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<blockquote data-quote="MadMaligor" data-source="post: 4837690" data-attributes="member: 66102">Another way to look at it would be to say...&nbsp;If Gygax and Arneson were designing a game to be played without miniatures, why not say &quot;This game is about imagination and creating a world that exists only in the minds of the DM and the PC's. The use of miniatures is not intended, and though we encourage you to create your own rules and play as you wish, we will not be writing rules that accomodate the use of miniatures.&quot;&nbsp;Simple, straightforward, and it alleviates any question about the intent of the designers.&nbsp;They didn't do that for a reason.&nbsp;The reason. Because the game can, *edit*, might, won't, will, and will not be played with miniatures.&nbsp;I think people get confused and think that &quot;meant&quot; is somehow defined as &quot;have to&quot;, &quot;Must&quot;, or has some definative meaning. It also can carry the connotation that an inference of something is a requirement of some kind.&nbsp;All right RC...my head is about to &quot;assplode!&quot; hehehehe. If it means something to you, I will just stop and say that I agree to disagree with ya and that you have nothing but my understanding and respect. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />&nbsp;*edit* I removed the word &quot;should&quot; because that was a bad example and implies something negative if miniatures are not used.&nbsp; Exuse my hasty writing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MadMaligor, post: 4837690, member: 66102"] Another way to look at it would be to say... If Gygax and Arneson were designing a game to be played without miniatures, why not say "This game is about imagination and creating a world that exists only in the minds of the DM and the PC's. The use of miniatures is not intended, and though we encourage you to create your own rules and play as you wish, we will not be writing rules that accomodate the use of miniatures." Simple, straightforward, and it alleviates any question about the intent of the designers. They didn't do that for a reason. The reason. Because the game can, *edit*, might, won't, will, and will not be played with miniatures. I think people get confused and think that "meant" is somehow defined as "have to", "Must", or has some definative meaning. It also can carry the connotation that an inference of something is a requirement of some kind. All right RC...my head is about to "assplode!" hehehehe. If it means something to you, I will just stop and say that I agree to disagree with ya and that you have nothing but my understanding and respect. :lol: *edit* I removed the word "should" because that was a bad example and implies something negative if miniatures are not used. Exuse my hasty writing. [/QUOTE]

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