(from Dragon Magazine #135, written by Jon Slobins)
As with most benchmarks, these do not necessarily fall in the middle of their respective ranges; a soccer field is only slightly larger than a football gridiron, not twice as big, but the gridiron falls in the top range of 14 APs and the soccer field falls in the bottom range of 15 APs.
APs Area 0 0.5 square yard 1 coffee table 2 2 square yards 3 4 square yards 4 ping-pong table 5 16 square yards 6 bowling alley 7 boxing ring 8 125 square yards 9 singles tennis court 10 baseball diamond 11 olympic-size swimming pool 12 ice hockey rink 13 field hockey rink 14 football gridiron, 1 acre 15 soccer field 16 4 acres 23 1 square mile 29 Washington, DC 31 Chicago, 250 square miles 32 Los Angeles 34 Rhode Island 40 United Kingdom, 125 thousand square miles 42 Texas 43 Alaska, one million square miles 45 United States of America 47 Soviet Union (in 1988) 48 Asia 49 Atlantic Ocean 50 Pacific Ocean 51 Surface of the EarthPersonal note: I've never actually used this chart in play so I don't know how well it works.
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