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<blockquote data-quote="trancejeremy" data-source="post: 5901074" data-attributes="member: 924">Firstly, I have to agree with those that don't want grids. Despite the origins of the game (though most early war games used rulers, not grids) using miniatures wasn't common in the early days, except for marching order.Secondly, I think size shouldn't matter.Due to how the laws of physics work, very small and very large creatures existing, much less fighting, is impossible.If you handwave away the laws that would allow for their existance, you still need to then handwave away the laws of Newtonian physics, because mass is so important in how much energy is delivered in a blow, and how much energy is taken by a blow.I mean, it's one thing for 100 lb (and yes, I know that's weight, not mass) people to fight 300 lb people. That's borderline possible, if the 100 lb person is incredibly physically developed like Bruce Lee.But once you go beyond that, 50 lb creatures like Halfings and 400+ lb creatures like Ogres and Trolls and Giants (not to mention quadruped monsters), well, it would like that cartoon Godzilla vs Bambi.So if you handwave away that stuff (and things like gender differences, whereas in reality, there are big difference, thus separate sports), why go through great lengths and complications that provide nothing more than a veneer of &quot;realism&quot;?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="trancejeremy, post: 5901074, member: 924"] Firstly, I have to agree with those that don't want grids. Despite the origins of the game (though most early war games used rulers, not grids) using miniatures wasn't common in the early days, except for marching order. Secondly, I think size shouldn't matter. Due to how the laws of physics work, very small and very large creatures existing, much less fighting, is impossible. If you handwave away the laws that would allow for their existance, you still need to then handwave away the laws of Newtonian physics, because mass is so important in how much energy is delivered in a blow, and how much energy is taken by a blow. I mean, it's one thing for 100 lb (and yes, I know that's weight, not mass) people to fight 300 lb people. That's borderline possible, if the 100 lb person is incredibly physically developed like Bruce Lee. But once you go beyond that, 50 lb creatures like Halfings and 400+ lb creatures like Ogres and Trolls and Giants (not to mention quadruped monsters), well, it would like that cartoon Godzilla vs Bambi. So if you handwave away that stuff (and things like gender differences, whereas in reality, there are big difference, thus separate sports), why go through great lengths and complications that provide nothing more than a veneer of "realism"? [/QUOTE]

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