Re: [Epic] OT List Home

From: Thane Morgan <thane_at_...>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 18:41:26 -0600

Mike Looney - ionet wrote:

> Aaron Day wrote:
>
> > Andy Skinner wrote:
> > >
> > > "epic" seems a good name, too, since it is more generic than
> > "space-marine".
> > > (Though I've seen a couple of messages as if "epic" meant "Epic
> > 40K", that's
> > > not my impression, since we've been saying Space Marine was epic
> > scale a
> > > long time.)
> >
> > I think that the list should be for all 6mm Scifi games (since it
> > pretty
> > much is already) and maybe even all 6mm games.
>
> Ah, no.
>
> Dirtside II aka DSII, Stiker, Stiker II, and some other some what odd SF
> games are all 6 mm scale games, or could be.
>
> And 6 mm is a rather common scale in WW2 and modern games, it's call
> "Micro Armor" or 1:300 scale.
>
> While I do play all of them, it would not be a good idea to have a
> general 6 mm scale list.

I agree. The occassional OT thread for these other games is OK, but having
people argue about DSII the way we argue about epic would get old pretty
quick.

Thane
Received on Tue Sep 22 1998 - 00:41:26 UTC