal logo Sgt Slag Supporting Member of TMP06 May 2024 8:02 a.m. PST

I play 28mm fantasy, and 54mm Army Men games. Roads are NOT interchangeable… Hills and rivers are mostly interchangeable. LOL!

Kind of a strange poll. I get the intent, but the execution could have been better with more specific options to explain what does/does not cross over between scales. Cheers!

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