The Miniatures and Editions Connection

[Fenes]

3.0 variant, playing for years, never used miniatures.

 

[El Mahdi]

I came into D&D later than most people (I was 28), but the group that got me started always used minis (AD&D 2E). As a result, I've always used minis in every game I've played in or run. For me, minis are an integral part of the game. I can't imagine not using them (and don't want to imagine not using them).

 

[Serendipity]

There wasn't an option for OD&D, AD&D, and 3.x without miniatures, but I'm running 3.x now, thus my answer.
(Not to say I never have, but the last time I used minis was, oh, around 1988 or so.)

 

[Dragonbait]

Came in at 2ed and used mini's about 25% of the time. Found them to be very enjoyable (TOYS!) but not always practicle. Did not play wargames before this. Played 3E and on with mini's 100%. Love them, don't want to stop using them. Can't see how the RAW is used without a lot of confusion without them.

 

[Wombat]

We played our own variant of 3.0 (very, very deep variant) and, while we recognize that D&D pushes minis (being based on a set of miniatures rules), we only used minis for a little under half our combats. One of the reasons we moved away from D&D was to downplay the need for minis.

 

[blargney the second]

3.5 and 4e both with my little plastic homeboys.

 

[Mister Doug]

I have used minis in almost all games of 1st edition, the two sessions of 2e I played, all the games games of 3.0 and 3.5, and the one test run of 4e I played. Minis have been part of my D&D playing since 1981, though in the height of my 3.x play, my minis were at their largest, most complex use with lots of terrain and overly complex setups. I used minis for my games of hero system/champions. But I never used minis for Storyteller games or Feng Shui games.

 

[ProfessorCirno]

3.5, no minis

 

[Jack99]

4e with minis. Before that it was 3.5 with minis, 3.0 with minis, 2e with minis... see the trend? We have always used minis, no matter the edition.

 

[Henrix]

Yeah, I'm another of those "have used miniatures since before time".

I've played with minis from the beginnings of 1st ed AD&D, and had already bought some minis, early Citadel, before I even knew what D&D was.