fantasy crafting

[Anaraxes]

Originally Posted by The Colonel

I think we all figured out that they'd accidentally reversed the feet and inches signs.

Now you tell me! After I've already ordered my Stonehenge megaliths!

I don't think the use of "inches" in D&D was a typo. Rather, it was a result of its miniatures wargame heritage, where the "inch" on a tabletop battlefield was a common measure for distance, with varying scale factors depending on the mini rules in use.