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Redtwin
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 6:48 pm    Post subject: Download - Templates in cm rather than in Reply with quote

One of the things my group started doing early on to save table space was to measure everything in centimeters rather than inches. It uses 40% as much space.

The problem is that the templates are all done in inches rather than cm, so I made up a set of templates in cm. They're pdfs.

Here they are: https://hotfile.com/dl/163253268/49e3e24/Templates_in_cm.zip.html
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 8:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you've got existing templates measured in inches that you're fond of, you can use the printing dialogue box to print at 39.3% scale, and they'll come out in centimeters for you. (That is, a 6-inch diameter in your PDF will print as a 6-centimeter diameter on your paper.)
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wanted everything to be exact, so I did up my own. Either way works.

Oh, I included two pdfs. One is the traditional template with flames in them, the other are clear to allow printing on clear medium for people with that ability.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's a great idea! My group is plagued with small tables, and a cm scale could really give us a lot of freedom to design much bigger, more elaborate maps.

It also occurs to me that this could be useful in running a mech-based game, using cm scale for infantry and in scale for the mechs. I'm gonna have to let these brain-juices ripen for a bit...
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 1:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's a good idea, but then my minis would be off-scale, and that would set off my CDO terribly!
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