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<blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 7748078" data-attributes="member: 13107">This.&nbsp; Also, I find the article title &quot;Did Removing Miniatures Save D&amp;D&quot; to be unhelpful.&nbsp; Why do articles need to start by spiking the topic in a deliberately divisive fashion?Was D&amp;D in danger of dying?&nbsp; Perhaps the WotC involvement was flagging, and the WotC brand of D&amp;D was failing, but &quot;D&amp;D&quot; as a whole seemed to be going fine.&nbsp; Certainly, my gaming group, which was invested in 3.5E and which never moved to 4E, was doing fine.Did removing a focus on miniatures help make D&amp;D 5E a success?&nbsp; I would say definitely yes.&nbsp; (Similarly, I think the almost exclusive focus of 4E on tactical play helped to doom it.)Do the majority of D&amp;D games use miniatures in some fashion?&nbsp; That I can't say.&nbsp; But I am thinking that many use representative tokens for tactical encounters.&nbsp; That includes simple tokens and standees, in addition to actual miniatures.&nbsp; I'm not sure if all of that counts the same as using miniatures.&nbsp; For many encounters, having a visual representation removes a whole lot of ambiguity and time spent detailing actions.Thx!TomB</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tomBitonti, post: 7748078, member: 13107"] This. Also, I find the article title "Did Removing Miniatures Save D&D" to be unhelpful. Why do articles need to start by spiking the topic in a deliberately divisive fashion? Was D&D in danger of dying? Perhaps the WotC involvement was flagging, and the WotC brand of D&D was failing, but "D&D" as a whole seemed to be going fine. Certainly, my gaming group, which was invested in 3.5E and which never moved to 4E, was doing fine. Did removing a focus on miniatures help make D&D 5E a success? I would say definitely yes. (Similarly, I think the almost exclusive focus of 4E on tactical play helped to doom it.) Do the majority of D&D games use miniatures in some fashion? That I can't say. But I am thinking that many use representative tokens for tactical encounters. That includes simple tokens and standees, in addition to actual miniatures. I'm not sure if all of that counts the same as using miniatures. For many encounters, having a visual representation removes a whole lot of ambiguity and time spent detailing actions. Thx! TomB [/QUOTE]

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