Short answer is yes. Everything we do has an affect on the hobby. Some things more than others. Some for the better. Others not so much.

I have always maintained that we have room for more weight and NO room for taller, wider, longer figures and bases. The boards can accommodate, or be built to accommodate, more weight. That isn't a tough deal. Most boards will already do just fine, overall. What we do not, have not, and probably will never have, is room for taller, wider, longer figures and bases. That is, if we are trying to keep some sort of scale.

This has been covered in type and talk for over 10 years now. So whomever already got the memo, feel free to ignore.......

Scale for current mainstream players (figure+base=player) is 1.75 to 1.76 inches tall. This is right at .86 inches = 1 yard. That means, IF we do NOT have anything taller than existing mainstream, we would need a board right at 8.6 feet long! Try toting that to an out of town game. And that is strictly height we are dealing with here. Let alone, length, width, footprint, etc.

Most people play on a 620 or smaller. Though the trend has been increasing to slightly bigger (compared to 620) boards. Still, nothing close to actual scale. Point is, w/relation to scale, space is at a high premium already. Bigger stuff means less room on boards that already have way too little. Just doesn't make good sense and it really just isn't necessary.

There are other very good reasons for not going w/taller, wider, longer figures and bases. But that's for another day... make it a week or even a month.

Heavier, yes. Taller, Wider, Longer, an emphatic NO! We're already trying to play in a friggin phone booth.

-Mike Pratt