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fed up with mini randomness...back to counters? (teeny-tiny rant)
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<blockquote data-quote="Droogie" data-source="post: 1775652" data-attributes="member: 1298"><p>Thats ok. I still want to keep him. He's pretty neat. And he's mine mine mine. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Indeed. I have "Zombies". I bought it at GenCon last year. The board game is kinda <em>meh</em> but the zombie figures rock. And we have used them in our RPG. You can even buy glow in the dark ones, I think. How's THAT for Gamma World? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I've got three of 'em now. I think its my least favorite huge. For some reason, the morningstar looks ...uh...obscene.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I used to make my own counters with CC2 Character Artist. One of my projects was to make a small collection of half-inch scale counters (1" = 10 ft.) Pros: They doubled the playing surface, and they were so dang adorable. </p><p>Cons: My eyesight is getting worse, and the tiny pictures and numbers were getting a bit hard to see. Also, because of the size, they were a bit tough to move around the board, esp. if there were a large group of them battling it out in close quarters. When my players would try to move in such a melee, they would invariably fat-finger the attempt and scatter the little counters everywhere.</p><p></p><p>To solve that problem, I bought some of that sticky poster-tack stuff at an office supply store and stuck some at the end of a pen. Then when a creature was killed, I'd tap him with the pen and gingerly lift him off the board without disturbing the other counters. </p><p></p><p>I liked them, and my players seemed to as well, until the D&D minis came out.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yep. Done that. I have a nice goblin collection now. </p><p></p><p> I know I'm not being forced to buy. And I'm not going to. I will not pay $20 for a plastic troll. We've just been doing the substitution game: "Ok, this troll is a troll. This ogre is a troll, and these two ogre ravagers are trolls as well. The Owlbear here is the troll king on his throne."</p><p></p><p>It would be nice if I could have some "real" trolls for cheaper. Hasn't ruined my game by any means; we still have lots of laughs playing D&D. But from an aesthetic standpoint, I'd like more trolls.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I do have some reaper minis- best sculpts I've ever seen, despite some scale issues. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Used to piant, but I don't really want to deal with it anymore. </p><p></p><p>Shrug. Like you said, it is what it is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Droogie, post: 1775652, member: 1298"] Thats ok. I still want to keep him. He's pretty neat. And he's mine mine mine. :D Indeed. I have "Zombies". I bought it at GenCon last year. The board game is kinda [I]meh[/I] but the zombie figures rock. And we have used them in our RPG. You can even buy glow in the dark ones, I think. How's THAT for Gamma World? ;) I've got three of 'em now. I think its my least favorite huge. For some reason, the morningstar looks ...uh...obscene. I used to make my own counters with CC2 Character Artist. One of my projects was to make a small collection of half-inch scale counters (1" = 10 ft.) Pros: They doubled the playing surface, and they were so dang adorable. Cons: My eyesight is getting worse, and the tiny pictures and numbers were getting a bit hard to see. Also, because of the size, they were a bit tough to move around the board, esp. if there were a large group of them battling it out in close quarters. When my players would try to move in such a melee, they would invariably fat-finger the attempt and scatter the little counters everywhere. To solve that problem, I bought some of that sticky poster-tack stuff at an office supply store and stuck some at the end of a pen. Then when a creature was killed, I'd tap him with the pen and gingerly lift him off the board without disturbing the other counters. I liked them, and my players seemed to as well, until the D&D minis came out. Yep. Done that. I have a nice goblin collection now. I know I'm not being forced to buy. And I'm not going to. I will not pay $20 for a plastic troll. We've just been doing the substitution game: "Ok, this troll is a troll. This ogre is a troll, and these two ogre ravagers are trolls as well. The Owlbear here is the troll king on his throne." It would be nice if I could have some "real" trolls for cheaper. Hasn't ruined my game by any means; we still have lots of laughs playing D&D. But from an aesthetic standpoint, I'd like more trolls. I do have some reaper minis- best sculpts I've ever seen, despite some scale issues. Used to piant, but I don't really want to deal with it anymore. Shrug. Like you said, it is what it is. [/QUOTE]
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