[Anthony D Burgess]

The bases are to blend in with the field , and to make it look more professional . Having blue , red , black in my opion makes it more a toy than a game . Maintaining a uniform standard is key .

Chess men are uniformed , war games men are uniformed , so it is hear in the MPFL . The base are to look like the field so that the beauty of the figure can stand out .

Originally Posted by WEIRDWOLF

I don't know this as fact (still waiting on that CD ) but had heard that only green bases were allowed under your rules. If so, why is that the case? If not then I apologize for mentioning it.

All hobbies have some degree of limits. With the model railroad hobby they had so many different scales of trains that they had to define them into O scale, S scale, N scale, HO scale. It would look silly to have a N scale car on HO scale wheels. They did this to give their hobby validity and realism. The hobby we have has the same problem. Many different scales of size, weight, fields. Maybe the day is near that we have to formulate our hobby into scales. Unless you own a field that is 60 some inches long you are not playing to scale based on the average size of men in production and for many that is just fine.

I think that if we ever want to put this issue to rest with some degree of agreement that we need a committee to formulate the groundrules of scale. Then, you may join a league that plays 6.2 scale or 5.5 scale and we can all co-exist happily.