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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steverooo" data-source="post: 1215317" data-attributes="member: 9410">This one is easy, and it goes back to wargaming...  Not everyone uses a grid, nor the same size of miniatures.  If you're using 25mm figurines, while I'm using 50mm scale, then my guys are twice the size of your.  It also makes sense that my buildings, etc., are of equal scale, and my rule might be that one inch equals five feet, while you use 1/2.  Also, if I don't use a grid, but instead set up a diorama or sandtable, then distance may be measured directly with a tape measure..."Okay, you shoot at the Orc, and he's... six inches away...  At one inch equals five feet, that's 30 foot range."  While for you that may be 60 feet.Leaving it in real world measurements is probably best.  It isn't that hard to convert, and makes online play easier, too.  If you gave units in squares, it would probably cause even greater protests from those who don't have miniatures (and/or don't want to use them).</blockquote>