The term "miniature" in miniature wargaming is a bit of a misnomer; many figures are actually quite large compared to the scale they represent. A 28mm miniature, for example, represents a human, but is far larger than 1/28th of a real person.
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The card "Willy Brandt" in Twilight Struggle, representing a significant West German Chancellor, is surprisingly weak, often considered one of the game's least desirable cards.
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One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Colossus of Rhodes, was said to have straddled the harbor entrance, with ships sailing between its legs.
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