Measurement units (was: Re: [GZG] [FT] Cancon 2006 Random Observations)

10 posts ยท Feb 1 2006 to Feb 3 2006

From: Ground Zero Games <jon@g...>

Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 16:17:36 +0000

Subject: Measurement units (was: Re: [GZG] [FT] Cancon 2006 Random Observations)

> > (As an aside, for fix-it projects I don't mind too much

For the record.....

When I was at school, back in the days of the steam-driven pornograph
machine, we were taught (and used) both imperial and metric. Nowadays I think
that schools over here exclusively teach metric, though imperial is still in
common use in many areas of everyday life; we
have a really odd mix - we still use miles for road distances, but
metric for all shop weights and measures - except for milk and beer,
which still comes in pints (like elephants). Go figure. ;-)

I still like the inch as a measurement unit for tabletop gaming, which is why
I (and a lot of other UK rules writers) still use it. It is large enough to
not be fiddly, relatively simple to eyeball, and suits miniature sizes well.
YMMV of course. Plus, obviously, I had the US market at least partly in mind
when I

From: Doug Evans <devans@n...>

Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 10:48:42 -0600

Subject: Re: Measurement units (was: Re: [GZG] [FT] Cancon 2006 Random Observations)

That said, the books DO go to pains to suggest generic measurements, defining
'MU's', with only a few slips. When I see rules and variants, as opposed to
examples or AAR's, described in inches, I want to shout, no, it's MU's.

The_Beast

Saintly one wrote on 02/01/2006 10:17:36 AM:

> > > (As an aside, for fix-it projects I don't mind too much

From: Adrian Johnson <ajohnson@i...>

Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:27:11 -0500

Subject: Re: Measurement units (was: Re: [GZG] [FT] Cancon 2006 Random Observations)

> When I was at school, back in the days of the steam-driven pornograph

..."pornograph machine"?????

Schools in the UK must have been *really* different back in the day...

(Different from over here in the prudish colonies, at any rate)

> - we still use miles for road distances, but metric for all shop

You measure elephants using pints?

Measuring a large animal by (liquid) volume and not weight suggests.... well,
I'm not sure what it suggests, but that's odd.

You English. Odd. Just plain odd. Pornograph machines in school and pints of
elephant...

;-)

From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>

Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 10:34:23 -0800

Subject: Re: Measurement units (was: Re: [GZG] [FT] Cancon 2006 Random Observations)

JonT said:
> >When I was at school, back in the days of the

Adrian wondered:
> .."pornograph machine"?????

You DID notice who said that, yes? Who played "Edie Kochte" in FMASheep II as
a Japanese schoolgirl with too little skirt, too much cleavage, and waaay too
much interest in tentacles?

From: Doug Evans <devans@n...>

Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 12:44:35 -0600

Subject: Re: Measurement units (was: Re: [GZG] [FT] Cancon 2006 Random Observations)

AND producer of Gentlemen's Collectables, Sexy Toons, et al.

Have you folks been browsing the catalog or not?!?!? ;->=

You know you've REALLY accomplished something when HE calls you a pervert...

The_Beast

Chris wrote on 02/01/2006 12:34:23 PM:

> JonT said:

From: Evyn MacDude <infojunky@c...>

Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 22:49:40 -0800

Subject: Re: Measurement units (was: Re: [GZG] [FT] Cancon 2006 Random Observations)

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> On Feb 1, 2006, at 10:44 AM, Doug Evans wrote:

> AND producer of Gentlemen's Collectables, Sexy Toons, et al.

That might be enough to give me a new life's goal.... Other than a full range
of Character figs in 15mm....

The question is what sort of sheepskin will it require?

Evyn infojunky@ceecom.net

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From: Frits Kuijlman <frits@k...>

Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 11:22:15 +0100

Subject: Re: Measurement units (was: Re: [GZG] [FT] Cancon 2006 Random Observations)

> Adrian wrote:

> >machine,

Yup, those were the schools were you got a nice spanking when you behaved.

From: Adrian Johnson <ajohnson@i...>

Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 05:24:54 -0500

Subject: Re: Measurement units (was: Re: [GZG] [FT] Cancon 2006 Random Observations)

> > Schools in the UK must have been *really* different back in the

TMI!

Time for some mental floss.

From: The Man in Black <mib.zero@g...>

Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 12:41:41 -1000

Subject: Re: Measurement units (was: Re: [GZG] [FT] Cancon 2006 Random Observations)

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> Zero Games <jon@gzg.com> wrote:

> "steam-driven pornograph machine,"

Would a pornograph machine onboard a fleet carrier improve fighter morale?
How about land based models in Stargrunt/Dirtside? Are there optional
rules for a pornograph sheep module?

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From: Roger Books <books@m...>

Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 08:48:51 -0500

Subject: Re: Measurement units (was: Re: [GZG] [FT] Cancon 2006 Random Observations)

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factored in, I doubt there is a carrier without a pornograph machine.

Roger Books

> On 2/2/06, The Man in Black <mib.zero@gmail.com> wrote: