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Topic	Posts	Last Post
6mm / 5mm / 1:285 / 1:300	10	23 Jan 2025 3:53 a.m. PST
Preferred Scale for ECW? 15mm!	2	08 Jan 2025 12:18 p.m. PST
6mm Gamers DON'T Spend Less Time Painting!	37	06 Jan 2025 4:03 p.m. PST
Smallest scale you would base individually? 15mm	4	26 Dec 2024 5:53 p.m. PST
Do you game in 35mm?	27	26 Dec 2024 5:49 p.m. PST
Irregular Miniatures 6mm ranges going OOP	9	29 Nov 2024 9:06 a.m. PST
You Mix 1:72 & 20mm Together	1	23 Nov 2024 7:34 p.m. PST
28mm is Your Largest WWII Scale	8	19 Nov 2024 8:07 p.m. PST
Irregular vs Oddzial? In Tanks?	13	03 Nov 2024 10:56 p.m. PST
Your Smallest WWII Scale? 6mm!	8	21 Oct 2024 5:41 a.m. PST
Some of you have been talked out of it...	9	30 Aug 2024 10:20 p.m. PST
Sci-Fi & Figure Scale	26	26 Jul 2024 12:44 p.m. PST
WWII & Figure Scale	50	17 Jul 2024 10:05 a.m. PST
15mm is best for ACW	16	17 Jun 2024 8:02 a.m. PST
Scale and Basing--Minimums	25	08 Jun 2024 1:16 a.m. PST
Scales for Skirmish at Cons? 28mm is best	1	07 Jun 2024 7:18 p.m. PST
28mm Max Figures on Bases	1	04 Jun 2024 5:36 a.m. PST
Question of scale ?	16	04 Jun 2024 12:37 a.m. PST
Are You Multi-Scale?	46	06 May 2024 8:29 a.m. PST
Your Playing Area Sometimes Varies...	2	04 May 2024 1:12 a.m. PST
2mm matchstick army first pike and shot unit	5	29 Apr 2024 12:30 p.m. PST
More 2mm matchstick madness	5	16 Apr 2024 1:13 a.m. PST
Preferred scale for ECW?	22	13 Apr 2024 10:52 a.m. PST
TO STL ARTISTS	9	20 Feb 2024 1:23 p.m. PST
Do you mix 1:72 and 20mm together?	47	14 Feb 2024 3:06 p.m. PST
Your Largest WWII Scale?	55	29 Jan 2024 4:53 p.m. PST
Standard formats for using counters for miniatures rules?	14	29 Jan 2024 12:30 p.m. PST
how long is a piece of string?	20	29 Jan 2024 4:40 a.m. PST
Your Smallest WWII Scale?	59	24 Jan 2024 5:39 p.m. PST
Why You Should try a Smaller Scale	20	22 Jan 2024 12:57 p.m. PST
New board for 1/144 scale	19	08 Dec 2023 3:40 p.m. PST
What exactly is 10mm scale?	19	09 Nov 2023 5:40 a.m. PST
What size buildings?	17	19 Sep 2023 5:32 a.m. PST
HELP! I'm looking for the following, please:	4	12 Sep 2023 6:53 a.m. PST
ACW & Figure Scale	63	05 Sep 2023 12:32 p.m. PST
Paper substitute for 1950s-60s flats?	5	04 Sep 2023 1:47 p.m. PST
Scale and Basing--Maximums	10	11 Aug 2023 4:03 a.m. PST
3d printing Bretonians for the old world, what size?	25	03 Aug 2023 5:02 p.m. PST
Do you use the same terrain for different scales?	22	24 Jul 2023 12:54 a.m. PST
Does your playing area vary by scale?	17	04 Jun 2023 7:35 p.m. PST
ACW in 2mm Confederates completed	9	22 Mar 2023 2:29 p.m. PST
ACW in 2mm - Federals Finished	7	22 Mar 2023 2:22 p.m. PST
Would you game in 54mm if you could?	57	09 Mar 2023 3:09 p.m. PST
True 15mm horses	7	23 Feb 2023 6:13 p.m. PST
A visual example of 1:48 next to 28mm infantry	11	09 Feb 2023 4:44 p.m. PST
Actual size of the figures for WSS from Lancer Miniatures?	3	21 Jan 2023 12:29 p.m. PST
Wrapping up 2022	1	01 Jan 2023 10:40 a.m. PST
Diecast Cars, scales and Wargames	11	01 Jan 2023 9:06 a.m. PST
Grain-fed Horses	9	19 Dec 2022 6:34 p.m. PST
1:285 vs 1:300	14	28 Sep 2022 6:33 a.m. PST
Game in 54mm? No...	30	30 Aug 2022 8:55 a.m. PST
