Karegak wrote:
Well it's very likely that that specific oddity came from historical wargaming seeing how all of the early GW crew were into history. In that case those 10 miniatures represent many more men and it is in fact only the frontage of the unit that is in any relation to the ground scale. Hence terms like 1:33 ratio meaning that one 28 mm miniature in fact represents 33 real soldiers. There are obviously issues with this as well, but that's where it started I believe. Some modern historical rules tend to echew it also.
Gotcha. I hate that even more. I mean, its ok in a Fantasy Flight game or something, where I might have a token figure representing a division of infantry on a hex board, but in a game where I see actual 3D models, and have painfully created terrain and so forth to be represented close to the same scale as the models, I really prefer to see games portrayed as I can see them on the table. Why use a 28mm figure? Go to a smaller scale.
On that, I remember reading about the first wargame ever made, but some Austrian or French soldier who was mocked by a general until like 15min into the game the general did a 180 and was all about it. Anyone know what I am talking about? I wanted to read up more on it and can't find it.
