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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7747998" data-attributes="member: 29398">I hadn't even considered that aspect of it.I kind of internally assumed the phrase &quot;assuming reasonable access to minis or equivalent&quot; as being part of the question.But yes, if you're starting from scratch &quot;proper&quot; minis can get expensive in a hurry.&nbsp; That said, your local dollar store will (probably) have some cheap DM-side alternatives:- packs of little plastic dinosaurs and animals that can be used for monsters- packs of replacement game pawns that can also be used for monsters (and which work great for this, as I can attest!) <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=":)" />- packs of toy soldiers or equivalent that can be used for all sorts of things- replacement poker chips that can be used as tokens to indicate invisibility, flight, or whatever other conditions need to be trackedKitting yourself out with all the above should leave you with some change from ten bucks.Then, all you have to do is ask each player to provide a mini for each character he-she plays.&nbsp; Individual minis can be had for under $5; the only headache can be finding a place that'll sell them individually, so you might have to buy online and wait for it to arrive.So, overall not as great a barrier to entry as one might assume. <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=":)" />Lanefan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7747998, member: 29398"] I hadn't even considered that aspect of it. I kind of internally assumed the phrase "assuming reasonable access to minis or equivalent" as being part of the question. But yes, if you're starting from scratch "proper" minis can get expensive in a hurry. That said, your local dollar store will (probably) have some cheap DM-side alternatives: - packs of little plastic dinosaurs and animals that can be used for monsters - packs of replacement game pawns that can also be used for monsters (and which work great for this, as I can attest!) :) - packs of toy soldiers or equivalent that can be used for all sorts of things - replacement poker chips that can be used as tokens to indicate invisibility, flight, or whatever other conditions need to be tracked Kitting yourself out with all the above should leave you with some change from ten bucks. Then, all you have to do is ask each player to provide a mini for each character he-she plays. Individual minis can be had for under $5; the only headache can be finding a place that'll sell them individually, so you might have to buy online and wait for it to arrive. So, overall not as great a barrier to entry as one might assume. :) Lanefan [/QUOTE]

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