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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 4831878" data-attributes="member: 18280">One could, but it would be an incorrect assumption.OD&D assumes that one is familiar with the conventions of tabletop wargaming, which which was a much larger hobby at the time.  That is all.Sure.  I bought minis during my 1e days too.  Mostly because I liked them; I seldom actually used them in play (apart from marching orders).  Too darned heavy to carry a box of lead to a game.  And, of course, the rules were not written to require them, so using minis often slowed down (rather than enhanced) the pace of the game.(Plastic minis are a real boon for the person carrying them to a game, btw.)It is unfortunate that WotC's pre-3e market research is either no longer available, or beyond my Google-fu to locate, or you could see exactly what % of the gaming population bought minis, and exactly how much more they tended to spend on gaming overall.  From my recollection, the majority by a wide margin did not use minis, but those who did spent a great deal more on gaming.  From there, it becomes a really obvious business move to push minis in the game, and it should come as no surprise that 4e pushes minis more than 3.5, and that 3.5 pushes minis more than 3, which in turn pushes minis more than any games prior to it (excepting, of course, actual minis games, like Battlesystem).RC</blockquote>