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Question: What does everyone use do guage if a mini has line of sight? I've only seen the retratable ID badge holders, and laser levels. is there anything in between?
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shoestring
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Piece of legal paper folded down into a thin line.
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I use an old fashioned tape measure.
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A cut Rubber band works good a thin one is best you just stretch it out real strait.
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Thread, yarn, fishing line, licorice, anything that's roughly string-like. Though with licorice, you gotta buy the ones that come in long ropes, otherwise you'll eat too much of it for it to be any use as a LOS tool because it'll be too small! lol
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I use a badge holder, but I also made a page that can determine LoS on several maps. http://home.comcast.net/~bkchi/los/
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I use a set square myself, but that's just me lol
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Darth O wrote:I use a set square myself, but that's just me lol Good answer! I use the ole Black&Decker laser line myself...
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Vassal  Seriously, I use the retractable lanyard thingy...
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Game string. (piece of string that stays in the game box)
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...oh, and geometry!
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kezzamachine wrote:...oh, and geometry! Yes!  I'll often count out "three over, one down; three over, one down. Nope, he can't see him."
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I used to use the laser lines. With all my maps in giant protective sleeves, the laser reflection in my opponent's eyes was part of the strategy. lol Now I mostly use the retractable string. It is most effective when you measure out the line of sight, then release one end to send your target flying as the other end recoils. That's where the thread comes in handy. If you want something a bit thicker than thread, try cross-stitch threads. It comes it hundreds of colors and is multiple fibers woven together so you can make it however thick/thin you want. Pretty cheap, too.
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that's pretty cool! 
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I pretty much exclusively use Geometry now.
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LeftiesWillRule wrote:kezzamachine wrote:...oh, and geometry! Yes! I'll often count out "three over, one down; three over, one down. Nope, he can't see him." Exactly. Although I use the ID badge string also, that only gets you so close. Geometry is more precise. But people do comment to me about my "funny line of sight" methodology.
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Not to diminish in any way the work that bkchi has done with his LOS tool, but has anyone used the SWM-modded MapExplorer application? It's not useful in-game, unless you keep a laptop next to you. But it is great for studying various placements on maps. http://www.swmrac.org/files/SWM_MapExplorer.zipAnd it appears this is still being worked on to include new maps: Line of Sight Tool for SWM - Working (WotC)
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