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<blockquote data-quote="Professor Phobos" data-source="post: 3489025" data-attributes="member: 18883">I'm struggling to even see what the value of miniatures would be for my game...(not including the fact that we do it via a chat room...)I mean, combats are over so fast, and are generally so cinematic and loose, that I doubt there'd be any use for them. But I'm not playing D&amp;D. If I was, I'd probably want to play with miniatures- the game is very tactical, very crunchy, combats take a while and positioning really matters. I can see great utility in miniatures for that sort of game.If your game doesn't need or want miniatures, you shouldn't add them in &quot;Just to keep people honest.&quot; If you need to keep people honest at all, your game has bigger problems than miniatures can solve. If you want miniatures 'cause they're fun, then add 'em in. If you want 'em because it adds to the tactical experience (not really my bag, but hey, whatever), then add them in. But don't insist on playing with them because you can't trust the GM. If you can't trust your GM, don't play with him in the first place, or work things out, or change your perspective, whatever. A battlemap and a styrofoam cup with &quot;Kobold!&quot; scrawled on it in magic marker will not turn a bad DM into a good one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Professor Phobos, post: 3489025, member: 18883"] I'm struggling to even see what the value of miniatures would be for my game...(not including the fact that we do it via a chat room...) I mean, combats are over so fast, and are generally so cinematic and loose, that I doubt there'd be any use for them. But I'm not playing D&D. If I was, I'd probably want to play with miniatures- the game is very tactical, very crunchy, combats take a while and positioning really matters. I can see great utility in miniatures for that sort of game. If your game doesn't need or want miniatures, you shouldn't add them in "Just to keep people honest." If you need to keep people honest at all, your game has bigger problems than miniatures can solve. If you want miniatures 'cause they're fun, then add 'em in. If you want 'em because it adds to the tactical experience (not really my bag, but hey, whatever), then add them in. But don't insist on playing with them because you can't trust the GM. If you can't trust your GM, don't play with him in the first place, or work things out, or change your perspective, whatever. A battlemap and a styrofoam cup with "Kobold!" scrawled on it in magic marker will not turn a bad DM into a good one. [/QUOTE]

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