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Good thread here.

Our current plan is to stay with fairly broad methods of measuring distance, but to make it a little more concrete than, for example, Mutant: Year Zero. In the current draft, we use a system of zones or areas, a little similar to how some FATE systems do it. A combat area can be, for example, a room or a stretch of dungeon (large halls or outdoor locations can consist of several areas). Combattants in the same area are Close to each other, the distance to an adjacent area is Short and beyond that is Long range. To enter into melee combat, most weapons require you to move into Arm's Length (some weapons like pikes and whips can let you attack from Close range). Most maps will indicate the combat areas, allowing control of movement without getting too detailed.

Is fine with me. But don’t know if I like Arm‘s Length. Find Engaged and Disengaged better. But Arm‘s Lenght is okay - will buy the game even when this term is used

Good thread here.

Our current plan is to stay with fairly broad methods of measuring distance, but to make it a little more concrete than, for example, Mutant: Year Zero. In the current draft, we use a system of zones or areas, a little similar to how some FATE systems do it. A combat area can be, for example, a room or a stretch of dungeon (large halls or outdoor locations can consist of several areas). Combattants in the same area are Close to each other, the distance to an adjacent area is Short and beyond that is Long range. To enter into melee combat, most weapons require you to move into Arm's Length (some weapons like pikes and whips can let you attack from Close range). Most maps will indicate the combat areas, allowing control of movement without getting too detailed.

It feels old school-y,
(What I learnt to do is just state the appropriate range based on how I visualised the scene, less metric more poetic license, the momentum of play was more important)