| Winston Smith | 26 Mar 2015 4:54 a.m. PST |
This is not an issue I spent a lot of time worrying about. |
| TunnelRat | 26 Mar 2015 5:02 a.m. PST |
Unit – does what it says on the tin. Step away from the name change!!! |
Frederick  | 26 Mar 2015 5:40 a.m. PST |
I agree with Winston and the Rat – unit works just fine for me Some people like element but as someone who spent three years of his misspent youth in an organic chemistry lab it just doesn't sound right for use in gaming |
| Who asked this joker | 26 Mar 2015 6:33 a.m. PST |
If you are looking for more "military" then troop would be a good and probably only choice on the list. Not that 'unit' isn't military sounding because it is. It's not like we are describing unit order as 'solid' or 'fast'. |
| John the Greater | 26 Mar 2015 7:31 a.m. PST |
Unit is fine. Though we could differentiate by saying "routing mob" and "pre-routing mob." |
| Pictors Studio | 26 Mar 2015 8:28 a.m. PST |
I also think that unit is a fine term. The great thing about it in wargames rules is that it can scale differently. |
| nazrat | 26 Mar 2015 8:33 a.m. PST |
Most of the games I play use unit, and the unit is made up of elements. Pretty straightforward and clear to me and no replacement term is necessary. Do we need new terms for "dice", "ruler", and "gamer" too? Those a pretty bleak words as well… 8)= |
| John the OFM | 26 Mar 2015 8:39 a.m. PST |
Where are all the guys insisting we use currebt military terminology?
They haven't been heard from yet. |
| TunnelRat | 26 Mar 2015 9:48 a.m. PST |
Troop/Platoon, Squadron/Company, Battallion etc are all very specific about what they equate to whereas a Unit could be any/all/none of these. It is a catch all to cover whatever it needs to within the game or rules. |
| Weasel | 26 Mar 2015 10:07 a.m. PST |
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 miniMo | 26 Mar 2015 10:11 a.m. PST |
I always use unit, even when rules writers think they have devised a more clever term. |
 etotheipi  | 26 Mar 2015 2:48 p.m. PST |
If you pick another term and it becomes ubiquitous, it will also become bleak. Then "unit" will seem nostalgic. Et factus est in seditio vulgaris.
The revolution has become the institution. |
| Toronto48 | 26 Mar 2015 6:39 p.m. PST |
outfit. contingent,force mob,collection,ensemble mass throng |
 ochoin | 27 Mar 2015 2:31 a.m. PST |
outfit. contingent,force mob,collection,ensemble mass throng Thong?…..Oh, it's "throng". I thought you were devising a name for Costa del Sol Beach Rangers. |