6mm running figures	5	21 Jun 2022 3:05 p.m. PST
Army of Northern Virginia - all the infantry in 2mm	2	08 Jun 2022 2:56 p.m. PST
Most Popular 6mm Game Ever? BattleTech!	8	10 May 2022 9:17 a.m. PST
Cars, scales and wargames (long essay)	4	03 May 2022 7:55 a.m. PST
You started with 20mm!	13	31 Jan 2022 1:56 p.m. PST
Scale Creep Has Gone Too Far!	14	19 Dec 2021 6:59 a.m. PST
If the government outlawed all but one scale...	42	17 Oct 2021 3:36 a.m. PST
Why no love for 20mm/ 1/72? #MiniatureSnobbery?	41	13 Oct 2021 2:09 a.m. PST
Approx what scale are 42mm figures?	10	21 Sep 2021 9:47 a.m. PST
20mm Sci-Fi Modern Earth Invasion, Advice on Aliens	9	06 Aug 2021 7:58 a.m. PST
20mm fantasy is what size?	7	04 Jul 2021 6:10 p.m. PST
Modern Cars for 25-28mm gaming	8	04 Jul 2021 5:28 a.m. PST
Ground scales less than 1:1	13	13 Jun 2021 4:44 p.m. PST
The Big One?	14	14 May 2021 2:00 p.m. PST
Size Comparison- Suren 30mm "Willies" and Brigade Games FIW	4	29 Apr 2021 9:02 a.m. PST
3mm Cold War basing tutorial	2	26 Apr 2021 8:44 a.m. PST
Some 3mm goodness	7	13 Apr 2021 11:01 p.m. PST
Have you ever had different scales in the same army?	45	12 Apr 2021 2:11 a.m. PST
Scale help	14	09 Apr 2021 10:20 a.m. PST
A quick comparison on 28mm Napoleonic figure sizes	9	07 Apr 2021 9:28 a.m. PST
First test game of FFoT3. Germany 1982.	5	28 Mar 2021 7:21 a.m. PST
Most Popular 6mm Game Ever	63	20 Mar 2021 8:14 a.m. PST
1/64 scale vehicles and 15mm	18	11 Feb 2021 5:52 p.m. PST
Rather play a boardgame? No!	1	28 Jan 2021 7:31 p.m. PST
scale help: 1/50 and 1/43 to 1/72	7	24 Dec 2020 8:54 a.m. PST
3mm Sci-Fi message board on TMP?	3	23 Dec 2020 11:53 a.m. PST
O Scale Buildings and 28mm	15	18 Dec 2020 1:39 p.m. PST
3mm - Distinguishing between troop types?	28	13 Nov 2020 4:21 a.m. PST
Any other 40mm collectors here and what else is out there?	50	12 Nov 2020 8:57 a.m. PST
What scale are 10mm figures?	14	10 Nov 2020 7:42 a.m. PST
Your 1st Scale?	93	08 Nov 2020 5:40 p.m. PST
How to deal with multiple contour levels in games?	17	22 Oct 2020 1:11 a.m. PST
You're not switching due to age!	11	30 Jul 2020 6:02 a.m. PST
You would start over in multiple scales	3	30 Jul 2020 2:20 a.m. PST
Best scale for mecha gaming? 6mm!	6	30 Jul 2020 2:15 a.m. PST
Preferred Sci-Fi Grav Armor Small Scale? 6mm!	3	24 Jul 2020 11:21 a.m. PST
This isn't easy.	35	11 May 2020 5:02 a.m. PST
6mm Ancients ranges are not limited	1	09 May 2020 1:19 p.m. PST
Blog latest 6mm Dark Ages and Ancient armies	4	06 Apr 2020 10:20 a.m. PST
Best Scale For Cold War Era Troops Fighting Atomic Monsters?	44	30 Jan 2020 7:31 a.m. PST
Does anything match Artizan?	12	15 Dec 2019 10:01 a.m. PST
Best Scale for Waterloo? 6mm!	32	21 Oct 2019 4:54 a.m. PST
15mm Faces - Worth It?	32	01 Oct 2019 10:32 a.m. PST
What scale(s) do you use in WWII skirmish?	70	06 Aug 2019 2:07 p.m. PST
I would rather play a boardgame than...	41	05 Aug 2019 8:41 p.m. PST
Best scale for Modern skirmish with Force on Force?	14	25 Jul 2019 2:00 a.m. PST
Model Railroad S Scale	5	23 Jul 2019 11:15 a.m. PST
Nostalgic musings	4	21 Jul 2019 4:10 p.m. PST
Voluntary Standards Body for Scale? You're split...	3	21 Jun 2019 7:20 a.m. PST