Inches or Centimetres?

[DanJ]

I buy 10mm figures, stick them on 40mm by 20mm bases and move them 6 inches

Why??

Forget imperial, embrace metrication and free your mind! 

I blame the Evil Empire and their Warshammer sets which use inches, probably because the accountants didn't understand metric.

Apart from the irrefutable logic of sticking with a single unit of measurement it also makes working out scale distances easier if you are of that particular bent of mind.  Using a different unit of measurement dicorces movement distances from the rest of the scales and stops people asking embassing questions like, "why can't my rifle shoot from one end of the bridge to the other?".

[Fenton]

All the rulesets from America to my knowledge are in inches including base sizes

[sunjester]

I buy 10mm figures, stick them on 40mm by 20mm bases and move them 6 inches

Why??

Forget imperial, embrace metrication and free your mind!  

I read that as "embrace medication"!

Probably appropriate here.

[fateeore]

It reminds me of when I was at school.

Metrication was just starting to be taught and someone asked the teacher how far 500m was, she replied "about quarter of a mile."

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

All the rulesets from America to my knowledge are in inches including base sizes

Yes but it is a fact well know dear reader that the Yanks are behind everybody else.

Seriously - bases are much easier in metric, and in most rules with larger figures (10mm and up) inches may give a better result.

IanS

[Fenton]

I agree trying to measure 1and  3/16 isn't fun

[Last Hussar]

Arty Conliffe and his bloody 1 1/8 x 7/8 inches

[Fenton]

Arty Conliffe and his bloody 1 1/8 x 7/8 inches

Ah yes I remember that

[fsn]

I saved meself the bother of that there new-fangled metricaulation stuff. I still base on 3 barlycorns, and move by hands or spans - artillery range in cubits of course.

Though I do prefer a good shaftment.

[FierceKitty]

As you grow older, gentlemen, you will learn gratitude that medication for embraces exists! As will your loved ones.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

FSN - how many perches on a rod ?

IanS

[Fenton]

FSN - how many perches on a rod ?

IanS

Wouldnt this depend on the number of hooks?

[Hertsblue]

FSN - how many perches on a rod ?

IanS

Depends how many chains you have.

[Ithoriel]

Depends how many chains you have.

Now I'm thinking:

"Sticks and stones
May break my bones
but rods and chains
excite me!"

Shame on you ... err me 

[Last Hussar]

Inches or centimeters?

What I use and what I claim may be two different systems...