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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Biohazard" data-source="post: 1242611" data-attributes="member: 15086">So the other day we're playing D&D (I know this is the Modern forum...bear with me, it's relevant!) and we forgot (gasp) our battle grid.  Our DM has one of these 7 x 7 foot vinyl mats with the 1' squares that costs close to $50.00 or something.  And usually we use our miniatures and counters on the grid like good little WotC drones.But now here we are with no grid.  And one of our group actually suggested not playing since we had no grid.  (The adventure we're currently in is very combat heavy, and tactics heavy, and geek heavy).  The DM, God bless him, said, "Screw the grid.  Just use the table top.  If we need to measure distance, we'll use a ruler."Suddenly a whole new world opened up to us.  And we realized: this isn't a friggin' board game.  We have no need to hop pieces from one square to the next.  Miniatures and counters are tres cool and come in handy constantly for combat positioning and other visual representation, but why be so anal about spacing that you arbitrarily put everyone's mini into 1' squares? Whenever spacing became an issue (say for AoO), the DM usually just ruled in our favor. But even then, it seldom became an issue because we *were* using miniatures for positioning; we just weren't trying to represent the game world in 5 x 5 foot invisible boxes.  As a result, we loosened up a bit and lost the Intense War Game atmosphere that far too often pollutes D&D gaming sessions.So here's the D20 Modern application: I've been buying up tons of IndyClix minis, which are strikingly appropriate for Gamma World (I'm a Gamma World fanatic, and a d20 Modern fanatic--D&D is [shrug] okay).  I'm going to pop out the clicky-turny-wheel bottom part and paint black over the numbers on the base, leaving me with a sah-wheeeet miniature for Gamma World.Then watch out, world...cuz our combats will be taking place off the grid.  If distance ever actually matters, we'll whip out our tape measure (boy did *that* sound inappropriate).At the hardware store I got another inspiration.  Now that I'm living off the grid, why not buy some flooring tiles in various shades, colours, and textures (say, one to represent a dungeon, one to represent a decaying factory, etc.) to serve as the flooring for the minis? The stuff is like 69 cents per square foot, so it's cheap.  Death to the grid! Long live flooring!</blockquote>

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