[Ogre] Quick Question

Aahz. ErickKilmer at comcast.net
Tue Dec 13 11:05:47 CST 2005


Norman Schwartz wrote:

> Hi Erick,   
>     I don't know if any one ever answered your question about the 
> scale of Ogre miniatures. The are 1/285th scale. That is 1 inch equals 
> 285 inches. That is for size.  Further, it is recommended in the Ogre 
> Miniatures rules that you make the ground scale 1/30,000. This makes 
> one inch equal to about 750 meters (about 820 yards or 2,460 feet, a 
> half of a mile). So two inches equals one mile.
>      If you are asking about time scale, again the Ogre Minis rules 
> states that one turn equals about four minutes of real time. I hope 
> this helps. If you have any other questions please feel free to e-mail me.
>  
>  
>  
>                         Sincerely,
>                         Norman Schwartz

    I got an answer but nothing this complete, thanks a lot Norman! 
While sitting around painting T-34's for Flames of War I got to 
wondering how big my Ogres would be relative to the 15mm tanks. Now I 
know and Ogres are all the more intimidating for it.

Aahz.


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