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Verjigorm

12-24-2015 11:57 PM

Re: Gurps minis

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Originally Posted by ArchonShiva (Post 1964871)

Roughly speaking, yes. Roughly.

GURPS isn't as particular about having a single figure per hex, or having oversized combatants grow exponentially, which somewhat minimizes the effect.

All that said, anyone who lets the maximum number of opponents surround them is doing something wrong. And with the addition of facing, you really only need three attackers to spell doom for someone.

How didja handle facing? I've been musing over this, thinking about using 30mm round bases(liek the ones for Privateer Press's WarMachine and Hordes minis), and marking the facings.

Z09SS

12-25-2015 12:26 AM

Re: Gurps minis

I've been using Lego minifigs for a while.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1701/2...d09661e4_b.jpg

Steve would approve, I think!

ArchonShiva

12-25-2015 08:33 AM

Re: Gurps minis

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Originally Posted by Verjigorm (Post 1964874)

How didja handle facing? I've been musing over this, thinking about using 30mm round bases(liek the ones for Privateer Press's WarMachine and Hordes minis), and marking the facings.

Generously? Six spaces are front, two flank, one back; I'm not quite sure what you imagine the problem to be. One of my players keeps putting his mini down backwards, so nobody is really fighting me on minutiae.

David Johansen

12-25-2015 04:36 PM

Re: Gurps minis

One thing this thread reminded me of is the one inch hexagonal hole punch I saw a Michaels. I need one. Combined with craft foam and textured paper it will become a terrain making tool of unimaginable power. BWAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHa

tshiggins

12-26-2015 01:47 AM

Re: Gurps minis

For vehicles, Matchbox and Hot Wheels can work pretty well, but I think Tonka may be the best for the price.

However, there are a bunch of caveats.

The die-cast models are built to fit inside the blister packaging (or cardboard boxes), and the vehicles are cast according to that requirement.

So, motorcycles tend to be a bit larger than they would be, if scaled properly, and big trucks and heavy equipment are sometimes so much smaller than they should be that you can't really use them.

That said, cars, jeeps, SUVs and pickup trucks are darn near perfect, and Tonka die-cast vehicles are about as good as it gets without spending bunches of bucks on vehicles produced by gaming miniature companies.

acrosome

12-27-2015 11:14 AM

Re: Gurps minis

I assume that the MegaBlocks figures are compatible with Legos?

mook	12-27-2015 11:28 AM

Re: Gurps minis

Those Megabloks figs look pretty sweet! I'd never heard of them, thanks for posting. Way too expensive to amass an army (esp. one across tech levels) in a fell swoop, but sweet nonetheless.

simply Nathan

12-27-2015 02:41 PM

Re: Gurps minis

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Originally Posted by acrosome (Post 1965293)

I assume that the MegaBlocks figures are compatible with Legos?

Have been since '92 if not earlier. MegaBlocks figures vary a lot more in posability, detail, and size whereas Lego Minifigures have had only one or two general design changes since I started collecting.

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