So the Star Wars toy line finally introduced little green army men: Star Wars Command is a series of plastic figures in one color (except for painted lightsabers) for army building in a much less expensive way than using the LEGO figures or regular action figures. Of course there's still the WOTC Star Wars miniatures and the FFG ships from the "X-Wing" game, but these are new and easy to pick up. There's only one problem: they're two inches tall, army men/cowboys and Indians figure size instead of the usual 25/28 mm RPG and wargame size.
Here's the characters from "Empire." (image: collider.com)
The solution: rescale everything, as I did in Very Simple Generic Miniatures Rules (2014 rules are in process). It's actually pretty simple, as the Command figures are twice the size of traditional RPG figures, just double everything. A figure takes up a 2-inch square area (in d20 terms, every figure is a large creature). On a regular map board, it typically moves 12 squares and can end anywhere, as long as at least one of the four squares it covers is open.
It's easier (twice as easy!) to cover the ground toward an opponent on a normal wargame battlefield, but if you're using the VSGMR rules, you won't be spending that much time on tactics anyway.
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