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<blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 5468435" data-attributes="member: 17106">*With no disrespect to anyone who uses them*, I've never liked miniatures and don't really use them. Occasionally we'll pull out a battlemap adn the players might have some generic miniatures, but we've never really customized them; they're more counters. Even in that case, I don't like them.I've had friends who did wargames with miniatures, and that's fine, but to me D&amp;D is a collaborative storytelling game that takes place in our imaginations, and any kind of physical props are potentially distracting and pulling us out of our headspace. I also never wanted to invest the money to get anything beyond the square battlemap that comes with D&amp;D, let alone all the crazy monster minis that are out there. I also don't have any kind of artistic atlent to be working on painting them myself and such.I did this <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/267149-do-you-use-miniatures.html" target="_blank">thread</a> a while ago asking how many people used miniatures and was quite surprised at the overwhelming response.Again, I'm sure that they can be fun, but I personally find them antithetical to my style of gaming.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ahnehnois, post: 5468435, member: 17106"] *With no disrespect to anyone who uses them*, I've never liked miniatures and don't really use them. Occasionally we'll pull out a battlemap adn the players might have some generic miniatures, but we've never really customized them; they're more counters. Even in that case, I don't like them. I've had friends who did wargames with miniatures, and that's fine, but to me D&D is a collaborative storytelling game that takes place in our imaginations, and any kind of physical props are potentially distracting and pulling us out of our headspace. I also never wanted to invest the money to get anything beyond the square battlemap that comes with D&D, let alone all the crazy monster minis that are out there. I also don't have any kind of artistic atlent to be working on painting them myself and such. I did this [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/267149-do-you-use-miniatures.html"]thread[/URL] a while ago asking how many people used miniatures and was quite surprised at the overwhelming response. Again, I'm sure that they can be fun, but I personally find them antithetical to my style of gaming. [/QUOTE]

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