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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 540949" data-attributes="member: 158">Three points:When people say "minis' they often mean using fully painted miniatures, terrain, etc. While fun, it doesn't need to be so. simple 1" grid paper (available at any office supply store) and a pack of the Counter Collection from Fiery Dragon Productions, and a group is ready to go. Total expenditure is $20 or less.Even without using representation of ANY sort, simple combats are easy to do. Assuming no more than 6 to 8 combatants, things can be sufficiently glossed over to not have to break out the grids and counters.My group has been using miniatures and tokens since 1987. We've never played D&D without them UNTIL 3E, when we started glossing over minor combats. We have recently begun using FDP's Counter Collections I and II (Which I am addicted to, now.) They allow us to turn over counters of the fallen, allow us to keep exact track of which NPC in the battlefield is wounded (a previously difficult proposition), and do not get in the way when maneuvering around the battlefield.</blockquote>