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<blockquote data-quote="edemaitre" data-source="post: 3151758" data-attributes="member: 3372">Do gamers need a map and miniatures?I've also been role-playing and G.M.'ing since about 1982 and have used miniatures on and off through the years. I have fond memories of painting the early lead-based figurines back in AD&amp;D1, then using counters sporadically, then relying on my gamers' extensive D&amp;D3.5 prepainted plastic mini collections. For my D20 &quot;Mutants &amp; Masterminds&quot; 2nd Ed. superhero game, we use HeroClix figures.I don't think minis should be required by pen-and-paper, face-to-face games (only dice, core rulebooks, a character record sheet, and munchies should be), but they do help many players visualize situations. I still prefer to describe what they see in terms of the locale and their opposition before placing miniatures on a battle mat. Some players have gone so far as to buy terrain and building sculptures, but a marker and good dialogue should save lots of money.For many D&amp;D3.5/D20 feats and spell effects, a map and minis/counters seem necessary, but I hope that WotC doesn't make specific figures a requirement in the inevitable D&amp;D4.0...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="edemaitre, post: 3151758, member: 3372"] [b]Do gamers need a map and miniatures?[/b] I've also been role-playing and G.M.'ing since about 1982 and have used miniatures on and off through the years. I have fond memories of painting the early lead-based figurines back in AD&D1, then using counters sporadically, then relying on my gamers' extensive D&D3.5 prepainted plastic mini collections. For my D20 "Mutants & Masterminds" 2nd Ed. superhero game, we use HeroClix figures. I don't think minis should be required by pen-and-paper, face-to-face games (only dice, core rulebooks, a character record sheet, and munchies should be), but they do help many players visualize situations. I still prefer to describe what they see in terms of the locale and their opposition before placing miniatures on a battle mat. Some players have gone so far as to buy terrain and building sculptures, but a marker and good dialogue should save lots of money. For many D&D3.5/D20 feats and spell effects, a map and minis/counters seem necessary, but I hope that WotC doesn't make specific figures a requirement in the inevitable D&D4.0... [/QUOTE]

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