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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 7603459" data-attributes="member: 6779310"><p>Actually, you do see it... drop the word "mini" from your searches and you're likely to find plenty. And not a few RPGers are using cardboard tokens (traditionally called <em>counters</em>, but <em>tokens</em>, <em>pogs</em>, or <em>chits</em> all have been used for them). </p><p></p><p>The ADB collection of counter-on-grid wargames</p><p>Federation and Empire</p><p>Star Fleet Battles</p><p>Federation Commander</p><p>Star Fleet Marines </p><p></p><p>Columbia Games has a mix of wood block on hex grid and wood block on spaces wargames.</p><p>Victory, Pacific Victory: block on hexgrid</p><p>Hammer of the Scots: Blocks on irregular areas.</p><p>Wizard Kings: fantasy version of Victory. </p><p></p><p>SJG: </p><p>Melee/Wizard: fantasy combat boardgames, just rereleased. Character scale.</p><p>Ogre: counters and chipboard standees on hexgrid.</p><p></p><p>Multiman still publishes ASL (Advanced Squad Leader) ... and it's their flagship. Ain't making them rich, but it's keeping them in business.</p><p></p><p>Battletech still has people playing counters on map. Not so many now as 10 years ago... but the system still supports such play.</p><p></p><p>Ion Age's Firefight is an excellent minis on map character scale wargame.</p><p></p><p>Space Hulk (which gets a reprint every decade, it seems) is also minis-on-map.</p><p></p><p>Starfire: counters on hex plus lots and lots of paper 4X game. </p><p></p><p>quite a variety of character scale boardgames that use area movement as a tactical element and card random encounters... <em>Zombies!</em> comes immediately to mind. So does <em>MidEvil</em>. there's one that's about aliens landing. There are several more. </p><p></p><p>I've not a few acquaintances who prefer those to RPGs. </p><p>I used to be a Starfire and SFB player.</p><p>Fed Commander is displacing SFB, but still has a growing base.</p><p></p><p>Gorilla Games' <em>Battlestations</em> is a character and ship scale (simultaneous) wargame that can be used as an RPG. 1E used cardboard. 2E uses minis. Ships are mapped on square-gridded squares.</p><p></p><p>The fanbases tend to overlap between the RPGs and assorted wargames. Which is part of why WFRP has done as well as it has. And the BI/FFG 40K RPGs.</p><p></p><p>Hell, I'd like to play an 18xx series game again - but I ain't laying out the cash for one when it won't get 1 player hour per $1 spent within a decade.</p><p></p><p>With the exception of Space Hulk, all of the games mentioned are still in print.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 7603459, member: 6779310"] Actually, you do see it... drop the word "mini" from your searches and you're likely to find plenty. And not a few RPGers are using cardboard tokens (traditionally called [I]counters[/I], but [i]tokens[/i], [i]pogs[/i], or [i]chits[/i] all have been used for them). The ADB collection of counter-on-grid wargames Federation and Empire Star Fleet Battles Federation Commander Star Fleet Marines Columbia Games has a mix of wood block on hex grid and wood block on spaces wargames. Victory, Pacific Victory: block on hexgrid Hammer of the Scots: Blocks on irregular areas. Wizard Kings: fantasy version of Victory. SJG: Melee/Wizard: fantasy combat boardgames, just rereleased. Character scale. Ogre: counters and chipboard standees on hexgrid. Multiman still publishes ASL (Advanced Squad Leader) ... and it's their flagship. Ain't making them rich, but it's keeping them in business. Battletech still has people playing counters on map. Not so many now as 10 years ago... but the system still supports such play. Ion Age's Firefight is an excellent minis on map character scale wargame. Space Hulk (which gets a reprint every decade, it seems) is also minis-on-map. Starfire: counters on hex plus lots and lots of paper 4X game. quite a variety of character scale boardgames that use area movement as a tactical element and card random encounters... [I]Zombies![/I] comes immediately to mind. So does [i]MidEvil[/i]. there's one that's about aliens landing. There are several more. I've not a few acquaintances who prefer those to RPGs. I used to be a Starfire and SFB player. Fed Commander is displacing SFB, but still has a growing base. Gorilla Games' [i]Battlestations[/i] is a character and ship scale (simultaneous) wargame that can be used as an RPG. 1E used cardboard. 2E uses minis. Ships are mapped on square-gridded squares. The fanbases tend to overlap between the RPGs and assorted wargames. Which is part of why WFRP has done as well as it has. And the BI/FFG 40K RPGs. Hell, I'd like to play an 18xx series game again - but I ain't laying out the cash for one when it won't get 1 player hour per $1 spent within a decade. With the exception of Space Hulk, all of the games mentioned are still in print. [/QUOTE]
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