tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post7903887547393080994..comments2024-03-26T15:35:56.004-04:00Comments on Delta's D&D Hotspot: When an Inch is Not an Inch in AD&DDeltahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-69960452581221910742015-03-20T11:28:38.394-04:002015-03-20T11:28:38.394-04:00I'll politely disagree. :-) Scaling thing non-...I'll politely disagree. :-) Scaling thing non-proportionally, even if it looks fine at first, makes nonsensical results pop up later on.Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-80028231900699511332015-03-20T09:29:38.300-04:002015-03-20T09:29:38.300-04:00I strongly suggest we break the shackles of some i...I strongly suggest we break the shackles of some irrefutable scale for D&D. <br /><br />I use 10 yard hexes, even 20 yard hexes, 10 yard squares for indoors, 10' squares for dungeons, as well as 5', 3 & 1/3rd foot. And... whatever else is appropriate to facilitating the game. <br /><br />My understanding is, the only metric that matters is the game metric. You can play D&D at 10' = 10' if you can manage it. Only the pattern that is the game matters in the end.howandwhy99https://www.blogger.com/profile/14611287591950671912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-37998082065157809712015-03-06T00:40:10.715-05:002015-03-06T00:40:10.715-05:00Charles, thank you!Charles, thank you!Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-44848616707173886872015-03-05T00:07:41.095-05:002015-03-05T00:07:41.095-05:00I thought this post was really good so I added a l...I thought this post was really good so I added a link to it in my Best Reads of the Week series. You can check it out at this link below if you'd like.<br /><br />http://dyverscampaign.blogspot.com/2015/03/best-reads-of-week-february-22-28-2015.htmlDyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-39685443117779318022015-02-27T00:28:52.782-05:002015-02-27T00:28:52.782-05:00Well, I used to try that myself but even with old-...Well, I used to try that myself but even with old-style small 25mm figures, and no extra basing, it was unsatisfying. Even three 3 figures wide would definitely take up more than 1". Front-to-back was even worse, a single figure would take up most of 1" no matter what. Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-70377848753436338792015-02-26T14:31:21.163-05:002015-02-26T14:31:21.163-05:00I asked Chirin-Bakal a similar question about how ...I asked Chirin-Bakal a similar question about how they used miniatures when, in EPT, character could fight two-abreast, three-abreast, or four-abreast in a 10' corridor depending on what weapons they were using. His response was that they just piled the miniatures on top on one another to get them to fit. <br /><br />This seems a strangely practical solution and one I prefer to the "each character occupies a 5' space" solution seen in 3e onwards. Hedgehobbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17606283586332210195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-80031851414387879772015-02-25T22:43:30.325-05:002015-02-25T22:43:30.325-05:00There is some clearly flat-out broken stuff in the...There is some clearly flat-out broken stuff in there, no doubt. One does get tired of the "rules don't matter" defense crowd on some days. Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-57564802999075787082015-02-25T22:42:10.079-05:002015-02-25T22:42:10.079-05:00Now that's kind of funny.Now that's kind of funny.Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-58099855294718051652015-02-24T15:01:33.855-05:002015-02-24T15:01:33.855-05:00I remember reading and re-reading that passage bac...I remember reading and re-reading that passage back in the day and deciding I did not understand it because I was not a miniatures war gamer.Thiles Targonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02928790313150694394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-10429182932439284832015-02-24T15:00:13.394-05:002015-02-24T15:00:13.394-05:00What a mess. Imagine some people challenging me wh...What a mess. Imagine some people challenging me when I claim EGG was a terrible rules designer. AndreasDavourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17170806742393291962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-81309872316133387482015-02-24T13:07:30.397-05:002015-02-24T13:07:30.397-05:00Ha!Ha!Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-30362342027278515872015-02-23T17:01:19.779-05:002015-02-23T17:01:19.779-05:00So what you're saying is that Gary & Co. i...So what you're saying is that Gary & Co. invented the AOL inch. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=AOL+inches<br /><br />Sorry, had to say it! ;)Michael S/Chgowizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052820400496340137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-13160129303631047662015-02-23T15:06:24.657-05:002015-02-23T15:06:24.657-05:00Thanks for the feedback. :-) I agree, I found this...Thanks for the feedback. :-) I agree, I found this one thing to be absolutely essential if you think you're going to play AD&D by-the-book. Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-20734369479228482942015-02-23T15:03:37.158-05:002015-02-23T15:03:37.158-05:00Well that's interesting, because it's cont...Well that's interesting, because it's contradicted by a more detailed discussion on page B61 under "Playing Surface". <br /><br /><i>The best sheets for this use have 1" squares, and the scale of 1" = 5' should be used when moving the figures.</i>Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-15802789583041007882015-02-23T10:03:08.874-05:002015-02-23T10:03:08.874-05:00Gahhh! I always wondered about this. So many of th...Gahhh! I always wondered about this. So many of the issues I have had with the AD&D DMG over the years would have been alleviated if I had read this post first. There are so many things that never made any sense whatsoever until just now. Thanks much for clearing that up.VeronaKidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15468008554680895487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-30562481160161091242015-02-23T06:58:02.886-05:002015-02-23T06:58:02.886-05:00Scale movement in Moldvay Basic is 10' to 1&qu...Scale movement in Moldvay Basic is 10' to 1", not 5' (page B19).<br /><br />: )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.com