We've all lost a right today!

[Syriilord]

When its Tabletop Wargames, such as Warhammer etc you generally measure how far you want/can your minatures to move, either to the maximum distance, or to a distance within that max distance, depending on whats happening in the game.

Also, many of them have a maximum range for attacks, so after deciding to attack something, you measure the distance to make sure you hit. (Must be done in that order) Although many veteran players I know can just eyeball the distance before deciding, most still measure afterwards as a courtesy to the other player.

Also I think it's required in official tournament games....

[pzychobitch]

I'd have tossed that customer my can of copenhagen and told him to try this.

[Barracuda]

Miniature games like Warhammer have no board. Instead, you can either build your own board, or use everyday items to mark different terrain types (buildings, hills, trees, etc.) and you actually do it "to scale"; every unit has it's own movement range it can move per turn and firing range for its weapons. You actually measure that out on the terrain for the "battlefield" you set up. You can buy buildings and other things to use to set up the battlefield, or make them yourself. So, measurement is crucial for the rules of the game.

[fireheart]

Miniature games like Warhammer have no board.

And that would explain why my boyfriends "board" is a hodgepodge of glue and paint.

And why some friends of ours set up THEIR warhammer on a dining room table (since for my friends, it's just "grab dinner, nom in loungeroom" )

[mhkohne]

In some US states, loose tobacco is taxed differently from pre-packaged tobacco (so cigarettes and cigars are taxed differently than loose tobacco for roll-your-own ciggies and pipes). Some stores took advantage of this by supplying machines so if you bought loose tobacco and papers, the machine would roll them for you, and you'd pay lower taxes.

Apparently, the SC's state closed this loophole, and that's why he was ranting.

Yep, I just had a google around - apparemtly the legislation in WV basically forbids stores from owning the rolling machines. The politicians in question were quite forthright in saying it was all about the taxes and that tobacco lobbiests had brought the whole thing to them. (Hence the PhillipMorris part of his rant.)

I'm gonna guess that SC was in some way involved (smokeshop owner,lawyer, whatever), so to him it seems like the most important thing in the universe.

Sadly, some people have absolutely NO sense of the relative importance of things. I wish these knuckleheads had a way we could limit their stupidity.