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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 4838274" data-attributes="member: 29398">A few things:1. Night's Dark Terror, a Basic 1e-era module, came with a sheet of cardboard punch-outs to represent the various opponents you'd (in theory) face; there was a corollary assumption (or suggestion, I can't remember which) that you'd be using minis or markers for the PCs.  It did not, however, include poster maps.2.  Minis in the game are just fine - we've used them since time immemorial - and I'd say that all in all they make the game easier and smoother to play.  If there's ever a dispute as to a character's location, for example, (e.g. was I in that fireball or not) the position of the mini is a handy final arbiter.  BUT, they can become a bloody pain if the whole game gets married to them; if they force the world to pixellate itself into 5' squares and - as an example - dictate that only 4 humans can fit in a 10'x10' room. (try it sometime - you can get a lot more than 4 of 'em in there!)3. Keep in mind that the AD+D inch sometimes didn't always mean 10'.  For spell ranges and effects, outdoors it meant ten yards, or 30'.  That said, I'm pretty sure the inch terminology came straight from wargames and did mean the equivalent of what a tabletop inch would represent in said wargames...at least as regards movement.4. The only time I've ever used commercially-done pre-gen poster maps was quite recently, when I ret-conned Keep on the Shadowfell to 1e and ran it.  The biggest headache I found was that sometimes the map showed all kinds of things the characters wouldn't be able to see as they entered the area...and that was a serious PITA.5. Might as well toss this out here: for some 20 years now I've been on the lookout for a set of Elfquest metal minis.  They came in a box of about 6 or 8 or 10 (I forget) and are marvellous for representing smaller PCs.  If anyone knows where I can get 'em at a half-rational price, let me know! <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Lan-"metal minis rule"-efan</blockquote>

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