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<blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5935554" data-attributes="member: 90804">I think the meter/yard square makes so much sense. No more math! &quot;I can move 30 feet; can I reach that guy?&quot; &quot;Well, let's see, 5, 10, 15, 20...&quot;This becomes: &quot;I can move six yards; can I reach that guy?&quot; &quot;1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 - yep, no problem.&quot;I can count by ones much more quickly than I can count by fives. And I'm good at math, honest! It's just more convenient.I'm fine with using a map that was drawn with a one square = 5 feet scale and using it as-is on a one square = 1 yard/meter scale. Yes, the rooms are all smaller in &quot;real world&quot; terms now. So what? Those rooms were probably unrealistically large to begin with!And I don't personally have any issues with meters feeling anachronistic, but if lots of folks feel that way (it's interesting to see several native metric users express that view) then I'd be fine going with yards by default. Meters feels better to me (even though I'm from the US), but I don't mind yards. I just feel that the game will be easier to play if 1 square equals 1 unit of measurement, whether that's a meter, a yard or a frutzlin.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OnlineDM, post: 5935554, member: 90804"] I think the meter/yard square makes so much sense. No more math! "I can move 30 feet; can I reach that guy?" "Well, let's see, 5, 10, 15, 20..." This becomes: "I can move six yards; can I reach that guy?" "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 - yep, no problem." I can count by ones much more quickly than I can count by fives. And I'm good at math, honest! It's just more convenient. I'm fine with using a map that was drawn with a one square = 5 feet scale and using it as-is on a one square = 1 yard/meter scale. Yes, the rooms are all smaller in "real world" terms now. So what? Those rooms were probably unrealistically large to begin with! And I don't personally have any issues with meters feeling anachronistic, but if lots of folks feel that way (it's interesting to see several native metric users express that view) then I'd be fine going with yards by default. Meters feels better to me (even though I'm from the US), but I don't mind yards. I just feel that the game will be easier to play if 1 square equals 1 unit of measurement, whether that's a meter, a yard or a frutzlin. [/QUOTE]

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