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<blockquote data-quote="R_Chance" data-source="post: 7747922" data-attributes="member: 55149"><p>I think pretty much everyone who started in 1974-76 were miniature gamers, and most used miniatures. The numbers dilute as you go out from there. We continued our war gaming habits; using rulers / yardsticks to measure distance outdoors, using templates for areas of effect, and laying out terrain as needed. D&amp;D was an extension of our miniature gaming. From the beginning I laid out &quot;dungeons&quot; on graph paper (10' to the square) and used cardstock with 1 inch squares penciled on it (equal to 5') for indoor combat. Town, village, lairs and castles ended up being laid out dungeon style on graph paper. My dad was an engineer and we had access to large rolls of graph paper (up to 42&quot; wide and measured in yards). My players were very tactical in their approach (wargamers...), they were aware of cover, chokepoints, lines of sight and so on. We had a blast. It was a series of skirmish level battles played out with miniatures. The game just kept supplying us with new scenarios. My group loved the social / roleplaying aspects too. D@mn, I was lucky <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="R_Chance, post: 7747922, member: 55149"] I think pretty much everyone who started in 1974-76 were miniature gamers, and most used miniatures. The numbers dilute as you go out from there. We continued our war gaming habits; using rulers / yardsticks to measure distance outdoors, using templates for areas of effect, and laying out terrain as needed. D&D was an extension of our miniature gaming. From the beginning I laid out "dungeons" on graph paper (10' to the square) and used cardstock with 1 inch squares penciled on it (equal to 5') for indoor combat. Town, village, lairs and castles ended up being laid out dungeon style on graph paper. My dad was an engineer and we had access to large rolls of graph paper (up to 42" wide and measured in yards). My players were very tactical in their approach (wargamers...), they were aware of cover, chokepoints, lines of sight and so on. We had a blast. It was a series of skirmish level battles played out with miniatures. The game just kept supplying us with new scenarios. My group loved the social / roleplaying aspects too. D@mn, I was lucky :) [/QUOTE]

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