Metric? Keep or change?

[tbeard1999]

Originally Posted by Steve Jackson

The original TFT releases used metric measurements because, in the late 1970s, we were being told that really, no kidding, the country was going metric.

Didn't happen.

The metric measurements feel vaguely dated to me now (I realize my European readers will be going "huh?" at this).

I am inclined to change meters to yards, and so on. Actually, meters may be the only metric quantity in the set. I notice that I already describe the naughty minnow as "inch-long."

Comments?

Ditch it. The vast majority of your players are unfamiliar with the metric system and as you said, the decision was cutting edge for the time. I think the bottom fell out of the metric system when the NFL found out its stadiums wouldn’t accommodate converting yards to meters, but I digress. There’s no advantage at all for most players in using the metric system.