Large minis

[EggKookoo]

Does anyone play with larger minis, like in the 40mm scale range? I'm trying to work out a reasonable way to generate maps at that scale...

[EggKookoo]

Well, that's not quite the bump I expected...

[Jay R]

For 28 mm minis, one-inch squares represent an area five feet by five feet. So for 40 mm minis, you need squares that are 1/2 inch x 40/28, or 1.429 inches on a side.

A close estimate would be squares 1 1/2 inches on a side. Or if you want to be more precise, you might want squares that are 1 7/16 inches on a side, or 3.6 cm.

Or you could use a standard 1/2 inch grid, and assume that 3 squares represents 10 feet.

Edit: corrected my misplaced decimal point. My thanks to Lord Torath for pointing it out to me.

[EggKookoo]

Yeah, I finally settled on 1.5" = 5 feet. I found some large-format 1/2" grid paper. I'll try it out next weekend, assuming the party goes into those sewers...

[Imbalance]

1.5" is the grid spacing on HeroClix maps, which are fairly abundant. The figures are also plentiful, but if scale accuracy is critical to you then you won't like them.