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Okay, a few responses for our Sitrep Modern Military Gaming fans.  😀

@limburger – “IMHO at the 28mm scale there isn’t really any use for vehicles, except as mobile cover. It gets very silly in 40k.”

Okay, this is me resisting the opportunity to take a shot at 40K … (calm down, calm down … *phew that was tough …) but only because I think you’re right, 28mm vehicles can be a little silly really in any genre, depending on how their handled.  Chris in our podcasts and others who are 3d printing 28mm vehicles in this thread I think have the right idea, there is ONE vehicle, or only ONE SIDE has them, and maybe it’s more of an objective or terrain feature, as you suggest.

But the idea of 28mm vehicles fighting each other on any kind of practical gaming table (again, assuming these tables aren’t 12-20 feet across) it gets a little weird.  Tanks in, say … WW2 on one side if you’re creating some kind of breakthrough or overrun table  … yeah … challenging, but possible.

But tank duels on tables that represent a battle space smaller than most commercial parking lots  … eh … yeah, not my jam.

Also, I’m no expert, but from what I’ve seen the vehicles in 40K are much bigger than WW2 or even moderns, so 28mm there would pose an even bigger problem.  But again, from what I’ve seen, realism (or design aesthetic … or plausibility … or science … or military tactics … or, or or …) don’t seem to really be the big thing in that ‘verse.  (*damn it, I was doing so well, too!)

@hobbyhub – I understand where you’re coming from, for too many gamers, “miniatures” is the synonymous with the hobby, there just is nothing else.  Hell, BoW was like that for the longest time, which is why I tried to be hopeful when they switched to “OnTableTop.”  There are people who think “gaming” means video games, or gambling.

We’re just trying to be inclusive, is all.

@buggeroff – We can’t forget @dignity ‘s Soviet-style block buildings, complete with those awful curtains, or the flags of @lloyd that @panzerkaput made.  😀

Great links, @grimwolfuk – gotta say that  T-62 looks pretty badass at 28mm.  And great idea on the Naval Wargame.  Is this an idea you’re thinking of producing on CQB?

And damn it, @suetoniuspaullinus – now you’re just being cheeky.  I specifically said no Viet Minh, didn’t I?  Just kidding, of course. And it certainly looks like you’re getting the numbers right.  Four French and.or pro-government colonials followed by … what is that … 100 Viet Minh?  I especially like, what is that … a sapper detachment in there?  With bangalores, ladders, shovels, etc?