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tneva82 wrote:

Player consensus is bigger impact than GW's writing anyway.

This is true, but a lot of people wanted to play with a lower model count and constantly complained about that, that's why GW increased points costs, and we don't know where the majority stands.

I love the smaller size board for Combat Patrol (sub 1,000 point) games!

I can make a board for super cheap now!
Getting everything at Dollar Tree (everything is $1.25):

2x foam core boards (24"x30")
Duct tape (for a hinge on the back of the boards)
Paint (let's say 6 different colours)
Terrain (various kids toys, baskets/containers, say 10 things, for variety)
4x dice (packs of 6)
Tape measure
2x Army men set

That's 36 things, so approximately $45 and a chill day of painting and building for some proxy forces and a board to play lunchtime games.

Spoletta wrote:
120x75 is a common IKEA dimension in Italy too.

problem here is that most people are talking (and care) about the big board size of 44x60 which no common table fits
that the smaller 44x30 fits on a dinning table is true, but this was never a problem as you could also play smaller games on 48x30 or 48x24 to fit your table

no one forced people to play 500-1000 points game on 72x48 and the standard 48x30 table was fine

so cool that we are now allowed to play on 44x30 for smaller games, but the problem that 60x44 is to big as the standard width stops at 100/110cm is the same as with 72x48

tneva82 wrote:
Then again it's not like players have played by the book before.l

People want to play with their models. 2200 for more CP(to get back where they were before) and more points(so they get models they used) while commonly agreeing to same 6'x4' they already have is quite reasonable scenario. It's not like GW comes knocking down. Player consensus is bigger impact than GW's writing anyway.

2000 will be the tourney thing. Players not in the tourney will be free to do things as they want as has been the way for decades.

 Eldarsif wrote:

tneva82 wrote:
Then again it's not like players have played by the book before.l

People want to play with their models. 2200 for more CP(to get back where they were before) and more points(so they get models they used) while commonly agreeing to same 6'x4' they already have is quite reasonable scenario. It's not like GW comes knocking down. Player consensus is bigger impact than GW's writing anyway.

2000 will be the tourney thing. Players not in the tourney will be free to do things as they want as has been the way for decades.

and still choose to do 2000 in most cases because it's "tournament standard" lol

Wayniac wrote:

 Eldarsif wrote:

tneva82 wrote:
Then again it's not like players have played by the book before.l

People want to play with their models. 2200 for more CP(to get back where they were before) and more points(so they get models they used) while commonly agreeing to same 6'x4' they already have is quite reasonable scenario. It's not like GW comes knocking down. Player consensus is bigger impact than GW's writing anyway.

2000 will be the tourney thing. Players not in the tourney will be free to do things as they want as has been the way for decades.

and still choose to do 2000 in most cases because it's "tournament standard" lol

Probably. Depends entirely on the area one plays in and the attitudes there. My area will probably stick to 2000. The tourney guys are doing it because of the tourneys and the narrative guys/casuals just like smaller games. Not everyone who has large armies is sold on playing larger and larger battles. Hell, if I were go to over 2000 points I'd rather just use Apocalypse.