"The Measure of a Man: Units" Topic
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79thPA  | 11 Feb 2026 5:52 a.m. PST |
It depends on the game. Inches, hexes, movement sticks, etc. |
 miniMo | 11 Feb 2026 6:24 a.m. PST |
Whatever the game rules call for.
Oherwise, Smoots are the best (3cm for 28mm scale)! |
| robert piepenbrink | 11 Feb 2026 8:19 a.m. PST |
I'm sorry, but my biggest board arrangement is only 1 smoot X 2, and mostly my table is only half a smoot on a side. Fire and movement distances on a table need to be in centismoots if not millismoots. And this far from Massachusetts, do you have any idea how hard it is to find a ruler or tape scaled in millismoots? |
| Micman | 11 Feb 2026 9:18 a.m. PST |
Alright I had to look smoots up. Actually very cool |
 Parzival | 11 Feb 2026 11:52 a.m. PST |
Other: Whatever the rules call for. For my homebrews, I typically prefer a unit to be a grid square (or hex), which can be any suitable measurement for whatever scale the player uses. |
 John the OFM | 11 Feb 2026 12:28 p.m. PST |
Cubits, spans and finger length. |
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