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Message: <blockquote data-quote="smathis" data-source="post: 4127520" data-attributes="member: 56465">Also, because in many regions there's no alternative to not playing D&D. In some places I've lived, there really were two choices: play D&D or not play at all.I don't mean to invalidate Dave's point. But I don't find statements like "play something else" all that helpful.I seriously doubt that it was a design goal of WotC to alienate all those people who either can't afford or simply don't want to use minis. Sure, I believe they wanted to make mini use a more attractive option in 4e.But to tell all those people to pack up and go home?I don't think so. Especially when we have a lead developer (Mearls) giving us concrete examples on these boards and advice based on his own playtesting of 4e without minis. If the goal of some posters is to splinter the D&D community and dissuade others from playing, by all means, keep advising people to pack up and go play WoW.But, in any other case, I can't see how it's helpful to tell people to not play D&D simply because they don't want to use minis. It's not like there's a strong contingent of mini-haters on these boards telling mini-users to go play Battletech. :\</blockquote>