i don't think anyone ever said GW was bigger than Hasbro/WOTC.
The original point that prompted the comparisons was that Games Workshop doesn't attend Gen Con because they have their own convention which is just as big as Gen Con. The response to this statement was that the only Games Workshop could host a convention the size and scope of Gen Con would be if their company was successful enough and popular enough to warrant attendance figures equal to Gen Con's.
Not even Wizards Of The Coast, the biggest and most successful gaming company in the industry, could host a yearly convention like Gen Con on their own. The industry as a whole has to band together and be present to draw the kind of numbers Gen Con does. Games Workshop doesn't have clout equal to the rest of the gaming industry combined.
That was why the comparisons in company power levels were made.
Hope that cleared it up.
You could always play Classic Battletech as a miniatures game [i play it as a boardgame] it features 4 minis per side generally is my understanding.
Battletech can be played with as few as one mech per side, to be truthful. It's not as much fun that way, though. The minimum amount, for purses of tactical variety and to have fun, is generally considered to be 4, however.
A 'lance' in Battletech consists of 4 mechs, usually of similar weight classes to create a sense of balance and realistic military structure. You wouldn't put squads of varying speeds in the same lance unless you were desperate to fill out ranks because weight classes in Battletech don't just determine the amount of firepower and durability a mech has, but also its function and purpose on the battlefield. Kinda like a real military unit. And these lances all combine to make up squads, platoons, regiments, batallions and so forth. I wouldn't be able to give you the breakdown on that stuff, however. I used to know the difference between those denominations when I was in my WW II phase but it's been a while and I'm too lazy to wiki it right now:P
